Friday, May 20, 2005
Mega Big News
Enterprise South was certified yesterday as a TVA megasite.
The Times Free Press has a more thorough rundown in today's paper.
What does it mean? In the race for "Project Pinetree", Chattanooga just took the lead. The code name is essentially a major manufacturing plant for a carmaker. It looks like it could be DaimlerChrysler, Audi or perhaps Kia. The impact of the plant would be huge for the area, and it's something we've been pursuing for a long time. Being a megasite functionally gives us the seal of approval that we have all the infrastructure and resources needed to support the plant. There are only four TVA megasites in the whole region, and certainly none of the competition for Pinetree is included.
Now, it's time for the city and county to step up. We are a tremendously impressive place to build a factory, which is hurdle one. But we now must prove that we are the kind of area that isn't some kind of horrible backwater that doesn't educate its children. Thus far, we haven't done a very good job, what with politicians naming the superintendent public enemy number one.
We really can't afford to screw this up. Too many people have worked too hard to make this a reality, and good paying jobs can have a real economic impact on the whole region.
This really is a big step.
The Times Free Press has a more thorough rundown in today's paper.
What does it mean? In the race for "Project Pinetree", Chattanooga just took the lead. The code name is essentially a major manufacturing plant for a carmaker. It looks like it could be DaimlerChrysler, Audi or perhaps Kia. The impact of the plant would be huge for the area, and it's something we've been pursuing for a long time. Being a megasite functionally gives us the seal of approval that we have all the infrastructure and resources needed to support the plant. There are only four TVA megasites in the whole region, and certainly none of the competition for Pinetree is included.
Now, it's time for the city and county to step up. We are a tremendously impressive place to build a factory, which is hurdle one. But we now must prove that we are the kind of area that isn't some kind of horrible backwater that doesn't educate its children. Thus far, we haven't done a very good job, what with politicians naming the superintendent public enemy number one.
We really can't afford to screw this up. Too many people have worked too hard to make this a reality, and good paying jobs can have a real economic impact on the whole region.
This really is a big step.
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