Structure and stabilization work is ongoing at the old Atlas Crawford Furniture building, which is set to become one of two locations in the city home to Ramsay Agriculture. Ramsay Agriculture is a hydroponic farming operation that is set to be located at 40 Winsor Street — the Atlas Crawford building — and 65 River Street. In a previous interview with The Post-Journal in March, Project Manager for Ramsay Agriculture, Ross Ramsay, said that the indoor hydroponic farm will produce fresh food including leafy greens, herbs, mushrooms and strawberries, and will serve up to a 250 mile radius that will include reaching to New York City.
During Monday's Housing Committee meeting, ongoing work and activity outside of the Crawford building was brought up by Council President Tony Dolce, R-Ward 2. Crystal Surdyk, city development director, said they have been working with Ramsay Agriculture for about a year and a half.
"Right now they are working on stabilization and putting scaffolding up on the exterior of 40 Winsor because of the facade," Surdyk said. "It's mostly superficial. I know there have been some concerns about bricks falling; every time we get a call we send somebody over and I promise you it has not degraded to a point where it's not any longer salvageable."
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