Warren County could get 200 new jobs if a deal goes through to build a new meat processing plant there, according to state development officials.
Plans are for Blue Ash-based Empire Marketing Strategies to construct the 80,000-square-foot plant in Mason following approvals of a state incentive package. The investment would total an estimated $21.5 million, according to Stephanie Mennecke, a spokeswoman for Ohio Development Services Agency.
City and company officials said the deal has not closed yet. But the project was approved Monday for $5.5 million from the Ohio Enterprise Bond Fund and a $1.5 million 166 Direct Loan by the Ohio Development Financing Advisory Council.
In May, Empire Packing Co. was also approved for a 50 percent, six-year Ohio Job Creation Tax Credit for the creation of approximately $4.9 million in annual payroll. The company expects to create 200 full time equivalent jobs within three years, starting in 2014, according to a description of the project from the state development department.
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