DOLGEVILLE, N.Y. Last week, representatives from the Village of Dolgeville, N.Y., the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) and Stewart's Shops gathered to recognize the awarding of a certificate of completion for the Environmental Restoration Program cleanup of a property in Dolgeville.
Judy Drabicki, NYSDEC Region 6 Director, said, "It is gratifying when our agency can partner with the Village of Dolgeville and Stewart's to complete cleaning up a site like this and put it back to a productive use with no further monitoring necessary and no restrictions [image-nocss] on its use."
The remediation cost $200,000 with New York State paying 90% of the investigation and cleanup costs. Stewart Shops's paid the remaining $20,000.
"Stewart's Shops has spent millions of dollars, in New York State, cleaning up inherited environmental issues. We feel it is part of being a good neighbor to our customers and partners," said Gary Dake, Stewart's Shops president.
Over the summer, Stewart's will be adding an additional parking lot entrance, several new parking spaces, expanding the building and erecting a new gasoline canopy, in order to bring more products and better service to its customers in Dolgeville, the company said.
Stewart's Shops is an employee and family-owned dairy and c-store chain based in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Stewart's offers milk, ice cream, coffee, food to go, gasoline and other convenience items. The company said that it makes and distributes three-quarters of what it sells in its shops at its plant in Greenfield, N.Y. Currently, there are 327 Stewart's Shops located in more than 30 counties across upstate New York and southern Vermont.
The company employs approximately 4,000 people in its shops, dairy, ice cream plant, distribution center and offices. Stewart's realizes more than $1 billion in annual sales, more than $30 million in profits, and contributed nearly $15 million to our employee profit sharing plan last year. The company said that it believes in giving back to the communities where it has shops and donates a portion of its annual profits to charity: $2 million in 2008 and a budget of $2.25 million in 2009.
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