ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, July 18, 1996 TAG: 9607190082
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: B-8 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: JEFF STURGEON
MEMO: ***CORRECTION***
Published correction ran on July 19, 1996.
A planned book factory in Roanoke County by R.R. Donneley & Sons Co.
of Chicago will cost $102 million. A story on Wednesday's Business page
had the wrong figure.
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. plans to groom a portion of the acreage around its planned Roanoke County book plant for recreational use, but whether the public will be admitted remains to be decided, officials said Wednesday.
The Chicago printing and information company's $1 million-to-$2 million factory and parking area will occupy about 10 acres of 134 acres the county is donating in ValleyTech Park west of Salem. A nature trail and outdoor study area for children are being studied.
The land's assessed value is $830,800, but that is just one of several incentives provided by state and local government. In return, Donnelley said it will invest $102 million in construction and hire 312 full-time employees at $9 to $17 per hour by 1999, county officials said.
Donnelley officials, at a site dedication ceremony, said operating in sync with the environment is important to the company. One representative, Art Lorenz, said it's true that Donnelley's Lynchburg facility last month was named the seventh-highest polluting plant in the state in 1994. He said the air emissions fall within legal limits.
The Roanoke County plant will emit about 6 percent that amount of air pollution, because its printing processes will use an oil-based ink instead of one containing toluene, Lorenz said.
Plant Manager John Pecaric said he won't have details on development of the outdoor area until he can walk the property later this year. Right now he is concerned about catching a rash from a certain pesky member of the cashew family. "I get poison ivy and poison oak very bad," he said.
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