A DIVERSE BUSINESS LANDSCAPE Marcy is perfectly located for facilities like the Walmart distribution center. The town is also home to Wolfspeed, the country’s first silicon carbide microchip manufacturer. “Right across the street from Wolfspeed is Danfoss, another chip plant,” details Annese. “They are on the campus of SUNY Polytechnic. One of their big courses now is chip manufacturing. So, they have a pretty good workforce graduating every year.” When it comes to business attraction Marcy welcomes all types of companies, from small local enterprises to the largest corporations. “You need them all really,” remarks Annese. “If all you rely on are the intermediate and the bigger ones, and one of them goes out, you’re hurt pretty badly. Mom and pops are always going to be the core of any economic area, because they’re working for their living, and they have to make it.” A COMMITMENT TO SERVICES Quality of life is a priority in Marcy, and public services are a point of pride. Jim Cheyne, Highway Superintendent, who oversees critical operations, conveys, “Basically, the highway, sanitation, our parks department, everything runs pretty much right through us. Our sanitation is really second to none. I mean, there’s many towns that actually are trying to shadow what we do.”This dedication was recently put to the test, when the municipality experienced 64 straight days of snow and ice.“That really stressed his department to the max, but like a well-oiled machine, they did phenomenal,” touts Scala. 33 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 05 MARCY, NY
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