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New $650 million aerospace manufacturing center in Asheville facing criticism

ASHEVILLE – The new $650 million aerospace manufacturing center owned by Pratt & Whitney in Asheville is facing criticism. Buncombe County Commissioners voted unanimously to approve a $27 million tax incentive for the military manufacturing center, and that has a local pacifist and environmentalist group, opposed to the facility, promising to block future projects that group organizers say contribute to climate change. The group is advocating for a moratorium on military or fossil fuel projects, specifically in the 1,000 acre Biltmore Park development, and for the county to not provide tax incentives to those projects. Proponents say the facility will be an economic boon for Western North Carolina in the coming years, in part, by creating 800 new jobs through 2027.
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