As contracts are being awarded and opportunities announced, municipal leaders are making sure their communities aren’t excluded
Members of the Milwaukee Common Council April 12 pressed representatives promoting the Foxconn development about diversity at every level of the project.
The
council’s steering and rules committee discussed development plans with
the state liaison for the project, Matt Moroney of the Wisconsin Department of Administration, and Adam Jelen, a senior vice president with Gilbane Building Company, the lead contractor.
Foxconn
Technology Group, the largest contract electronics company in the
world, plans to build a campus in Mount Pleasant to manufacture LCD
screens, operate a headquarters in Milwaukee, and import and export
goods from the Port of Milwaukee.
In
courting the Taiwan-based company, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and the
GOP-controlled Legislature negotiated the largest taxpayer giveaway to a
private corporation in the nation’s history, as well relaxed
environmental regulations.
Strong opposition to the
project remains, but as contracts are being awarded and opportunities
announced, municipal leaders are making sure their communities aren’t
excluded
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