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Scout Motors updates Blythewood council on factory build, hiring timeline
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Scout Motors representatives updated the Town of Blythewood council on construction progress at the company's Midlands production center, said the plant is on schedule, and described hiring and training plans that could bring roughly 10,000 jobs to the area over time.
Scout Motors officials presented a construction and staffing update to the Town of Blythewood Council, saying steel erection and exterior work are largely complete and that the company is preparing to hire production and supplier staff for a large-scale vehicle plant.
Poonam Patel, South Carolina community affairs manager for Scout Motors, introduced the company's new chief production officer, Oliver Wolinski, and said the presentation was intended to update council and the public on the project the company calls Project Connect.
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