Is New Ford Plant in Georgia Simply a Land Swap?
At this writing, it’s unclear if reports about Ford building a new assembly plant in Georgia indicate a second Ford plant in the state or closure of its Hapeville facility in order to make way for a new plant. The deal could simply mean a land swap with the state. Ford would close its land-locked Hapeville facility that was built in the 1940s and build new farther outside the Atlanta MSA. Sites in Morgan County, located east of Atlanta, and Meriwether County, located near LaGrange southwest of Atlanta, have been visited by the Michigan-based automaker. It’s been reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that state economic development officials have said Ford is looking for a “replacement site” for the Hapeville plant. Yet, officials in Fulton County, where Hapeville is located, maintain Ford officials have told them they will not close the Hapeville factory. Is Division of ExxonMobil Relocating from New Orleans to Houston? The east production division of ExxonMobil could decide to
