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News of Tallulah
Courtesy of the Madison Journal Jack Boggan On Line Editor |
Governor Bobby Jindal was joined by St. John Enterprise, Inc.
CEO Ron Lewis to announce that the company plans to create more than 450 jobs
in the next five years at the Madison Parish Port.
St. John plans to invest $32 million in cranes, machinery and other upgrades
at a 100,000 square-foot facility on 56 acres at the Tallulah port.
St. Johns Enterprises succeeds a former Northrop Grumman operation that closed
in December and meant the loss of about 100 jobs. St. Johns plans
to hire 104 people in is first year, with production starting by late October.
The average annual pay at the new barge-building operation is $40,000 per
year,