JLDC board approves purchase of Roberts building

The Jefferson Local Development Corporation board voted in favor of buying the Roberts Building – located on the northwest corner of Whitehall’s interchange with Interstate 90 – for $850,000 during its Sept. 21 meeting.

The purchase will be funded, in part, by proceeds from the JLDC’s $1 million sale of the historic Borden Building in August, according to JLDC Executive Director Eric Seidensticker.

“By purchasing the building, the organization is showing the willingness to foster and incubate the Western Legacy Center as a start-up,” Seidensticker said. “We are also helping the businesses and entrepreneurs that will have their products featured in the WLC.”