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Stateside Podcast: Smalltown standoff over Ford megasite

By Stateside Staff
Published April 14, 2023 at 2:54 PM EDT
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DAVID GURALNICK, THE DETROIT NEWS
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https://www.detroitnews.com/in-depth/business/autos/2023/04/12/how-marshall-landed-3-5-billion-ford-battery-project/70105564007/
A truck rolls down C Drive, past property where Ford plans to build a 2.5-million-square-foot electric vehicle battery manufacturing facility in Marshall.

The small town of Marshall has been rocked by the planned use of a large swath of land for a Ford battery plant. The Detroit News looked at the long shadow cast over land use in the community. You can read their story here. Today, how Ford's proposed battery manufacturing facility has the town of Marshall divided.

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Kalea Hall, Detroit News
Jordyn Grzelewski, Detroit News

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