Once the weather warms up, an organic garden of wild grasses, sedums and bamboo will be planted on the roof. The roof is made up of expanded shale small pieces of a sedimentary rock comprised of clay and mud.
“We won’t be able to put the roof until spring, of course, because of the snow,” said oug Mossbrook, president and chief executive officer of the company. “People will be able to take their laptops up there and do a little work.”
The company has received approval for a five year, $100,000 loan through the Ontario county Office of Economic Development in winter 2008, to bring in some of its equipment. As part of the agreement, Eagle Mountain is needed to create around a dozen new jobs.
Mary Gates of the office of economic development said Eagle Mountain and the county are still working to finalize the loan, but the company has already created a few of the required jobs.
Mossbrook added, he will come in the next couple of years once the company moves from its current location, across the street at 4353 Route 64, to its new quarters and has the space to house new employees.
