Blame it on the buttermilk.
More than a year after introducing buttermilk to its line of sea-salted and
unsalted butters, Kates Homemade Butter of Old Orchard Beach is experiencing
growing pains. Owner and founder Daniel Patry said his company has outgrown its
current manufacturing facility in a single-family home on Arbutus Avenue and
needs to move soon.
Several neighbors of the facility say truck traffic on narrow streets is
inconvenient and could prevent emergency vehicles from traversing the
neighborhood. Town officials responding to a neighbors complaint want to know
when Patry plans to relocate his company to a better location.
For Patry, a move to a proposed new facility in Arundel cant come soon enough.
He purchased a 38-acre parcel of land off Route 111 and plans to build a
15,000-square-foot manufacturing facility with a retail store and dairy cows.
With plans to move under way since 2006, Patry said he is anxious to get the
project going so his company can work more efficiently in a facility more
conducive to producing a million pounds of butter each year. Building plans were
downsized because of cost and the economy shortly before receiving final
approval from Arundel, he said.
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