As plant opening nears, Ford Philanthropy hones in on West Tennessee communities
A Blue Oval City sign is seen in a store front in the Brownsville town square on Thursday, February 15, 2024. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
As Ford Motor Co. inches closer to the 2025 opening of its BlueOval City megasite, the company’s philanthropic arm is investing in the West Tennessee communities on which Ford will rely for its workforce.
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Ford Fund Ford Motor Co. Memphis Urban League Mid-South Food Bank BlueOval CityAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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