THIS IS PROBABLY THE LONGEST BUILDING IN MAQUOKETA. IT IS ON JACOBEN DRIVE IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK. AT THE OTHER END, HIDDEN HERE, IS THE OFFICE BUILDING AND IT IS ADJACENT TO HIGHWAY 64 AT THE EAST END OF
MAQUOKETA. WHEN IT WAS BUILDT YEARS AGO, IT WAS CALLED THE "HOOF" BUILDING. TODAY, MELLING SLEEVE COMPANY OCCUPIES PART OF THE BUILDING, APPROXIMATELY 30,000 SQUARE FEET. AND, MOVING INTO THE BUILDING SOON AND LOCATING IN THE SPACE EAST OF MELLING SLEEVE, A NEW MANUFACTURER FOR MAQUOKETA. ARCHITECTURAL WALL SYSTEMS OF WEST DES MOINES IS THE NAME OF THE COMPANY AND IT IS EXPANDING IN MAQUOKETA. STEVE MOORE IN MAQUOKETA, ONE OF THOSE INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THE COMPANY TO LOCATE IN MAQUOKETA, TOLD ME THE FIRM WILL USE ABOUT 57,000 SQUARE FEET AND WILL BE CREATING ABOUT 15 JOBS. THE FIRM DOES BUSINESS NATIONALLY. THE GLAZING CONTRACTOR AND MANUFACTURER BUILDS WALLS, BOTH INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR, FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS. ESTABLISHED IN 1991, THE COMPANY RANKS AS THE 9TH LARGEST GLAZING CONTRACTORS IN THE COUNTRY. THEY WILL BE HIRING IN ANOTHER MONTH OR MORE AND THEIR WAGE SCALE IS FROM $12 TO $20 AN HOUR. SO...TWO NEW INDUSTRIES STARTING UP IN MAQUOKETA. HUSCO INTERNATIONAL OF WISCONSIN BOUGHT THE VACANT S & H BUILDING IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK AND WILL CONVERT IT INTO A PLANT THAT WILL EMPLOY UP TO 200 PEOPLE. AND NOW, THIS NEW PLANT ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK. STEVE SAID ARCHITECTURAL WALL SYSTEMS LIKED THE BUILDING AND THE QUALITY WORK FORCE AVAILABLE IN THE AREA.
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