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<blockquote data-quote="Browncoat" data-source="post: 835187" data-attributes="member: 1061">No photo for this yet. I don't want to paint a completely bleak picture, but there is some relief in sight, at least for my community. A Chinese manufacturer is building a large EV battery facility. Phase I is nearly complete, and will employ around 300 people. When the entire project is complete, it will employ around 1,200 people with around $73 million in payroll. The math works out to around $30/hr on average, not too shabby for this area. The city is slow-walking the project due to a perceived lack of housing.A new subdivision was installed across town, with cookie-cutter builder's grade homes &quot;starting in the mid-200s.&quot; The same developer just finished building a 200 unit apartment complex, with rent in the $2,000/month range. A similar complex is already under construction, and another will be built next spring...where our drive-in movie theater currently resides. Another one of those bites the dust. Which reminds me, I need to take a photo of it before its gone.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Browncoat, post: 835187, member: 1061"] No photo for this yet. I don't want to paint a completely bleak picture, but there is some relief in sight, at least for my community. A Chinese manufacturer is building a large EV battery facility. Phase I is nearly complete, and will employ around 300 people. When the entire project is complete, it will employ around 1,200 people with around $73 million in payroll. The math works out to around $30/hr on average, not too shabby for this area. The city is slow-walking the project due to a perceived lack of housing. A new subdivision was installed across town, with cookie-cutter builder's grade homes "starting in the mid-200s." The same developer just finished building a 200 unit apartment complex, with rent in the $2,000/month range. A similar complex is already under construction, and another will be built next spring...where our drive-in movie theater currently resides. Another one of those bites the dust. Which reminds me, I need to take a photo of it before its gone. [/QUOTE]

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