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Outline of Need:
A local heating and air conditioning component manufacturer needed to expand their base of operation. Nordyne, Inc., manufactures well-known consumer heating and air conditioning units such as Frigidaire, Tappan, Gibson, Kelvinator, and Philco. The complex needed additional space and realized the potential for creating jobs in the small rural community of Poplar Bluff.
How Rural Development Helped:
With direction and participation from Ed Dust, Executive Director of Poplar Bluff Industries, Missouri Rural Development teamed with First Community Bank of Poplar Bluff to provide funding for the initial purchase of an existing building in the Poplar Bluff Industrial Park.
Pictured from left to right are: Greg Branum, State Director, Rural Development; Ed Dust, Executive Director of Poplar Bluff Industries; and Jo Ann Emerson, U.S. Representative, District 8.
The Results:
Jobs were created and Poplar Bluff Industries, Inc. was spared maintenance on a vacant manufacturing building. The projected increase in job availability was initially to be 230, within the first year, and in time, to support a total of 715 employees. Nordyne has exceeded Rural Development's 1st year expectations, employing 258 at the present time.
(February 2002)
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