Wright County Iowa leaders will hold the second of three readings today on an urban renewal plan for a proposed 240-million-dollar pork processing plant. The plan would develop the site near Eagle Grove. David Young, of rural Stanhope, is a supervisor in neighboring Hamilton County. Young has been attending the Wright County meetings and says he fully supports the pork plant.
Young says the “elephant in the room” is the fact some residents are concerned about the new Prestage Foods plant bringing in a massive influx of immigrants.
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The chairman of the Hamilton County board of supervisors is Doug Bailey of Webster City. Bailey says he’s hoping the proposed plant will bring other new businesses to the region and new opportunities for area livestock producers.
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The final vote for the urban renewal project and development agreement will be next Monday, August 22nd. Prestage officials say the new plant would create nearly one-thousand jobs. Once approved, the plant is scheduled to open in March of 2019.