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The manufacturing backlash: No factory in my backyard

New twist on NIMBY: No factory in my backyard

Fred Chapman has a message for Ford Motor Co, which is planning to build a sprawling factory on the outskirts of this town to make batteries for electric cars and which promises to employ 2,500 people. That’s a surprising view coming from Chapman, a 62-year-old toolmaker who has spent his whole career in manufacturing and watched, over the decades, as factory after factory in the region shut down, including one in Marshall that made auto parts where Chapman worked for nearly a decade. One of the most enduring ideas in the U.S. industrial heartland is that a manufacturing renaissance is necessary to finally shake the region's “Rust Belt” image.

Focus: New twist on NIMBY: No factory in my backyard

Fred Chapman has a message for Ford Motor Co , which is planning to build a sprawling factory on the outskirts of this town to make batteries for electric cars and which promises to employ 2,500 people.

New Twist on NIMBY: No Factory in My Backyard