Episode 10: Pick me! A (big) recruitment win in West Virginia with Nucor
Each season, we’ll hear from a community who recently won a significant project, and how they did it. On this Pick Me! Episode, West Virginia’s Secretary of Economic Development Mitch Carmichael joins us to talk about landing the biggest investment in state history: Nucor Corporation’s $2.7 billion project.
Can you tell us a little bit about Nucor?
Nucor is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of steel. In fact, they’re the largest re-manufacturer and recycler of steel products. So they’re a Fortune 150 company, among the largest 150 companies in the world, and they did a nationwide search. They wanted to be really in the Eastern time zone, it could have been the Central as well, when they were selecting a site for their most advanced, new, green-powered steel manufacturer.
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