How many of you have ever heard of a small business incubator? They're popping up all around you. The Batavia Industrial Center, not too far from Bath, is the world's first. The vacant and gigantic old Massey-Ferguson tractor plant, years ago was bought up by Joseph Mancuso and divided up into smaller spaces for beginning small businesses. During its heyday, the tractor plant, which extends two to three city blocks, employed close to 2,000 people. Eventually, all these jobs were lost when the company moved.
Joseph Mancuso, now deceased, thus created the world's first small business incubator, which has proven profoundly successful. There are now, perhaps, about 100 small businesses in the plant of all kinds and varieties, employing hundreds of people. It is possible to rent just about any amount of heated space you may need, at very low rates and with nominal electric cost.
I suggest the Powers That Be in Bath contact Thomas Mancuso, Joe's son, to see if the Dana Lyon School is a good candidate for a small business incubator. Tom has established and manages a number of incubators in various cities within New York.
Let's face it, globalization has brought America and most of the world to its knees. It is merely the plan of the elite to control all of the world's mineral, technological and human resources. It leads straight to slavery. The antidote is localization. Large companies have become obsolete. They are here today, gone tomorrow.
China, the country that now owns a big slice of America, has erected a statue of Joseph Mancuso. They know a good idea when they see it. Will we?
Ben Pompa
Avoca
