11/08/07 - Could The Columbia Elevator Products Factory Be Leaving Main Street In Port Chester?

Elevator company gets nod from county

Source: Arkansas City Traveler

The Cowley County Commission voted Tuesday to approve the intent of Columbia Elevator Products Co., of Port Chester, N.Y., to purchase Elevator Solutions International at Strother Field.

The sale, according to Leroy Alsup, county administrator, is "subject to their submission of the appropriate applications."

The Commission will issue industrial revenue bonds, and grant a tax exemption to Columbia Elevator Products. MDL Realtors, also of Port Chester, will be purchasing the building, while Columbia will buy the machinery and assets of the company......