Crockett, They Passed On The Crockett

By Kleinheider Posted on July 22, 2008 at 7:02 am

Mike Slater wants to know how Chattanooga’s megasite nabbed the Volkswagen plant when the megasite in Crockett County was all ready to go:

The new VW plant in Chattanooga is 1,600 acres. The TVA MegaSite in Crockett County is 1,600 acres. It’s called the West Tennessee Auto Park, designed specifically for…automobile production. The site was built in September of 2005. In December 2007 they somehow lost or didn’t renew their certification. And in July of 2008 a $1 billion plant opened up in a different TVA MegaSite in Chattanooga.

Am I way off base in asking why the TVA MegaSite in Crockett County wasn’t in top consideration for the new VW plant? Congressman Tanner?

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Tags: Chattanooga, Crockett County, megasite, TVA megasite, Volkswagen, VW

Crockett, They Passed On The Crockett

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