Hershey: Bittersweet news

Elaborating on that "cryptic comment" in the Ontario Legislature Minister of Economic Development and Trade Sandra Pupatello told the R&T Tuesday Hershey officials "....were unwavering in their plans to close the Smiths Falls plant as announced last month."

On the other hand, Pupatello said Hershey officials displayed "a high level of sensitivity for how the town is affected" by the closure.

That's the bitter news .... we've had enough of that already. Here's some sweet stuff :

Company officials, however, were interested in assisting with efforts to attract other manufacturers considering the site for their operations, said Pupatello.

"Hershey wants to help us if there are others who want to (move) into the plant."

She said Hershey has invested "tens of millions of dollars" into the facility in recent years and would prefer to see it remain in use rather than mothballed.

She said the province wants to maintain a positive relationship with Hershey to limit the negative effect of the plant closure.

I'm delighted to hear that Hershey will help with finding another owner for the plant .... that can only be good news. I've heard rumours that other manufacturers were interested in the facility, but treated them as just that. Maybe a silver lining yet ?