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According to al.com, Huntsville has been chosen to be the home of the new Toyota-Mazda plant with about 4000 employees. It will be in Limestone County, but in the Huntsville city limits, near the Polaris manufacturing plant, the Target distribution center, and not far from the new Lockheed facility and FedEx ground.
This is a huge shot in the arm of an already rapidly growing economy in north Alabama. It will also complement the existing Toyota plants in Huntsville and near Tupelo.
makes sense. anti-Union state but a locality with ample brain power and infrastructure. tough mix to find these days. and no direct local competition for talent, which modern businesses can't stand outside of Silicon Valley (which is its own beast).Quote:
Originally Posted by RocketDawg
Wish they had gone to Starkville, or at least the Golden Triangle.
Awesome watching MSU people celebrate economic development of other places at the expense of Mississippi. Similar to watching Raekwon Davis win the national title last night. Yay Alabama!!!
Also gives Bama another option to hire a parent of a recruit
The OP is a long time resident of the area I believe. He should be celebrating. Hopefully that will lead to a few more Toyota suppliers in NE MS. We are starting to get quite the Toyota connection. I DO wish it had been at Blue Springs, there were rumors for a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by 5049
A lot of the southern states lobby for each other for new industry such as this. A rising tide raises all boats sort of thing. While MS may not have gotten the plant, we could possibly get suppliers and subcontractors. If nothing else it shows future potential factory builders that this region has the capability to operate such facilities and makes the area more atttactive. I know AL was helping us lobby for the Toyota plant in Blue Springs and we probably helped AL lobby for this plant. That said, if a MS site was bidding on the factory none of our officials would be going to bat for AL or vice versa, but once any sites in our state were removed from consideration, we then throw our support behind the southern areas still be considered. If your area doesn?t get the plant, you?d rather your neighbor get it than it go to PA or other distant place.Quote:
Originally Posted by 5049
Just saw a new power plant was going in near the coast. Thank you Trump for a friendly business climate.
Trump sure has helped current climate, but these plans have been in works for years. Trump's policies will be noticable in about 2 years from now. Obama's turn around on the market was helped by W and W Congress on their way out. Obama, even though people will argue, helped us diversify on alt energy and helped foster some technologies that are driving right now. The steady climb from the recession set a foundation, Trump's tax policy will hopefully be like throwing gas on a steady fire the next couple of years. All that to say, the market is not different overnight cause DTrump is there. I will give Trump credit on ending some bullshit red tape that hinders progress. He should probably keep some regulations like net neutrality and protecting federal lands, but hey threating to end trade deals unless we get a better than fair shake is probably the best thing a Republican President has said in 40 years. I am still not sure what the tax impact will be for normal folks, I fear really nothing if not a negative on my taxes, but getting cash flowing in from out of country piggy Banks is rarely a bad thing.
Now if MS can get a bond passed this next year or at least fund education at the level the law states, then we will be cooking.
You forgot to include Obama getting us to all pee together with the rest of his "accomplishments".
Well since Americans cannot control themselves when someone brings up a political point of view, including myself. My post was complimentary to both parties because in truth both parties have maneuvered this country towards our economic bull market we are seeing right now. To say otherwise would be the definition of fake facts and strictly head in sand mentality.Quote:
Originally Posted by Churchill
As far as the peeing.
Well some people say you are born with a penis or not, and then you should use the restroom that matches that description. Some people believe people are free in this country and believe that maybe you should be able to choose which gender you identify with. There are also arguments that some people may not be comfortable with a "man" in a women's restroom or vice versa. Men that identify as women, look like women, and dress like women have that right. They also have the right not to feel anxiety of looking like a man and walking into a women's restroom. All arguments are understandable. Obama seemed to come down on the freedom and rights of the minority group. Why? Maybe because by being the minority, their rights as Americans are easily overshadowed by the people that would write this unprompted, "You forgot to include Obama getting us to all pee together with the rest of his "accomplishments"."
The problem with liberals is that they only focus on minorities, black lives matter, occupy wall street, planned parenthood, Medicare, etc. Liberals should spend 50% of their time advocating for the other 75% of americans. The problem with conservatives is they want the government out of your life completely, unless it is something they feel the government should control like birth control, abortion, and suppressing voter registrations. Conservatives should fight to limit any and all involvement in what Americans choose to do, including abortion, birth control, and transgender restroom choices.
That is how I see it.
A lot of us MSU alum live in Madison county. If you want to look at it another way, this will employee more MSU people who can donate back to the university. Gotta look on the bright side. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by 5049
I think the Huntsville/Decatur Alumni Association has >2500 members. Just guessing, it's probably the place closest to the university that employs the most engineers. And many of them are MSU grads.Quote:
Originally Posted by dparker
My son has some Toyota connections. He is following this with great interest.
I've heard Georgia was in the lead until the very last second...
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Originally Posted by AlmostPositive
I think Georgia is about to go all in on the new Amazon headquarters. We will see what happens there.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlmostPositive
I'd be shocked if Amazon did NOT pick Atlanta. They really shouldn't, but they will. Logistically, Jackson has been mentioned as the best overall location, but we know that will never happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tbonewannabe
No, it was North Carolina. Only Alabama and NC made the final cut a couple months ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlmostPositive
The Atlanta area is aiming for the new Amazon headquarters, and may get it. There's not an area in Mississippi or Alabama that meets their criteria.
Link?Quote:
Originally Posted by Apoplectic
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Originally Posted by 5049
On criterion set by Amazon was a metro >1,000,000. Neither Jackson nor Huntsville, or Birmingham really, meet that criterion, but they all bid anyway (I think Jackson did). Even Scottsboro, AL, made a bid but of course didn't expect to get it. Not sure why they wasted the money.
Birmingham metro area is 1.1 million and growing.Quote:
Originally Posted by RocketDawg
I noticed before that you love to bag on Birmingham. I have lived in both Huntsville and Birmingham and know the difference. Most people do not understand what a metropolitan area is.
That being said Birmingham has zero shot at Amazon. I would guess Atlanta, then Charlotte or Raleigh-Durham. Austin would be the natural fit but I do not think the liberals want to be in Texas.
That is great, I used to live there. It is a nice area. However, I would rather something like this go to Mississippi, which needs help. Huntsville does not, it has its own economy based around Redstone that isn't going anywhere. Mississippi's population is stagnant at best, and that is if you question the census.
I'm pretty surprised DeSoto County didn't land this factory. Logistically, it's perfect. You've got FedEx, river, railroad, metro Memphis and plenty of space for growth.
Raleigh-Durham and RTP would be a perfect fit for Amazon's Hq.Quote:
Originally Posted by 5049
There are certainly people in that area (Desoto County) that want to attract Manufacturing Technology. I think that have the infrastructure in place (or will, when I-69 is complete) to compete in a big way. From what I understand, they are aiming a bit higher than just straight product manufacturing like these auto plants. I agree with that concept.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bothrops
Part of Amazon's criteria is a transportation system. Atlanta is the only city in the south that has anything resembling mass transit and Marta isn't that great. Everyone is saying that Atlanta will have to expand it either to get the bid or it will be a requirement of accepting the bid that work will begin quickly. Atlanta has the biggest airport in the world so that probably helps.Quote:
Originally Posted by 5049
Actually, the Memphis area would be a great geographical location for Amazon, but their reputation is too bad. Having FedEx and their 28K employees attracts a lot of distribution type companies. FedEx recently put their Ground Operations Center in Olive Branch.....not in Memphis. That was a statement. But, I agree that Atlanta will actually get it because Amazon will want a more liberal area like Atlanta for their employees.Quote:
Originally Posted by 5049
***Many people don't realize that Memphis International is the busiest airport in the world between 12 - 4 AM.