WHITLEY COUNTY JUDGE-EXECUTIVE REFLECTS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN 2021 ,
LOOKING FORWARD TO OPPORTUNITIES IN 2022 | By Jarrod Mills
When Whitley County Judge-Executive Pat White , Jr . thinks back to the county ’ s year in 2021 , he thinks economic development . That ’ s because last year the county witnessed the announcements of multiple multi-million dollar economic projects coming to the area bringing hundreds of jobs with them .
“ For years we have sought after substantial job growth and last year we had two giant projects announced and break ground : the race track project and the Firestone expansion ,” Judge White wrote in response to a request for his perspective on 2021 .
FIRESTONE AND CUMBERLAND MINT
Back in the summer of last year , Firestone Industrial Products Co . LLC announced its intent to create 250 fulltime jobs in Whitley County with a $ 50 million expansion of the company ’ s automotive air springs manufacturing plant in Williamsburg . White joined other local and state officials at the site of the plant in August for the project ’ s ground breaking .
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