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Article: Quincy continues to thrive with economic diversity
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- September 19, 2009
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MASS. MARKET
Over at the former Fore River shipyard, local dignitaries
gathered Sept. 1 behind a torpedo-shaped yellow robot to hail the
pending relocation of Cambridge's Bluefin Robotics and its 80 jobs.
The next week, a crowd of well-dressed people gathered at a
construction site at the bottom of Crown Colony Drive to witness the
start of foundation work on a new BJ's Wholesale Club store. When it
opens next spring, the store will employ at least 150 people.
Then, on Thursday, Icelandair flung open its new Crown Colony
office to the public, showing off a North American headquarters
where 30 people are based.
None of these employers will make a huge change in Quincy's
economy, but each will ...