Thursday, September 25, 2003
Chrysler announnced that it was not going to be building the proposed truck plant in Savannah. The handwriting appeared on the wall in July, but it took until now to make it official.
The State has spent about $60 million preparing the site, and a few weeks ago the State wrote a letter to Chrysler giving the company until the end of the year to make a decision on going forward.
Well, looks like they got their answer. Read more.
Meanwhile, former South Carolina Governor Hodges, who walked away from the deal, is feeling pretty good. Read more.
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Chrysler bails out on Savannah truck plant
