Steven J. King rolls up in a company-issued sport utility vehicle to a graveled construction site in a wooded area, at the end of an otherwise lonely road at the sprawling Quonset Business Park in North Kingstown.
The managing director of the Quonset Development Corp., King is showing a visitor the future home of the quasi-state agency’s latest achievement in attracting business: A $100 million meat-packaging plant expected to employ several hundred people.