Work has begun on a new $800 million meat processing plant in Wright City. Over 1000 new jobs. This is in Warren County, just an hour outside of STL.

KSDK.com: Wisconsin beef producer begins work on $800M St. Louis-area facility.
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local ... c8effd2a01

Pretty massive win for the exurbs. I think it's great. 

I want to see the whole region eat. 

I say 'meh'! Battery plant would suit me, if the state is subsidizing.

sc4mayor wrote: ↑

Sep 14, 2022

Might have to go make a cold call

Go make a cold call for a cold cut?

To  STLEnginerd:

Beep. Beep. Beep. EVs are the future. Beep 

I don't think is an either/or situation. 

I'll take the 1,000 new jobs for the region. I'll take another 1,000 in each of this industry, that industry, and those industries, too. 

Curious if this plant is driven in part to onshoring due to logistics, supply chain issue?.   I don't think meat consumption has been going up so assume plant of this size is driven by either a better way, more automated approach to the processing (less people in a very labor intensive process) and or onshoring as a lot of food processing involves products going oversees, processed, & sent back because it is still very labor intensive.   Maybe both but none the less a big win.

Get off thread but I do think the region's shot at a piece of the EV will depend on GM.   I believe a lot of the automakers and battery makes have already lined up their huge state subsidies and locations.   

If St. Louis does land EV jobs, I fully expect that they would be in that St. Charles-Lincoln-Warren County area.