What Haywood County can learn from the GM plant in Middle Tennessee
The population of Spring Hill, about 45 minutes south of Nashville, has grown by more than 50 times since General Motors broke ground in 1986
An assembly line worker uses a large robotic machine to install front seats in a 2009 Chevrolet Traverse at the GM Spring Hill Manufacturing Plant in 2008. (AP file Photo/Bill Waugh)
From its founding in 1809, to the Civil War and through the 1980s, fewer than 1,000 people lived in rural Spring Hill. Then, in 1985, General Motors came to town.
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Ian Round
Ian Round is The Daily Memphian’s state government reporter based in Nashville. He came to Tennessee from Maryland, where he reported on local politics for Baltimore Brew. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in December 2019.
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