Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Corvette Gets Special Honor
KENTUCKY...
Gov. Steve Beshear visited the Corvette Plant in Bowling Green, Ky. to ceremonially sign House Bill 104, which designates the Corvette as the official state sports car of Kentucky. In 1981, General Motors moved production of the Chevrolet Corvette from St. Louis, Mo. to Bowling Green, Ky., where currently 471 employees build the distinctive high-performance vehicles. Approximately 50,000 people each year visit the plant to watch the manufacturing process at the Bowling Green Assembly, which has a tourism economic impact of more than $205 million. This figure does not include the thousands who visit the National Corvette Museum near the plant, which attracts Corvette enthusiasts from all over the world. Kentucky ranks third in total light vehicle production, placing it at the hub of “auto alley,” the strip of middle America that stretches from Michigan into the deep south. In fact, 9.8 percent of all cars and trucks produced in the United States are manufactured in Kentucky. As of early June 2010, more than 64,600 people work in Kentucky’s 418 auto-related industries.
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