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GOOD EVENING... I'M KEITH
KOUNTZ. I'M ANN NYBERG...
IT IS A RAY OF HOPE IN THE
CAPITOL CITY AS THE VERY FIRST
INTO THE HISTORIC 'COLT
ARMORY.' NEWS 8'S CHIEF
POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT MARK
DAVIS IS HERE TO TELL US THAT
BRAND NEW TENANT HAS JOBS FOR
FOLKS... MARK.
GOOD EVENING. THEY'RE
HIRING AND I'LL HAVE MORE ON
THAT SHORTLY...BUT THE BIG
NEWS IS A GROWING COMPANY IS
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IT'S BEEN THE DREAM OF
CITY AND STATE PLANNERS FOR
YEARS THAT THE ICONIC COLT
ARMORY ALONGSIDE I-91 AND THE
CONNECTICUT RIVER COULD ONE
DAY AGAIN BE A CENTER OF
ACTIVITY AND JOBS.(NATS/DALE
ON PHONE) DALE IS ONE OF
EMPLOYEES THAT'S MOVED INTO
THE REHABED COLT SOUTH ARMORY
AT 'FOLEY CARRIER SERVICES.'
THIS PART OF THE ARMORY WAS
THE FIRST WORLD WAR WERE BUILT
ON THIS FLOOR...NOW THESE
EMPLOYEES ARE HELPING THEIR
MORE THAN 30-THOUSAND CLIENTS
AROUND THE COUNTRY.(NATS/TRUCK
ROLLS BY CAMERA)
VIRTUALLY
EVERYTHING IN YOUR HOME OR
BUSINESS CAME BY TRUCK...AND
THE COMPANIES THAT OPERATE ALL
THOSE TRUCKS EMPLOY THOUSANDS
OF DRIVERS..BUT IT'S ALL
TIGHTLY REGULATED BY THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.[ROSE] "WE
CAN HELP THEM MANEUVER THEIR
DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING, HELP
THEN WITH THEIR
PAPERWORK...SOME OF IT SOUNDS
IT'S A MATTER OF LIFE AND
DEATH FOR THEIR COMPANY IF
IN BIG TROUBLE. THE
RULE BOOK IS ABOUT AN INCH
CURVES...FOLEY GUIDES THE
TRUCKING AND TRANSPORATION
INDUSTRY THROUGH ALL OF THEM...
OLD ARMORY WAS PERFECT FOR
THEM FOR MANY REASONS.
CUSTOMER BASE OF
RECRUIT MORE SPANISH,
BI-LINGUAL PEOPLE, ALSO BECAME
AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE THAT
COMPLEX...THIS IS THE BIG
COMMERCIAL, FOR PROFIT TENANT
THAT WE WANTED TO ATTRACT TO
TIME."
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THEY HAVE OPENINGS,
THEY'RE WILLING TO TRAIN...AND
THEY ARE ESPECIALLY LOOKING
FOR SPANISH BI-LINGUAL
APPLICANTS. YOU CAN FIND
OUT MORE...BY COMING TO OUR
WEBSITE AND CLICKING ON THIS
STORY. LIVE, FROM THE
HARTFORD NEWSROOM, MARK DAVIS,