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Mayor announces manufacturer (transcript: "Mint/Minth") to locate in Gadsden, promising hundreds of jobs
Summary
Mayor Craig Ford said a company identified in the transcript as "Mint" (pronounced/spelled by him as "Minth") purchased the Gulf State property, plans to place a headquarters in Gadsden and will bring up to about 800 jobs initially at roughly $25 an hour with potential growth to 1,400 jobs.
Mayor Craig Ford announced that a major manufacturing company identified in the meeting transcript as "Mint" (also pronounced or spelled by the mayor as "Minth") has purchased the former Gulf State property and plans to establish a presence in Gadsden, bringing hundreds of jobs to the city.
Ford said the company will initially bring "up to 800 jobs" with starting pay of about $25 an hour and that employment could grow to roughly 1,400 positions. "This is the biggest news for Gadsden, Alabama in my lifetime," Ford said, adding that the project was the result…
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