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County Supports Electric Car Plant In Century; Up To 1,100 Jobs Are Possible
October 17, 2008
A proposed electric car plant could bring 1,100 jobs to Century, and the Escambia County Commission has given its support to the project.
Project Green Leaf, headed by hotel owners Nash and Jay Patel , is looking to locate the electric car manufacturing facility in the Century Industrial Park, investing up to $23 million in the project over the next three years.
The Escambia County Commission passed a resolution in support of the facility Thursday night, saying the project could bring up to 585 full-time jobs to Century within three years. Those jobs would have an average starting salary of $38, 400 including benefits. The company is also looking at an administrative office location in Escambia County. Up to 65 administrative jobs with the company would have an average starting salary of $50,000 including benefits.
The resolution approved Thursday night by the county includes support for the manufacturing and administrative facilities and support for state tax refunds for being a green “target industry”. It also includes a total of $39,000 in rebates for local fees and taxes ranging from $2,250 to $9,750 per year through 2014.
“He’s dead set to locate as much of this in this county as he can,” Larry Newsom, the county’s economic director, told NorthEscambia.com, “and in the town of Century.”
Newsom said project plans call for the initial production of 150 cars per month.
Click here to read “Exclusive: A Look A Project Green Leaf’s Car”.
NorthEscambia.com was the first to break the story about the electric car plant a week ago, and we will have continuing coverage.
Pictured above: A NorthEscambia.com exclusive look at the electric vehicle that might be produced in Century.
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Quite similar to this was the support extended to ZAP by Kentucky for setting up its manufacturing facility in Franklin. Not only will the new jobs created be a welcome addition to the community, the electric cars to be manufactured hear are also viewed as a clean and green alternative to gas guzzlers, by the locals.