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What are our local representatives doing to get a plant like this? Georgia already got a Kia plant. The construction began this summer on a 1.2 billion dollar facility that will employ thousands. Now it looks like they might be getting another plant. What have the leaders in the Shoals gotten us? Who are they talking to now? Did they even know Toyota was looking?

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Originally posted by Tons_O_Fun:
The auto industry is definitely coming South even if it is Far Eastern companies. Isuzu in B'ham, and the two you mention just keep on coming. There is "rumor" of a car plant to be built at the Tanner Exit on I65. Yes I know there is no exit there today, but wait and see.


You are correct... cost of living is lower, area is pretty, crime rate ratio is lower, we are very attractive to a new company... if only we had the right people to entice them into moving their company here... that would be so nice.

Silly stuff like closing stuff on Sundays, and things of that nature is something that would be very hard for company execs to get used to though, but doable, I guess...

SOUTH is GREAT!!!
My dad says a couple of problems are that 1.) the "powers that be" are comfortable with the economic climate in the Shoals, i.e. they make the money and control it, so why invite somone else in who might disrupt the flow? and 2.)that as long as Florence, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia do not come together as one unified quad-city and stop whining when one city is chosen over another, they will never attract any large industry like Ford or Reynolds or Toyota or Nissan or... Each city needs to come to the bargaining table with something to offer or help out the city that will be hosting the new industry.
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Originally posted by mandomama:
My dad says a couple of problems are that 1.) the "powers that be" are comfortable with the economic climate in the Shoals, i.e. they make the money and control it, so why invite somone else in who might disrupt the flow? and 2.)that as long as Florence, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia do not come together as one unified quad-city and stop whining when one city is chosen over another, they will never attract any large industry like Ford or Reynolds or Toyota or Nissan or... Each city needs to come to the bargaining table with something to offer or help out the city that will be hosting the new industry.


Your Dad has a point, it is our political system that keeps the big businesses away.
One major reason that it's hard to attract manufacturing businesses is because the Shoals is far from an interstate. Another is the poor quality of area schools. Those two factors makes it a little more difficult to attract jobs to the area. I also agree with the statement about the "powers that be". They have all the control in the area, a large corporation coming into town will disrupt their whole world.
Duh!!! We had an Auto Industry here in this country once, and "YOU" the America public refused to support it. so what makes you think this bunch from over seas are going to do any better?
The tariff's imposed on our goods going to Japan and other countries were so high we couldn't compete ie; An American Built Automobile sent over to Japan would have a $10,000 tariff added, we don't do this to their products so this in turn makes their produts sell for much less then American Made Auto's, or other product's for that matter.
Also after WWII we "Rebuilt" their factories (with your TAX dollars) to help them set up their industries to where they could be self sufficient. Our factories never recieved any new equipment, and help like our foriegn conterparts did. We had to change over from a industry that built WAR MACHINES to WIN the war, back to buildiing AUTO's without the HELP from our own government. Just does'nt make any sense to me. By the way, in the NEXT all out WAR, (and there will be one eventually) who in HELL is going to build these war machines to beat our next ENEMY?
Actually it was jealousy of the UNION WORKER'S (who by the way made the MIDDLE CLASS as we once knew it) who were paid wages and benefits that reflected a fairer way to benefit the poor, and to allow them to reap a better way of life, and to purchase goods at a time when only the wealthy could have the nicer things of life. In other words it allowed for other industries to start up new products to sell to the PUBLIC and not just for the RICH, and this divided the money up for all. But even then the RICH STILL GOT RICHER IMAGINE THAT!
Now the government here tell's us they are allowing illegal immigrants in to your country because they will do the work WE DON"T WANT??? Come'on America WAKE-UP! they are ruining your country and your way of life and you are letting them get away with it.
Demand American Products "MADE IN AMERICA" by AMERICAN WORKER'S.
Semper Fi! 333
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Originally posted by imho:
I may have missed an update on this but did we ever find out about the "welders needed" research Shoals Comm. College did for a company looking at the Shoals?


I dont know, IMHO... I wish they would update us, that sure would help the Shoals Area. We have so much to offer, and if we can get the 'little' things worked out, the package our leaders could pitch to large industry would be very impressive!!!

But I THINK they are thinking that all this comes with a price itself... bigger industry, more money, more jobs... crime rate goes up, and we get so many other people moving here and the area grows, the beauty goes away... That is what one of our Mayors told me personally.

We WANT, we NEED it, but selections on where to put businesses of that size has to be orchestrated. Barton is a GREAT place, suburbs, so to speak, and the whole area gets the benefits...
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Originally posted by Delldude:
Duh!!! We had an Auto Industry here in this country once, and "YOU" the America public refused to support it. so what makes you think this bunch from over seas are going to do any better?
The tariff's imposed on our goods going to Japan and other countries were so high we couldn't compete ie; An American Built Automobile sent over to Japan would have a $10,000 tariff added, we don't do this to their products so this in turn makes their produts sell for much less then American Made Auto's, or other product's for that matter.
Also after WWII we "Rebuilt" their factories (with your TAX dollars) to help them set up their industries to where they could be self sufficient. Our factories never recieved any new equipment, and help like our foriegn conterparts did. We had to change over from a industry that built WAR MACHINES to WIN the war, back to buildiing AUTO's without the HELP from our own government. Just does'nt make any sense to me. By the way, in the NEXT all out WAR, (and there will be one eventually) who in HELL is going to build these war machines to beat our next ENEMY?
Actually it was jealousy of the UNION WORKER'S (who by the way made the MIDDLE CLASS as we once knew it) who were paid wages and benefits that reflected a fairer way to benefit the poor, and to allow them to reap a better way of life, and to purchase goods at a time when only the wealthy could have the nicer things of life. In other words it allowed for other industries to start up new products to sell to the PUBLIC and not just for the RICH, and this divided the money up for all. But even then the RICH STILL GOT RICHER IMAGINE THAT!
Now the government here tell's us they are allowing illegal immigrants in to your country because they will do the work WE DON"T WANT??? Come'on America WAKE-UP! they are ruining your country and your way of life and you are letting them get away with it.
Demand American Products "MADE IN AMERICA" by AMERICAN WORKER'S.
Semper Fi! 333


GREAT reply, GREAT points!!! Deserves repeating Smiler ... thanks for your intelligence Smiler
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Originally posted by that smart chick:
Georgia has great infrastructure (3 major interstates that connect the major cities and smaller communities alike, major controlled access routes where there isn't interstate, railroads, river transportation, the Port at Savannah, etc) a centrally located large international airport, and their lawmakers are very friendly to large industry. Alabama has.... Huntsville (Toyota is already here). Birmingham (the Lincoln Honda Plant is already there). Tuscaloosa (has Mercedes-Benz). Montgomery (has Hyundai). Where else does AL have interstate and educated workers???


I don't mind navigating Interstate systems, if they are properly planned... I have driven them in Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis, Birmingham, and Nashville... Nashville, (at that time) was the worst, but I have heard it has improved.

I have also driven on many interstates throughout the country... most make time-travel a lot better, and most literally "kill" towns businesses.

We have enough Highways, and by ways to handle a large plant... also working toward the interstate tie-in.

I think it is pretty easy to by-pass this area, interstate or not.... the roads are pretty dang good.

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