Where Will Amazon’s Next Fulfillment Center be Located?

Amazon is adding another fulfillment center in Right to Work Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This will also be their second one in this area, showing how desirable Right to Work locations are to successful businesses. The new location will consist of 820,000 square feet, so that’s plenty of room for new workers. So this will be a great economic addition!

From Area Development Magazine:

“We’re a global business with local roots set firmly in the communities in which we live, work, and play. From the local jobs we bring, to the local people we employ, train, and upskill, our business is made up of people from the communities like Baton Rouge. […] We’re excited to be growing our operations in the heart of Louisiana and want to thank the local community and all of the state and local leaders for their support in making this project possible.†[…]

Louisiana has a long and storied history as a leading state for the shipping and transport of goods. […] Today’s announcement by Amazon reveals a new chapter in that history. Baton Rouge will now be home to a state-of-the-art Amazon Robotics Fulfillment Center. I am proud to welcome this new investment to Louisiana’s Capital Region. I also thank Amazon for its continued investment in our great state, the third such investment in seven months. The new jobs and opportunities created by this project will be a tremendous value to Baton Rouge and the entire state.†[…]

This is the one we’ve been waiting for. […] Amazon’s project is transformational, both for creating a thousand jobs and serving as a model of intentional economic development. It’s been a great team effort of state and local leadership to get this project in place. The blighted Cortana Mall will be reinvented into a modern logistics hub that will catalyze investment in the Florida Boulevard corridor and beyond.â€AREA DEVELOPMENT MAGAZINE

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