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ST. MATTHEWS -- An industry promising hundreds of new jobs is looking to locate in Calhoun County.

At the Dec. 11 County Council meeting, an inducement resolution was read and approved for a project with an investment of $77 million and creation of 353 new jobs over six years.

The project is still choosing to remain anonymous but operates under the name Project E1. The council originally began having discussions when it was under the name Project G2, but Country Administrator Lee Prickett said the company changed the name internally after additional incentives were approved by the state.

The business has asked the county to ensure there is water and sewer available.

“I think it will be a very good project for the county,” Prickett said. “It’ll have a tremendous economic impact.”

“Those are good-paying jobs,” he said.

The project will have to go through three readings and a public hearing.

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