Hemp jobs and new purpose for Pueblo rocket plant
Economic development package from city of Pueblo for joint venture between O.penVape and Thar Process Inc. includes $4.89 million in help retrofitting long-vacant Boeing rocket plant for hemp oil extraction
A defunct Boeing rocket plant in Pueblo will be converted into a hemp oil production facility that will employ 163 people by 2018, Pueblo Economic Development Corp. said Friday.
The jobs are expected to pay an average of $41,590 plus benefits. This is the biggest jobs announcement by PEDCO since 2008, when Vestas said it would hire 450 people, the Pueblo Chieftain reported.
The Pueblo City Council still must approve the deal put together by PEDCO, which includes city, county and state incentives to CBD Biosciences, a joint venture of Thar Process Inc. and O.penVape.
The sprawling Boeing plant is city owned and has been mostly vacant since the aerospace giant discontinued rocket...
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