By LISA CAPOBIANCOSTAFF WRITER The Bristol City Council moved this week to approve a $140,000 grant for the development of manufacturing facility GMN-USA LP in the Southeast Bristol Business Park. The 280,000 square-foot facility will host GMN, a supplier of high-speed machine spindles, ball bearings, clutches and seals. GMN has been an international producer of these products for more than 85 years, with one factory in neighboring Farmington. The Bristol Development Authority approved the plan during last month’s City Council meeting and the funds in the project’s budget have now been approved, with $8,000 of the Park Drive development’s $140,000 budget contributing to job creation from the facility. Gary Quirion, president of GMN-USA, said construction is assumed to begin in April and be completed by early 2016. This development is another step toward progress in a plan for the West End neighborhood adopted in June 2009 by the Bristol Planning Commission. According to a poll referenced by Bristol during a City Council meeting held last Tuesday, 27 percent of Bristol citizens think that more businesses in downtown Bristol would improve the area. To promote further business activity in Bristol, especially downtown, two additional ideas were suggested: the assembly of a […]
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