About this episode

Jamie Grout interviews Newton Mayor Randy Ervin about the new AU Chemical plant and addresses community concerns.

In this podcast I speak with Randy Ervin about the new AU Chemical plant. In this podcast I throw the questions at Randy that many folks around the community have been asking about. What kind of chemicals with the plant be producing? Are the tax breaks the AU will be recieving really worth the 27 jobs that the company will be creating? Will our water bills being going up with the water that the company will be using? Will the city have to be providing new infrastructure for the facility? And many more questions. In the podcast the Mayor, from the outset of the interview, gives his contact information on how you can reach him if you have any other questions or concerns about the AU chemical plant.

People in this episode

Host: Jamie Grout

Guest: Randy Ervin

Topics covered

• AU Chemical plant
• local government
• economic impact
• community concerns
• infrastructure
• job creation

Keywords

• AU Chemical plant
• Randy Ervin
• Newton Mayor
• tax breaks
• job creation
• infrastructure
• water bills

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AU Chemical

Places: Newton

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