Posted on 09/10/2018 10:47:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- More than 500 high-tech engineering jobs are coming to Bullitt County with the arrival of New Flyer of America.
Over the past nine months, the company has been preparing a 300,000-square-foot warehouse off Park Loop Road in Shepherdsville to house its newest manufacturing facility. On Monday, workers and executives celebrated the grand opening with a ribbon cutting and tour for city and state leaders.
“This is a huge investment and a huge step for us,” said Wayne Joseph, the president of New Flyer of America.
According to the company’s press release, NFI Group is North America’s largest bus and coach manufacturer.
“The technology that’s involved in our products are state-of-the-art, and we’re the leader in that technology,” Joseph said.
Gov. Matt Bevin toured the facility and said he’s thrilled for New Flyer to pick Shepherdsville.
“This is exciting not only for Bullitt County but for Kentucky,” Bevin said. “It’s exciting for the transportation industry.”
Much of what will be made at the Shepherdsville location the company used to buy from other manufacturers across the country. Now, they will be making different parts and electrical components in house.
The company’s president said they were originally looking to locate in Indiana but decided on Bullitt County, because “ the workforce is here.”
Around 100 people are working at the facility currently. The goal is to have more than 500 people employed by next year.
“My vision for Kentucky is that we become the engineering and manufacturing center of excellence in the United States,” Bevin said. “And a company like New Flyer is the exact embodiment of that.”
You can apply in person at the facility (857 Park Loop Road in Shepherdsville, Ky. 40165). Or you can submit an application online.
Especially in Bullitt County...
Poor is it?
Yes. Very.
Not dirt poor like in Eastern Ky. Just not much going on business-wise. Most people work in Jefferson County.
My grandparents lived in a rural area about 5 mi E of Lebanon Junction.
500 tech jobs will be HUGE
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Ping. Shorten your commute?
Anyone know if the company got any taxpayer money to site there?
Just curious.
I don’t know any details on this project but having been involved in some development projects I am reasonably certain that there were property tax abatements, impact fee waivers and various government commitments regarding surrounding infrastructure. A plum project like this doesn’t happen because Bullitt County has a good KFC. The package of taxes and fees that local governments have on the books is “sticker price.” Nobody pays sticker price.
I don’t know any details on this project but having been involved in some development projects I am reasonably certain that there were property tax abatements, impact fee waivers and various government commitments regarding surrounding infrastructure. A plum project like this doesn’t happen because Bullitt County has a good KFC. The package of taxes and fees that local governments have on the books is “sticker price.” Nobody pays sticker price.
I can tell you this. It doesn’t bloody work. NYS has spent billions of taxpayer money and Upstate is still a freaking wasteland.
I can’t find a single article talking about whether or not the company received any bribes...er, incentives to site there. If he company did get money to site there, I bet local and county taxpayers will be in for a rude surprise. And ain’t it interesting that media outlets are not covering the incentives angle. Go figure.
It doesn’t work in New York because the politicians are corrupt idiots giving away the store for “green jobs” manufacturing pixie dust and unicorn farts. Reliably conservative counties do this all the time. They are successful because they pursue real jobs like these.
No, h, it doesn’t work because the bribes aren’t never ending. Because prospective employees don’t get the same breaks so finding personnel is still an issue in places families don’t want to live. Because tax breaks have to be paid for and states can’t print money. There are exceptions for companies with political juice and/or that suck off the government teat. If this company is one of those, it might stick around longer. But if I’m a prospective employee, I’d be renting, not buying if I’m hired.
It’s part of the game. Do you want the nice manufacturing plant? Do you want it more than the city two states over? If you don’t make an offer, you stay poor and the new jobs go somewhere else. Play that way consistently, and your residents with skills go somewhere else too. Then you’re left with a community of unemployed and unemployable welfare leeches. You may not like the game, but if you are a business looking to cut costs and a local government looking for jobs, you play it.
Get rid of H-1B so AMERICANS can get those jobs and not foreign nationals.
You are so full of bull manure it isn't funny. Go away loser. The hypocrisy on the right is a thick as on the left....
Pard, why do you think people are fleeing NYS? What the heck good do tax breaks for your employer do if you can’t afford to live where the job is?
I’m a conservative.
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