They just said on channel 9 news that tennessee is one of the 3 final states up for the new volkswagen plant....

That would be pretty neat.   But don't count on it.  Chattanooga will find a way to screw it up like they always do.  

So I guess they didn't choose that site that is a couple of miles away from me :cry: . Cause they were looking at Pooler, GA at a site that is already leveled and ready to be built on. Mercedes all but broke ground there twice, and BMW and Audi have both looked at it once. I mean the site seems ideal since the Port is a couple of miles away and a railroad yard is also close by.

Not only Toyota but Hyundai,  Carlin Black Label brewery,  Pittsburg Paint & Glass and a few more that I can't remember.  Of course Dupont pulled out.  A lot of it was over taxes.  Its really sad. This my home town.  Born and raised here
      A few years ago a friend of mine showed me a little artical in the Wall Street Journal that stated if a corporation couldn't sell its product anywhere ,send it to good old Chattanooga. We became the dumping ground of the Southeast. Big money folks in this town do not want big business around here. They can't buy it so they can't control it. Go figure :roll:

some more about it on news channel 3 website

http://www.wrcbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8496914&nav=menu1406_2

This article makes it sound like it's down to Tennessee or Alabama, and Volkswagen is expected to make a decision by July 8.

http://www.newschannel9.com/news/new_969806___article.html/auto_sport.html

Here's the latest:  http://www.newschannel9.com/news/plant_969948___article.html/site_says.html

VW didn't make a decision today. Maybe on the 15th.

That's probably bad news for Huntsville . . . don't know that it's good news for Chattanooga though.  It sounds like Michigan is really putting forth the effort to grab the plant.  I wonder what kind of tax incentives TN has offered them?