{"id":725,"date":"2009-02-26T18:56:22","date_gmt":"2009-02-27T00:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=725"},"modified":"2009-02-26T18:56:22","modified_gmt":"2009-02-27T00:56:22","slug":"another-step-forward-for-hemlock-semiconductor-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2009\/02\/26\/another-step-forward-for-hemlock-semiconductor-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Another step forward for Hemlock Semiconductor plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-726\" title=\"hemlock-logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/hemlock-logo.gif\" alt=\"hemlock-logo\" width=\"208\" height=\"82\" \/>Representative Curtis Johnson (R-Clarksville) said today he was pleased to see two bills achieve passage in the , that will aid in moving the Hemlock project in Clarksville forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a small victory for Clarksville, as these bills will assist in moving the Hemlock project forward in a timely fashion,\u201d said Rep. Johnson. \u201cThe House Finance, Ways and Means Committee is an important hurdle that has been cleared toward making sure this happens, and the people of this area are provided with careers.\u00a0 As a member of the House Finance, Ways, and Means Committee, I was proud of the unanimous vote to send this legislation to the House Calendar Committee.\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation announced in December that the company would be opening a facility to produce polycrystalline silicon (polysilicon) production, a key raw material used to manufacture solar cells and semiconductor devices. The $1.2 billion investment was a major coup for the state and for Clarksville, and is estimated to provide more than 500 jobs immediately after opening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were so pleased to see Hemlock choose Tennessee for its new site, and in particular Clarksville because of the positive economic impact it will have on our community. We are very lucky to have them coming in such a difficult economic climate, and I remain committed to ensuring that the state is upholding their end of the bargain. I understand that the company and state set a very ambitious timeline to complete the project, and the legislature needs to work to make sure they can meet these obligations,\u201d concluded Representative Johnson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Representative Curtis Johnson (R-Clarksville) said today he was pleased to see two bills achieve passage in the , that will aid in moving the Hemlock project in Clarksville forward. \u201cThis was a small victory for Clarksville, as these bills will assist in moving the Hemlock project forward in a timely fashion,\u201d said Rep. Johnson. \u201cThe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[654,655,656,657,658],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-bH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=725"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":730,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions\/730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}