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Gourmeltz business owner Matt Striclkland (Matt Striclkland) said that the Virginia Attorney General is prosecuting him for violating the COVID order.
Governor Ralph Northam announced on Monday that a medical glove factory that promised to hire nearly 2,500 employees will come to southwest Virginia, saying that this news is the largest job created by this generation in this troubled area.
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According to the governor’s office, the Wyss County project, 250 miles west of the state’s capital, is expected to create jobs per capita equivalent to Amazon’s new headquarters in Arlington, supported by huge federal spending.
In an interview with the Associated Press before the official announcement on Monday afternoon, Northam called the project a major victory for southwestern Virginia, and said that the pandemic and related supply chain issues indicated the need to produce more personal protective equipment ashore. .
According to the press release, Blue Star Manufacturing and American Glove Innovations have agreed to form a joint venture and invest USD 714 million to create a nitrile rubber manufacturing plant and a nitrile glove production business. These facilities are expected to cover more than 200 acres and are located in an industrial park near the junction of Interstates 77 and 81.
Northam’s office stated that the project will increase the production and manufacturing of raw materials for gloves currently mainly made in Asia. The company's goal is to sell gloves to distributors and large end users, such as healthcare companies.
Federal spending records showed that one of the company’s limited liability companies was awarded a $123.1 million Department of Defense contract in May to increase the production capacity of nitrile rubber, and the news was announced thereafter.
Virginia competes with Tennessee and Texas for the project, and state officials said that the project is expected to create 2,464 new jobs in the next three to five years.
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To ensure the safety of the project, the federal government agreed to pay $8.5 million to upgrade the water infrastructure at the industrial site called Progress Park.
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A 2019 review by the Associated Press found that despite huge expenditures, many industrial parks in the state are still empty. Local officials said in a press release that Monday’s announcement indicated that their previous investment in Progress Park has paid off.
Northam’s office stated that the Virginia Tobacco District Revitalization Committee, an entity established to spend and invest in Virginia’s portion of the National Tobacco Settlement, also approved the $1.02 million provided by the Tobacco District Opportunity Fund to “support additional public infrastructure".
According to the press release, the legislative committee established to strengthen oversight of economic development plans has signed a $8.5 million investment in water infrastructure. The program is also eligible to apply for state benefits from the Rail Access Program and the Workforce Services Program.
Republican Representative Morgan Griffith, representing the 9th congressional district in southwestern Virginia, called the news "big news in the area."
He said in a statement: "This will provide opportunities for our citizens, the economic growth of local communities, and taxation to support public services."
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Northam said the project will create "high-paying jobs." The press release did not specify the average salary.
West County is about an hour's drive southwest of Roanoke. According to state data, the unemployment rate has been higher than the state as a whole for more than a decade, but the unemployment rate in 2020 is lower than the national average.
Due to the exhaustion of coal mining, many manufacturing jobs have been transferred overseas, and the economy of southwestern Virginia has been in a long-term decline. The population of this area is also decreasing. An initiative to study how the country provides economic transformation support for coal fields is currently underway, and a report is expected to be released later this year.
The Northam government is also seeking to improve broadband access and transportation in the region, including rail access.
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