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Article: West Marine Plans Boating Supply Distribution Center in York County, S.C.(Originated from The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- April 5, 1997
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Apr. 4--West Marine Inc. says it will eventually bring 500 jobs to a boating supply distribution center that over the next year will replace cotton fields off York County's Fire Tower Road.
The company broke ground Thursday for a $14 million, 460,000-square-foot warehouse that will serve as the Watsonville, Calif., company's "flagship" distribution center, Vice President Jon Kroon said.
About 120 participants heard Gov. David Beasley welcome the company in its move across the state line from Mecklenburg County. West Marine will leave a 135,000-square-foot distribution center off Westinghouse Boulevard, which it has outgrown, Bruce Hazel, ...