Kansas Governor Laura Kelly says the $4 billion Panasonic project, to be built in De Soto, should also benefit the rest of the surrounding area. The Governor told the Wyandotte Daily Newspaper, it will have a huge ripple effect through Johnson, Wyandotte, Franklin, Miami and Lyon Counties, all within driving distance.
The project will bring in 4,000 jobs and following them, will be other companies that make more capital investments. Kelly is anticipating another 4,000 jobs for the suppliers who will set up shop in and around northeast Kansas. She says counties should expect to see people moving in and will probably need more housing, with schools seeing an increase in enrollment and businesses should have more customers as a result of the new Panasonic Plant. Kelly says Panasonic is in it for the long-haul and every year the plant is up and running, they’ll see $2.5 billion dollars in economic activity in the State of Kansas.
