BELL COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) – Federal, state and local officials gathered in Bell County on Wednesday to break ground on a new steel manufacturing facility in Middlesboro.
In the next 15 years, Flash Steelworks plans to invest more than $12 million and create 250 full-time jobs with an hourly rate of $39. Officials say 100 of those are expected to be in place in the next three years.
$1 million of Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) funding and a $5 million match of state funding will get the construction of the steel manufacturing facility started.
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