Katie Kocijanski is reporting in the Register-Star the Columbia County Industrial Development Agency has finalized the 33-acre land transfer and financing of the proposed Ginsberg’s Foods expansion. This comes after Columbia County Judge Richard Koweek’s May ruling against the Ghent Planning Board’s decision to deny the company a special use permit for the expansion. “We have submitted all of our applications to get building permits from the towns of Ghent and Claverack, as soon as we get those, we will be breaking ground,” said John Brusie, the food service distributor's vice president of operations. “We are very excited to finally move forward on this opportunity,” he said. In a statement released last week, the company stated 225 full-tme jobs will remain in the county, and an additional 25 full-time jobs will be created as the direct result of the expansion. Read the full story in the Register-Star.