Pennsylvania prepared to pay $20M for Harley

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on October 14, 2009 at 10:28 am

Gov. Ed Rendell said Pennsylvania has up to $20 million in incentives ready if Harley-Davidson officials will commit to sizable job growth at a retooled York plant that may move to Murfreesboro.

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Pennsylvania budget woes could help Murfreesboro’s Harley push

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on September 15, 2009 at 12:18 pm

Pennsylvania state lawmakers have irked Gov. Ed Rendell by approving less than half of the economic development incentive money he had proposed. That, says the Keystone governor, won’t allow him to put together a package that will persuade Harley-Davidson to keep a 2,300-employee plant in the state. Murfreesboro is one of three other sites pitching to land the factory.

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