Saratoga as sweet spot, with low-tax frosting
The Economist turns its cheeky attention to GlobalFoundries, Saratoga, Albany NanoTech, and the Capital Region generally in this week's issue, describing "profound" ripple effects from the tech investment here. [via @Wiffc_Spotlight]
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This quote: "The main site, a former secret missile-testing range, is as big as six American-football fields."
What? I'd say I didn't know that, but I guess that's why it's a secret. Anybody know when that was?
... said Paul C. on Apr 12, 2012 at 7:39 PM | link
It was a former rocket testing site in the learly 50's. Project Hermes. That's why so much contiguous land was preserved, there was a 1 mile non-habitation easement from the center of the site where they would test rocket engines. The Rocket gantry is still there, totally intact and visible from the fab. See this video about Project Hermes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O_1sXiyoBQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
... said Saratogian on Apr 14, 2012 at 8:02 AM | link