Ford Megasite: Volkswagen helped make Chattanooga a different ‘Dynamo of Dixie’
An employee inspects a vehicle at the Volkswagen Assembly Plant. The nickname Dynamo of Dixie goes back to when Chattanooga was a manufacturing and steel town. (Erin O. Smith/Chattanooga Times Free Press file)
Once an outdated manufacturing and steel town, Chattanooga went to work on reinventing itself by taking advantage of its riverfront and Downtown. In the end, that was key to landing automaker Volkswagen and spurring a new generation of growth.
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Volkswagen auto manufacturing Ford David DeVaney Bob Corker Charles Wood Claude Ramsey Helen Burns Sharp Amanda PlecasDon Wade
Don Wade has been a Memphis journalist since 1998 and he has won awards for both his sports and news/feature writing. He is originally from Kansas City and is married with three sons.
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