HOPEWELL, Va. (WWBT) – The city of Hopewell is in the race to be the new site for a South Korean car manufacturer.
Global Auto Tech is eyeing a former ethanol plant on South 6th Street to set up shop, but other locations in Maryland and West Virginia are also in the mix.
“Hopewell needs something to bring it back to life,” Chuck Temple said, a resident of Hopewell since the 1980s. “There was lights on here. This was the place, one of the places to go Cavalier Square.”…