Officials to announce plant, jobs for park
By The Associated PressTuesday, October 14, 2008LAURENS, S.C. - Gov. Mark Sanford and other local officials are scheduled to appear at the Laurens County Courthouse to announce what is being billed as the single largest corporate investment in the county’s history.
The Spartanburg Herald-Journal reports that officials will announce on Tuesday a new factory at the Owings Industrial Park along Interstate 385. That’s based on an ordinance that went before the Greenville County Council on Monday night.
The ordinance is a legal formality required to put the factory inside the boundaries of a so-called “multi-county” industrial park, which makes the company eligible for greater tax breaks.
Marvin Moss, Laurens County’s economic development director, said the company, which he would not identify, will create a “significant number of jobs” paying “considerably above” the county’s average wage of $12.58 an hour.
