“With this expansion, LG Hausys further solidifies its position as an anchor in the business community in Gordon County, and advances the growth of the manufacturing sector in Georgia,” said Gov. Sonny Perdue. “Companies like LG Hausys strengthen Georgia’s diverse economy. I’m pleased to see the company take on such significant growth that positively impacts our state.”
At the company’s expanded facility, LG Hausys will manufacture engineered stone countertops, which represents a new venture for the company in Georgia. Currently the company manufactures high-quality solid surface countertops at its existing manufacturing operation in Gordon County.
“Since the mass production of ‘HI-MACS’ started in 1995 in the United States, LG Hausys has become a representative maker of Surfaces materials. We plan to solidify its market dominance by launching new products and expanding applications,” said Seogseung Hong, President of LG Hausys America.
The new LG Hausys plant in Adairsville will be an approximately 95,000-square-foot facility. Employees hired for the newly created jobs will all work in the company’s expanded operations, with hiring expected to begin in the third quarter of 2010.
“We are pleased and excited to have LG Hausys expand in our community” said Larry Roye, chairman of the Development Authority of Gordon County. “LG has always been a great corporate citizen in Gordon County. We appreciate the investment and the new jobs that will be created in our community with this new project. The team effort of the state of Georgia, the local governments of Gordon County and the city of Calhoun made this project possible. The future is bright because of the partnership we have with LG.”
“I am very happy that LG Hausys has continued to grow with Gordon County,” said Alvin Long, Chairman of the Gordon County Board of Commissioners. “I want to thank the Development Authority, Chamber of Commerce and the State for their efforts on this project.”
Common man? During 2008, 86% of contributions from the chamber's political action committee went to GOP candidates.
Of course there is not actually a Chamber of Commerce, at least the way we might imagine it. This is no confederation of congenial, small town business groups that pass out maps of Main Street and souvenir key rings. The chamber in question is a front group.
Yes, yes, it reports a membership of three million businesses, but tax records indicate that in 2008 a third of its contributions came from 19 companies paying between $1 million and $15.3 million. Don't hold your breath: the chamber is not required to reveal who those 19 are.
The March 8 edition of the Los Angeles Times reports that "internal documents suggest the organization's treasury is filled in substantial part by contributions from a couple dozen major corporations most affected by Washington policymakers."
Got it? Predators who prey together stick together.
With all that cash, the Times notes, "The chamber spent more than $144 million on lobbying and grass-roots organizing last year, a 60% increase over 2008, and well beyond the spending of individual labor unions or the Democratic or Republican national committees. The chamber is expected to substantially exceed that spending level in 2010."
Mc...still think the chamber of commerce is the common man?
To relate to the article, Gordon County provides incentives to LG Hausys America Inc. The company should First Go Gordon.
My Uncle works there. He is from Bartow county.This facilty has a small number of employees. He knows all of them. No One from Gordon.
It is not hard to be economically in the upper third in Georgia.Take carpet out of Gordon it would fall to the bottom third.Our stroke of Luck is the fact when carpet boomed we were next to Whitfield County
Princeton defines Common Man as One who hold no title. Looking over the membership list of the Gordon County Chamber 75% are somekind of business owner or politician. The other 25% are sent there by Shaw or Mohawk or some other big company to represent their intrest.
I define common man is which a person whom makes less than 50,000 a year, which according to the census dept would be 11,000 more than the average median income for Gordon County.
I would be willing to bet that most of the Chamber membership makes more than 39k per year.
As for the development authority.All that I asked from them is to stand up for the worker.
Make sure Gordon Coutians have the first shot at these jobs.
But they wont do that.
You make a couple of broad generalizations here. You may very well be right, but I would be interested to know if you are correct on the makeup of the employees at Hausys. Do you have facts that you can share?
"As afar as I know. No one from Gordon County Works in this facility. Except maybe management."
This other comment seems contradictory to me.
"The Gordon County Development Authority does absoultely nothing for the common man.They tow the absolute line for the Chamber."
The Chamber membership and board is made up largely of small business owners/employees, a group I would consider the "common man." Economically, Gordon County ranks in the top third of Georgia’s 159 counties. In a time when counties are struggling to attract/maintain any new jobs, our Development Authority has managed to bring new employers and expansions. Obviously, there are still not enough jobs, but to say they do nothing for the common man seems off base to me.
As afar as I know. No one from Gordon County Works in this facility. Except maybe management.
The Gordon County Development Authority does absoultely nothing for the common man.They tow the absolute line for the Chamber.
If they did, they would make sure any new jobs brought here would be offered to Gordon Citizens first.
Maybe Bartow County,which has a proven record of attracting better than average paying jobs,has done this