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February 2022
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January 2022
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Ford Megasite: United Auto Workers may have edge in organizing Blue Oval City
What’s the difference between “card check” and a secret-ballot vote? Perhaps the unionization of the mammoth Blue Oval City that Ford Motor Co. plans to build just east of Memphis.
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Project enabler talks Megasite at Arlington chamber luncheon
Mark Herbison, who was instrumental in the work associated with the megasite, said they weren’t willing to accept just any project for the location.
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Megasite infrastructure budget is holding, leaders say
“Overall budget is holding in spite of market conditions but we have a long way to go,” Megasite CEO Clay Bright said.
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Ford Megasite: Stanton, Suga’s set to reap rewards from Ford plant
Stanton has lost population, the income is low and its Downtown is gone, but a can-do mayor and a boost from Blue Oval City seem likely to change the town’s luck.
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Two months after first hotel, Arlington approves six-month moratorium on new projects
“We went from zero hotels to possibly three pretty fast, and we’re getting inquiries since the Ford announcement for even more,” said Arlington’s mayor.
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Ford Megasite: Blue Oval City turns Haywood property red hot
Ford’s plans for a $5.6 billion auto plant campus with 6,000 workers has turned the spotlight on Haywood County property owners.
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December 2021
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Megasite infrastructure costs top $274 million
Before lawmakers approved $138 million in October, costs had already risen from $60 million to $136 million. On Dec. 20, with no discussion, the State Building Commission approved a budget revision to $274 million.
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New owners renaming Stonebridge as ‘Lakeland Golf & Paddle Club’
Stonebridge Golf Course sold only about 20,000 rounds of golf this year. That creates an opportunity to improve the golfing experience and grow the business, the new owners say.
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Industry leaders give insights in 2021 Daily Memphian CRE seminar
Industry leaders covered everything industrial, office and retail, and two of the region’s top economic development experts talked Ford and its unprecedented planned development.
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Conaway: Megasite renaming is a personal insult
The boys from rural Tennessee are doing what naughty boys in rural communities have always done. They’re metaphorically climbing up to the top of the Memphis Regional Megasite water tower to paint out what they don’t like.
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November 2021
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New Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott opens in Arlington
Arlington’s first hotel is preparing to soon start receiving guests for sports tournaments, wedding receptions and the upcoming developments east of town.
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Ford Megasite: Motor Co. returns to roots in ‘vertically integrated’ Blue Oval City
Blue Oval City’s 3,600 acres will include space for a supplier park. Still, state officials anticipate some suppliers locating near the Megasite of West Tennessee.
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State drops ‘Memphis’ from Megasite name
Memphis Regional Megasite of West Tennessee: The Haywood County site no longer includes a reference to the city of Memphis. Now, it’s officially the Megasite of West Tennessee.
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Lee appoints Memphis businessman, Tipton mayor to Megasite Authority
Gov. Bill Lee names Charlie Tuggle, executive vice president and general counsel for First Horizon National, and Tipton County Mayor Jeff Huffman to the Megasite Authority of West Tennessee.
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October 2021
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Watch: Road to $5.6 billion Ford plant bypasses state’s automotive corridor
Two economic development veterans with experience in the state’s Middle Tennessee auto corridor talked on Behind The Headlines about the coming ‘gold rush’ of growth related to the Ford plant that they say will reach Memphis.
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Bartlett training gives students head start on Megasite jobs
Now with Ford Motor Co. set to build a plant in Haywood County by 2025, Bartlett High School’s CNC machinery may also help provide hands-on learning for students to prepare for jobs in the automotive industry.
Related article: Road to $5.6 billion Ford plant bypasses state's automotive corridor
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Megasite contracts will only become public after they’re signed
The public won’t be able to inspect the contracts until they’re finalized, prompting criticism among transparency advocates that the Megasite Authority will be able to spend millions of dollars with little oversight.
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Tennessee lawmakers OK $900M Ford incentive package
About 10 lawmakers voted against or abstained from voting on the Ford bills.
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Lawmakers to discuss $883M in incentives for Ford
State lawmakers are set to begin a special legislative session Monday, Oct. 18.
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Council spars with TVA on coal ash disposal plan, role in Ford plant
The council is on record opposing TVA’s plan to truck coal ash from the old Allen Fossil Plant to a landfill in Capleville. The Tuesday council committee discussion also ventured into TVA’s role in the Blue Oval City Ford battery plant.
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September 2021
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Memphis Chamber launches Center for Economic Competitiveness
The center’s new report found that Memphis is No.1 when compared to its peers in the area for diverse tech talent.
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The long drive to making cars closer to Memphis
Memphis and the surrounding region lost out when the state’s original auto corridor was established in Middle Tennessee almost 40 years ago. But the new Ford plant in Haywood County comes with lessons from that pursuit as well as doubts and the prospect of more change beyond the electric vehicles powered by batteries made at the megasite.
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Governor, execs celebrate Megasite news
“Blue Oval City will be the biggest auto manufacturing (site) in our 118-year history,” said Ford president and CEO Jim Farley. “It will also be the cleanest and most efficient. It will produce electric vehicles on a scale we couldn’t have even imagined 10 years ago.”
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