Even though it’s not in Anderson, the new Honda Motor Co. plant announced in Greensburg on Wednesday could have a positive economic ripple effect through the area, including Anderson.
Officials said Anderson wasn’t even in the running to get the plant because the company needs more green space ready to hook up to utilities.
“We weren’t considered for Honda because we didn’t have 1,500 acres already amassed with infrastructure,” Deputy Economic Development Director Linda Dawson said.
Dawson said the city is working to create more such space.
“One of things we need to do is get our hands on a larger parcel of ground we can put in front of a company,” said Greg Winkler, the city’s marketing consultant. “If you don’t have it, it doesn’t do any good to say, ‘We’ll get it for you.’”
But it can be done — Mayor Kevin Smith pointed to the two-year-effort to win Project Echo, which the city has not yet publicly announced but has been linked in media reports to a $235 million-dollar Nestle Corp. food processing plant.
The city is still in the process of bringing enough water, sewer and electricity to the 200-acre site near the Flagship.
Post-Echo, however, “the largest chunk of green space in Anderson is 400 or 600 acres,” Winkler said.
He’s working to use the “Honda effect” to bring jobs to Anderson from the auto company’s suppliers.
“That’s why a manufacturing plant for the auto industry is such a golden goose,” he said. “It creates more jobs outside the factory process than it does within.”
Guide Corp. and Delphi Corp., auto suppliers left over from General Motors days, are still doing business in Anderson, though Delphi has declared bankruptcy.
“I have no idea (if we’ll get any new business from the Honda plant),” said Steve Lewis, president of United Auto Workers Local 663, the union representing Guide workers. “That would be wonderful, but we’ve not heard anything.”
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June 30, 2006
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Honda named "Greenest Automaker" by Union of Concerned Scientists
Honda has earned the title of America’s “2007 Greenest Automaker” from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) for the fourth consecutive time.
- Honda gets 5,000 applicants for 18 jobs When Honda officials said they were delighted by the response the company’s call for applicants returned, they may have been understating things a bit.
- Honda jobs hot on the Web That theory was borne out recently as Honda received a multitude of online applications for the first-ever positions at the Greensburg facility.
- Honda ceremoniously breaks ground on 19th In what promises to be the first of several momentous occasions, Honda announced it will be hosting a limited ground breaking ceremony on March 19.
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Honda begins limited hiring for non-production positions
Honda announced it will begin hiring for a limited number of positions for the new $550 million auto plant it is constructing near Greensburg.
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JIM CUMMINGS: Sometimes no news is good news
It’s been easy to get caught up in Honda hysteria lately with all of the happenings in Decatur County. There’s a buzz around this area which hasn’t been felt in some time.
- Konichiwa Greensburg: An update from Vicki Kellerman Greetings from Narita, Japan! After a long but very comfortable flight, we arrived at Narita Airport almost on time, about 6:30 p.m. Narita time and 5:30 a.m. Greensburg time.
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Sayonara Greensburg, Konnichiwa Japan
While most local residents were just getting up, if they slept in, and sipping their first cup of coffee, a group of 23 people from Southeastern Indiana were boarding a plane to Japan.
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Honda site taking shape
The employees may have been whistling while they worked but probably can’t hear it over the loud hum of heavy machinery at the Honda site.
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Honda’s goal: Innovation
“There were many reasons why Honda selected Indiana for our new plant – transportation, infrastructure, land and other business decisions,” Shane McCoy, a 17-year Honda employee who will be responsible for support services at the Greensburg factory, told 320 attendees of the Ripley County Chamber of Commerce annual dinner Sept. 14.
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