City Drops Ball on $200,000,000 Wausau Project

where did you see this info? I dont read the Journal ao if it was there I missed it. But can you tell us more about this Midldletown29??

I read where Wausau is expanding operations in Harrodsburg,Ky and adding 76 workers. That is a 220 million dollar expansion.

 

Is that what your talking about M29 ? I did not see anything about Middeltown in the article.

The source is Wausau. Middletown was first choice however, Gilleland dropped the ball. As a result project is going to Harrodsburg, KY.
$200 plus million
200 plus jobs
Gilleland was spending so much of her time on PAC and Cincinnati State she lost a big fish.

My source is Bay West/Wausau
The figures are accurate
May be that Harrodburg will be done in 2 phases
Gilleland has details but is trying to keep it all quiet

M29, surely you must be mistaken.  We are frequently told how "business friendly" city leadership is!

M29, having a daughter that attended Centre College in Danville, I know that area extremely well. I did not read in the Lexington Herald Leader or anything on Wausau's site, Middletown was the first choice for expansion. It appears the Governor of Kentucky was heavily involved in the project, and gave enormous tax credits and it is an EXPANSON of their existing plant. While I realize you reference Middletown Bay West/ Waussau, what source are you making reliance Middletown lost this? I see nothing to suggest that. Are you indicating through innuendo or people inside Bay West, the gossip was Middletown lost it? I would have a serious problem if Middletown took their eye off the ball on this one, but to me it appears the plans all along were to expand the Harrodsburg site. May I ask, where is your source? Harrodsburg has a great bed and breakfast, the Beaumont Inn, I'd much rather in Harrodsburg/ Danville from Centre abd 30 minutes from Lexington than Middletown---a no brainer.j

CORRECTION:
Jobs were projected to be 150 not 200
Investment was estimated to be $220 million
To be constructed next to existing facility

Actilually the proposed Cincinnati State project was a stumbling block. I understand the City told Wausau they had to keep their project at least a half block from Main Street. Gilleland and Kochler did not want the Wausau project to create noise that would interfear with CS.

And when Wausau padlocks the gate and moves the rest of their operation out of Middletown, I guess our leaders at city hall will be shocked and surprised, and just will not be able to understand why they would want to leave such a business friendly city. 

According to Wausau, a small strip of their land along Main St would need a zoning change. Gilleland and Kohler did not support the needed change. Wausau didn't want the trouble of fighting staff over zoning.

Harrodsburg stepped up and stole the project from under our nose.

Loss:
        $220,000,000 investment
        150 jobs

409, the only thing I would like to read in the City Manager's Report is that she will be leaving and soon.

No report in the MJ?
No information from Gilleland?
No questions from our Council?