KINDER'S COMMENTARY: BIG P&G ANNOUNCEMENT LIKELY TO HAVE MANY FUTURE SPINOFFS
In conversation Wednesday morning with Missouri Department of Economic Development director Joe Driskill, we visited about Cape Girardeau's exciting news of the week, or make that the year, or perhaps the decade? That, of course, would be the decision by Procter & Gamble to locate a new $350 million plant here employing at least 350 people. Rest assured, there will be lots of spinoffs from this one, some of them continuing for years to come. Several years of construction will be only the beginning. Nobody has said anything official, but it is distinctly possible, even likely, that plants supplying essential products and/or services to the gigantic P&G complex will need to be expanded as well, yielding still further employment gains in good-paying jobs. Down a soon-to-be-completed Nash Road, the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority could be a major subsequent beneficiary, as well.