Chautauqua County Executive Vince Horrigan.
DUNKIRK – Chautauqua County executive Vince Horrigan says a major deal is close to taking place for a recently vacated food processing plant in the north county.
Horrigan tells WRFA that operations at the former Dunkirk ConAgra facility may soon resume with a new business moving into town.
While the name of the business can not be released, Horrigan did say that if a deal is finalized, it would bring in nearly 300 jobs to the Dunkirk plant, which is located at 26 E. Talcott St. in Dunkirk.
“The IDA just approved a resolution to prepare that property for sale to this potential investor and myself and IDA director Kevin Sanvidge made a hard case with state officials for a very robust incentive package for that developer and the state is going to step forward and help us with that,” Horrigan said.
Conagara Foods moved out its operation out of the north county in 2014, and by the fall, the county purchased the property for $2 million using a low interest bond from the Chautauqua County IDA. The county is now hoping to sell the property to the prospective buyer within the next couple of months.
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