LEE COUNTY, Ala. --
Alabama governor Robert Bentley was joined by other state and local officials to celebrate the groundbreaking of two different companies today. Both companies are hoping to bring new jobs to Lee County.
The state of Alabama currently has a 9.8 percent unemployment rate but soon that will change in Lee County. Pharmavite, a supplement and vitamin manufacturing company, broke ground on its soon to be 330,000 square feet facility in Opelika.
The company hopes to bring at least 280 jobs to the area within its first year.
Another major company also broke ground in Alabama today.
Last fall, GE Aviation, a world leader in commercial and military engine production, announced its plan to open a new manufacturing facility in auburn. Slated to open next year, the facility is expected to be home to between three and four hundred people.
Governor Robert Bentley explains how even one job can help sustain a community, "if you use the multiplier effect, for one job, it's tremendous, so every time you announce one job, you're really talking about the multiplier effect, maybe three or four.”
GE Aviation Vice President and General Manager, Colleen Athens, is confident that her company will only benefit the area.
Between Pharmavite and GE Aviation, Lee County could ultimately add eight hundred jobs.
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