As part of the ongoing expansion of HRC's industrial business, the Greater Hoschton Redevelopment Corporation(GHRC) has announced the start of work on what will be called the East Hoschton Industrial Complex. This complex will contain a variety of new industrial plants and businesses, all of which will be serviced by the HRC with an anticipated completion date of early summer 2017.
Note - The HRC has been operating without interruption since around the same time that little disagreement between the North and South took place. The sole mission of the HRC was to provide passenger service to the North Georgia territory, with excursion trains up thru the Blue Ridge Mts. They have been quite successful adhering to that mission.
However, in early 2015, HRC was under intense competitive pressure from 3 unnamed railroads to diversify business into freight operations in order to survive. Begrudgingly the Supreme Engineer for Life of RHC authorized immediate design and construction of new rail service extending into a large industrial complex being developed in East Hoschton.
This is what the new industrial area looked liked before the start of construction. As you can see East Hoschton was a thriving bustling center of activity frequented by many happy Hoschtonites prior to redevelopment.
This just released photo shows East Hoschton completely demolished and now shovel ready for the new Industrial Complex.
CEO Supreme Engineer for Life Ed, CFO Mrs Ed along with their children Spikey and Ashly as they view the recently cleared East Hoschton Complex.
HRC and Hoschton planners are currently finalizing a plan for the location of each industry in the complex. Actual placement of the industries will begin in the next few days
Complex Industries
Coaling Station and loader (unnamed)
Logging Transfer Station (unnamed)
Lumber Yard under construction (unnamed)
Culvert Load/Unloading Facility
Morrison's Door Factory
Ice Plant
Millwork Shop
2 comments:
Welcome back Double E! While it's always sad to make room for industry on a residential based layout the folks of Hoschton will be pleased with their new tax base and employment opportunities.
Great shot of the family and their 57 Chevy!
Some great opportunities for the virtual ops with the unnamed layouts.
Nice to see your blog EE! I second what John R has stated. I think it's a great move all around, the tax credits, new jobs available to the community, and this will make Hoschton a great place to live!
I do like the morton Salt industry as well as some of the other action industries you have. Looking forward to your future reports and updates!
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