Lowe's warehouse expected to employ at least 400.Byline: The Register-Guard LEBANON - Community Development Manager Doug Parker
William Douglas Parker is the current chairman and chief executive officer of US Airways. calls a planned Lowe's regional distribution center "the biggest thing to hit this town in over 50 years." It will actually be the biggest building ever constructed in Oregon Oregon, city, United States Oregon, city (1990 pop. 18,334), Lucas co., NW Ohio, a suburb adjacent to Toledo, on Lake Erie; inc. 1958. It is a port with railroad-owned and -operated docks. The city has industries producing oil, chemicals, and metal products. , if it eventually expands to nearly 2.2 million square feet, as company officials have suggested. The initial construction phase, expected to begin next fall, calls for a warehouse covering 1.3 million square feet. An anticipated 300 truck trips to and from the facility each day will supply Lowe's retail home improvement centers in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, western Montana
Western Montana is the western region of the state of Montana, United States. Western Montana is usually considered to be administered by the Missoulian, and the city of Missoula; Billings and portions of California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). and Nevada. And that will require an initial work force of about 400, at wages in the range of $15 to $20 per hour, plus benefits, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. information supplied to city officials by representatives of the company. Lowe's will not publicly confirm any details of the proposed project until it closes a deal on its 204-acre site on the northwest edge of Lebanon, spokeswoman Jennifer Smith There are at least six prominent individuals named Jennifer Smith:
"We can't comment on that site or any prospective site," Smith says. She won't confirm the wage scale that's been discussed for the Lebanon site, but says the company is known for its fair pay and a broad benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance, a retirement plan and paid vacation Noun 1. paid vacation - a vacation from work by an employee with pay granted holiday, vacation - leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico" and holidays. "We do a wage analysis in every market we enter, and pay wages that are competitive to the marketplace," Smith says. Smith says the company's prototype distribution center has about 120 tractor-trailer bays at its loading dock, providing at least a "door for every store" served by each regional facility. Lowe's currently has more than 1,100 retail stores and 11 regional distribution centers nationwide. It expects to open about 150 new stores this year and 160 in 2006. - Joe Mosley CAPTION(S): Lebanon Mayor Ken Toombs points out the site. |
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