Milwaukee, WI
Company completes it largest manufacturing facility in America, and it’s in Mississippi
The biggest economic development project in recent memory in Grenada County is finally complete.
After more than two years of work, Milwaukee Tool this week opened its largest manufacturing plant in the United States.
The 500,000 square-foot facility will employ more than 800 people from eight surrounding counties and is an investment of $60 million.
The location of Grenada along Interstate-55, about halfway between Jackson and Memphis, has become a hot spot for projects as Ice Industries recently announced a $4 million expansion of its facility, which primarily serves the automotive, HVAC, appliance and off-highway markets as a one-stop stamping, welding and painting center.
“Anytime you have a really good manufacturing presence with a brand name that people will recognize, it just says that the community is open for business. It also says the state is open for business. That’s a positive image for us and for manufacturing,” Matthew Harrison, the CEO of the Greater Grenada Partnership, told the Clarion Ledger.
Manufacturing is the most extensive form of employment in and around Grenada, with up to 35% of the workforce employed in at least one area of the industry.
“Per capita, Grenada is probably the most significant manufacturing community on Interstate 55 in Mississippi,” Harrison said. “The amount of manufacturing here is about double the state average. We are still doing some research on that but right now … the amount of people working in manufacturing is staggering.”
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The cluster of manufacturing in the workforce retail hub consists of the counties of Grenada, Tallahatchie, Calhoun, Webster, Yalobusha, Carroll and Leflore.
The Milwaukee Tool facility building is a visual statement for those driving the I-55 corridor, much like that of Nissan in Madison County and Continental Tire in Hinds County.
“You are not going to miss that facility,” Harrison said. “That’s great for Grenada, and that’s great for the state. All the traffic and the interstate traffic between Memphis and Jackson and people coming into the state to do business, whether it is industrial clients, prospects or consultants or it is just people doing business between the communities.”
The new Grenada facility is a link in the chain of the company’s other locations throughout Mississippi. Milwaukee Tool currently has manufacturing, distribution and assembly facilities in Greenwood, Jackson, Olive Branch and Clinton, having invested more than $209M in expansion in the state over the last seven years.
Ross Reily can be reached by email at rreily@gannett.com or 601-573-2952. You can follow him on Twitter @GreenOkra1.
MILWAUKEE — According to the Milwaukee Police Department, an 18-year-old is dead following a shooting early Saturday morning.
The shooting happened Saturday, May 31, around 5 a.m. in the area of 41st St. and Glendale Ave.
Police say the 18-year-old victim died at the scene.
The Milwaukee Police Department is investigating and is in search of unknown suspects.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Milwaukee Police at (414) 935-7360 or to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at (414) 224-Tips or P3 Tips.
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The Milwaukee Brewers have one of the most exciting prospects in the game right now low in the minors.
18-year-old infielder Jesús Made has had a meteoric rise in the prospect standings this season. Made currently is ranked as the Brewers’ No. 1 overall prospect and the No. 23 overall prospect in the game right now.
Made had another massive day on Friday as he went 3-for-4 for the Class-A Carolina Mudcats with an inside-the-park home run, a double, three RBIs, and three stolen bases.
Made has been phenomenal so far this season. He has appeared in 40 games so far this season and is slashing .288/.402/.438 with four homers, 26 RBIs, 21 stolen bases, nine doubles, one triple, 32 runs scored, and 28 walks.
This is a guy who is going to play a massive role with the Brewers in the near future if he can keep things up. He’s drawn comparisons to Brewers phenom Jackson Chourio and has lived up to the hype in the minors so far. If he can keep up this level of play over the next year or so, there’s a real possibility that he and Chourio are both in the lineup for Milwaukee maybe by the time the 2027 season gets here. That’s just speculation, but would follow the timeline that Chourio was on.
Milwaukee has plenty of young talent at the big league level right now and another top prospect working his way up.
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MILWAUKEE — The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is debating the future of the I-794 interchange in downtown Milwaukee, presenting four options to the public during Thursday’s meeting that drew hundreds of attendees.
WisDOT has spent the last few years examining alternatives for I-794’s future, narrowing down to four distinct options.
The first option involves the total removal of I-794, which would open space for retail, recreation, and housing development in downtown Milwaukee.
The second option would replace the current structure in kind, reconstructing I-794 while maintaining its existing footprint.
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The remaining two options are freeway improvement plans that would keep the structure but consolidate it to reduce its overall footprint.
“Highways running throughout neighborhoods no longer work,” said Montavius Jones, a member of the volunteer group Rethink 794, which advocates for the total removal option.
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“The removal of 794 will unlock so much potential, so much opportunity as far as jobs, housing opportunities, new retail opportunities, new amenities, new green space,” Jones said.
Many opponents of the removal option worry about increased travel time and traffic coming into downtown from I-94 and the Hoan Bridge.
However, Ryan Breaker, who lives in South Milwaukee and frequently uses I-794, doesn’t share those concerns.
“The improvements to the city are massive, I think the potential is massive, I believe the concerns are going to largely end up being unfounded,” Breaker said.
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For some stakeholders, the potential changes raise concerns about preserving local history.
Chuck Lazzaro is advocating for Pompeii Square, a memorial located under I-794 that commemorates the Pompeii Church, which was demolished to accommodate the highway’s construction in the 1960s.
“It was put there by our club to remember the church and our roots of the Italian community that was in the third ward,” Lazzaro said.
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Lazzaro worries that a large construction project on I-794 could leave the memorial with the same fate as the church it represents.
“We want to make sure whatever option they pick here does not affect our monument,” Lazzaro said.
Any plan chosen will need to go through environmental review and approval before WisDOT can identify funding availability. Construction is not anticipated to begin until the 2030s.
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