(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Atlas Global Development.)
By Mason Carroll | 3TV/CBS 5
The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a million dollars to a project that would create a trade corridor stretching across several states along Interstate 40.
One part of this is a large Tradeport in Winslow focused on manufacturing, transportation, and more. The open space south of Winslow doesn’t hold much besides the airport and a very small neighborhood, but the 3,750-acre manufacturing plant, larger than downtown and the main residential areas, could soon be built here.
It’s part of the federally supported trade network along I-40 starting in Barstow, California, and ending in Wilmington, North Carolina. It will manufacture wood products and renewable energy, among other things, and it will also serve as a transportation hub for cross-country cargo.
The company building it, Scottsdale-based Atlas Global Development, said it’ll create 60,000 jobs in Arizona and New Mexico, as well as much-needed affordable housing in Winslow.
