Fred’s Tents Moving to Halfmoon – by H. Wessell

STILLWATER and HALFMOON, August 12 ñ A hearing before the Saratoga County Industrial Development Agency will be conducted at the Halfmoon Town Hall on September 8 at 8AM, to review a request by longtime Stillwater manufacturer Fred's Tents for assistance with a desired move to an 84,000 square foot former warehouse in Halfmoon.

The building in question, a former Yankee One Dollar warehouse on Hudson River Road, at 84,000 square feet, is more than four times the size of the current factory on Rtes. 4 and 32 within the Village of Stillwater. That building, related founder and owner Fred Tracy, has itself seen several expansions as the company's business has grown since its founding in 1986. "Yes, we've put a couple of additions on; and just we're out of space ñ time to pull out."

Read the entire article in the August 21 issue of the Express.