The idea of reshoring USA manufacturing has an environmental uptick. Big box stores such as Walmart import a great deal of their inventory from overseas due to cheap labor. That results in larger and more warehouses in the USA.
When one realizes manufacturing in the USA has many benefits including supervision to better quality control, the warehousing demands goes down. When one realizes how much land is lost in the USA to warehouses, it is far easier to understand how the natural world gets a break when the USA economy is based more in demand than supply. Supply economics is definitely more hostile to open spaces of land.
Improved quality in manufacturing while states work with their private companies to make it happen will find warehouses empty and expensive. At that point the warehouses become a drag on the profits of a company and can be jettisoned.
When a company wants to rid themselves of a warehouse, they'll find a lack of demand by companies trying to rid themselves of their warehouses. When that happens the opportunity for home real estate and/or a repurchase by the state to create or expand parks and recreational areas will present itself.
The other possibility for warehouses that are no longer needed is agriculture. States can take an active interest in providing affordable land to farmers to build a homestead agricultural enterprise that caters to quality food and organic products.
June 2, 2014
By Joseph Cress
...Beyond the starry nights (click here) and peaceful quiet, something else disappeared as farmland was sold off and developed.
“There was one house built in the French-Colonial manner across from the livestock market,” Heishman said. “That was destroyed. It was the only house in this area built of that design, and now it’s gone forever. You can replace a warehouse over time, but you’ll never be able to bring the colonial farms back to life again.”
By his count, as many as seven Revolutionary War-era farms have been lost to progress in recent years. Many have been paved over for use as warehouses.
“It’s horrible,” Heishman said. “You lose a piece of history that your children will never get to witness. It’s now all gone. I’m all for people using their land, but you got to be stewards of history.”....
While converting an old warehouse into a business complex doesn't seem like an improvement for the environment, consider there will be energy efficient offices, some new green spots within the complex and far smaller areas to heat and cool than a huge warehouse. It is good decision by everyone.
Creating small office complexes out of old warehouses is also an invitation to a local economy improvement and growing volume of services and products.
December 23, 2014
By Jeff Brown
WHAT WAS THERE (click here)
...The old warehouse at 850 New Burton Road was torn down earlier this month, said Bob MacLeish, the owner of Magnolia-based Lighthouse Construction Inc., which is in charge of constructing the new building.
The empty warehouse had been home to a Southern States agricultural supply cooperative and more recently was used as a training site for the Dover Fire Department.
In an effort to take down the old building while preserving the environment, work crews from Lancaster, Pa., were brought in to raze the building bit by bit, he said.
“When we took the building down, I’d say 80 percent of it will be reused,” MacLeish said. “Some of the old wood and beams were taken back to Lancaster for people who want to use that type of wood and all of the steel beams were recycled.”...
When one realizes manufacturing in the USA has many benefits including supervision to better quality control, the warehousing demands goes down. When one realizes how much land is lost in the USA to warehouses, it is far easier to understand how the natural world gets a break when the USA economy is based more in demand than supply. Supply economics is definitely more hostile to open spaces of land.
Improved quality in manufacturing while states work with their private companies to make it happen will find warehouses empty and expensive. At that point the warehouses become a drag on the profits of a company and can be jettisoned.
When a company wants to rid themselves of a warehouse, they'll find a lack of demand by companies trying to rid themselves of their warehouses. When that happens the opportunity for home real estate and/or a repurchase by the state to create or expand parks and recreational areas will present itself.
The other possibility for warehouses that are no longer needed is agriculture. States can take an active interest in providing affordable land to farmers to build a homestead agricultural enterprise that caters to quality food and organic products.
June 2, 2014
By Joseph Cress
...Beyond the starry nights (click here) and peaceful quiet, something else disappeared as farmland was sold off and developed.
“There was one house built in the French-Colonial manner across from the livestock market,” Heishman said. “That was destroyed. It was the only house in this area built of that design, and now it’s gone forever. You can replace a warehouse over time, but you’ll never be able to bring the colonial farms back to life again.”
By his count, as many as seven Revolutionary War-era farms have been lost to progress in recent years. Many have been paved over for use as warehouses.
“It’s horrible,” Heishman said. “You lose a piece of history that your children will never get to witness. It’s now all gone. I’m all for people using their land, but you got to be stewards of history.”....
While converting an old warehouse into a business complex doesn't seem like an improvement for the environment, consider there will be energy efficient offices, some new green spots within the complex and far smaller areas to heat and cool than a huge warehouse. It is good decision by everyone.
Creating small office complexes out of old warehouses is also an invitation to a local economy improvement and growing volume of services and products.
December 23, 2014
By Jeff Brown
WHAT WAS THERE (click here)
...The old warehouse at 850 New Burton Road was torn down earlier this month, said Bob MacLeish, the owner of Magnolia-based Lighthouse Construction Inc., which is in charge of constructing the new building.
The empty warehouse had been home to a Southern States agricultural supply cooperative and more recently was used as a training site for the Dover Fire Department.
In an effort to take down the old building while preserving the environment, work crews from Lancaster, Pa., were brought in to raze the building bit by bit, he said.
“When we took the building down, I’d say 80 percent of it will be reused,” MacLeish said. “Some of the old wood and beams were taken back to Lancaster for people who want to use that type of wood and all of the steel beams were recycled.”...
