Amazon Plans Major Expansion in Right to Work Louisiana
Amazon is planning a major expansion in Right to Work Shreveport, Louisiana. In fact, they are investing a total of $6 billion in the project. As a result, they will also create 210 new job opportunities!
From Area Development Magazine:
“When we announced our investment in northwest Louisiana earlier this year, we made a promise: Amazon pays its own way, and the communities where we operate will be better off because we’re there. […] Increasing our planned investment to $18 billion means more good jobs for the region and more opportunities for local businesses. We’re continuing to protect ratepayers and strengthening this community for the long term.”
“Amazon’s expanded investment is creating new opportunities for Louisiana people and businesses to grow alongside it. […] From preparing Louisianans for high-paying careers to putting our local companies in the pipeline for contracts, we are focused on making sure investments of this scale create opportunity that reaches well beyond the project site. The real measure of a project like this is how broadly its benefits are felt, and we are working to ensure they reach workers, businesses, and communities across Louisiana.”
“When we’re looking at a 3 to 5-year buildout, when you have 22 hundred people doing construction, that’s a lot of tax dollars turning over in Shreveport and Caddo Parish.”
To read the previous economic update on Right to Work states, click here.