As someone who lives a few miles from Georgetown, KY, it's important to note that this factory already exists and sounds like they are (partially) re-tooling it to begin EV production. So that might explain the dollar figure.
Toyota has been good to the area.
Off topic, but is there a popular tech meetup in the state? Moved back a year and some change ago and would love to get more involved.
- PHP user group (https://www.meetup.com/kentucky-php-user-group/events/298973...)
- Bluegrass Developers Guild (https://www.meetup.com/the-bluegrass-developers-guild/events...)
Also, being an early employee at a startup, I've been attending the rare Startup Lexington event I can make it to.
Feel free to contact my email (in profile) if you want to connect
I also lurk on these slacks: bluegrass-dev.slack (same folks as the meetup I assume), Louisville Tech louisville.slack, and startuplexington.slack
Hope we keep this ball rolling a bit longer on meetups and gatherings both in person and online.
- https://lextalk.tech/ - should be another one in April or may
- https://www.meetup.com/The-Bluegrass-Developers-Guild on Meetup - lots of good events here
- https://www.bluegrassdevs.org/ - join our slack
I really suggest coffee and code. It is super chill and a great way to meet folks around the area: https://meetu.ps/e/MN0XK/1RyZP/i
We are always looking for folks to help out.