Market 32 Raises Money to Fight Rare Disease

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SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Price Chopper/Market 32, in collaboration with its trade partner Freihofer's Baking Co., has raised more than $19,000 to help fight rare disease.
 
The supermarket chain partnered with Cure Rare Disease (CRD), a nonprofit biotech organization with a mission to enable and finance the development of lifesaving genetic medicines for rare and ultra-rare populations previously deemed too rare to treat.
 
"Price Chopper/Market 32 is proud to support Cure Rare Diseases in raising funds that help with the development of lifesaving medicines for patients who have nowhere else to turn," said Mona Golub, Price Chopper/Market 32's vice president of public relations & consumer services. "We are grateful for the generosity of our valued trade partner, Freihofer's, and our customers and teammates, all of whom helped raise these much-needed funds."
 
Price Chopper/Market 32 promoted the purchase of specific Freihofer's products in its stores during May and June 2023 with a designated donation to CRD from every select purchase.
 
"We're grateful to Price Chopper/Market 32 for their support," said Rich Horgan, Cure Rare Disease founder and president. "This year's campaign, with support from Freihofer's, raised more than $19,000 and will help us develop new, potentially lifesaving therapies for patients with ultra-rare neuromuscular disorders. We want to thank customers for their continued support of our mission."
 
 
 
 
 
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Pittsfield's Site 9 Near-Complete, Funding Secured for Sites 7 & 8

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The William Stanley Business Park is transforming from grey to greener. Site 9 is nearly completed and funds have been secured to ready Sites 7 and 8 for development.

"Sixteen and a half acres of concrete have been cracked and crushed, the demarcation layer was put down, we brought all the fill from Site 7 over to Site 9 and we brought in over 100,000 cubic yards of clean fill and topsoil to put on there," Business Development Manager Michael Coakley told the Pittsfield Economic Development Authority on Thursday.

"Water quality basins have been installed, utility corridors were constructed, the roadways, the curbs, the sidewalks have been constructed, and the grass has now been planted and we're just about there, ready to go. What's left now are the surveys that need to be done."

Members recognized that it was a really exciting year for the organization. Work began on Site 9, the park's largest parcel, early this year, and by August, Mill Town Capital announced its intent to purchase 4.7 acres.

"It's never looked better," said Edward Weagle, principal geologist at Roux Associates.

The investment firm envisions a commercial building upwards of 20,000 square feet in the space.  Across the street at 100 Woodlawn Ave., Mill Town intends to build a mixed-use development that includes housing.

Coakley reported that the two entities are working on a purchase and sale agreement. The last action items are surveying for a grant of easement and restriction for environmental conditions (ERE) on the property, and an approval not required (ANR) plan for subdivisions.

During the meeting, it was announced that PEDA received a $500,000 Site Readiness Program grant from MassDevelopment for Site 7 and Site 8. The approximately 3-acre sites are across Woodlawn Avenue from Site 9 and border Kellogg Street.

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