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Article: Woodworking firm hammers in success Baldacci, on state tour, hails expansion of Walpole in Pittsfield's Pine Tree Zone
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
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- August 18, 2004
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PITTSFIELD - Amid the scent of pine and cedar sawdust, the bang of
pneumatic nail guns and the whine of planers and saws, Gov. John
Baldacci toured Walpole Woodworkers in Pittsfield on Tuesday and
declared the company one of the Pine Tree Zone's programs success
stories.
What was originally a campaign promise became reality as Baldacci
visited Walpole, one of two major investments in the Pittsfield
Industrial Park directly attributed to the program.
Baldacci has been touring the Pine Tree Zone programs around the
state for a month.
"We now have eight Pine Tree Zones covering 5,000 acres each,"
Baldacci said. "It is a beginning." He was particularly pleased with
the million-dollar expansion ...