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Bayard

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7. The plant is being converted to produce battery energy storage systems,

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Mon Feb 16, 2026, 01:24 AM

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Which will employ over 2,000 people. The 1,600 were laid off, not fired, and could be brought back once the factory is retooled.

My understanding is that many of the 1,600 were not from Kentucky, and the contractors were from all over the place. The plant is down the road from us. A whole bunch of the farm land surrounding the plant, (which was also built on farm land,) was bought up and being developed for residentiall projects to accomodate new employees. Land prices skyrocketed around here.

I guess what I'm saying is that this isn't a case of stupid Kentucky MAGAts getting what they voted for necessarily.

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