When Piedmont Triad Airport Executive Director Kevin Baker and other airport officials envisioned creating a new 1000-acre megasite around what was already a thriving airport manufacturing and repair business site, and began buying up a golf course and other land to make that vision a reality, they obviously thought it would be successful, but it’s highly unlikely in their wildest dreams that they could have imagined exactly how successful.
On Thursday, June 12, JetZero became the latest giant fish that PTI has reeled in. The historic investment is expected to bring over 14,000 new aerospace manufacturing jobs to the area. It’s the largest economic development project the state has ever seen.
In a move that’s being hailed by state and local leaders also as one of the most “transformative” economic development projects in the history of North Carolina, JetZero announced it will establish its first US manufacturing plant at PTI…