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Article: Sidelined: Institute wants vinyl at former air base; Group calls vinyl siding indigenous' to New England
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- June 12, 2006
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The Patriot Ledger
WEYMOUTH - When word got out that vinyl siding was not on the list
of preferred materials to be used on homes to be built in the
redeveloped South Weymouth Naval Station, the Vinyl Siding Institute
sprung into action.
"We're interested in maintaining a fair marketplace out there,"
said Matthew Dobson, the Washington, D.C., institute's regulatory
director, who hopped a plane to Weymouth last week to sell base
development officials on vinyl.
The institute, which represents 13 vinyl siding manufacturers in
North America and works with distributors across the country, says
prohibiting vinyl siding on a project the size of the air base
discriminates against their industry's ...