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City set to join county in pursuit of jobs paying $78,000/year

By Lightning Reports, Published: August 5, 2025

The city of Hendersonville is poised to join Henderson County in sweetening the recruiting pitch for a corporation that could build a manufacturing  plant  in the city that would bring 193 jobs paying $78,000 a year. 

The city council on Thursday will take up a request  to authorize up to f $1,966,268 in economic development incentives for a  company looking to build a 220,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in the city for production of a clean energy product. The company would invest nearly $57 million in the equipping of the plant, a city memo said. The project would result in the creation of 193 new jobs over a four-year period, paying an average annual wage of $78,000 a year. 

The Henderson County Board of Commissioners last month authorized up to $1.6 million in economic development incentives for the same manufacturing prospect. Total tax breaks would come to $3.6 million if the city council OKs the incentives during its regular meeting Thursday.