Fruit from Traverse City will be traveling a lot farther soon, as North Bay Produce expands with a cold-storage facility in Illinois, allowing its produce to stay fresh and reach markets all over the Midwest.
Excerpt: The St. Clair County Public Building Commission approved a 15-year deal Thursday to build a $5.7 million refrigerated warehouse at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah that could employ about 80 people.
North Bay Produce Inc., of Traverse City, Mich., plans to begin construction on the 36,448-square-foot warehouse immediately, with plans calling for it to open by June.
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Source: Belleville News-Democrat
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