KEY QUOTE: "We need to keep our eye on the ball here – economic development is not something you do one year and let it go," Governor Kelly said. "This will be ongoing during my administration, to continue to focus efforts on growing the state of Kansas, attracting more business, building our workforce." 

Wyandotte County expected to see economic benefit from Panasonic plant

-- "Panasonic is a well-established, reputable company that doesn’t do anything second-rate," Governor Kelly said. "They won’t make an investment and decide to pull up roots shortly afterward. When they make an investment, they’re in it for the long haul."

-- The new plant will make electric vehicle batteries. The project will bring in 4,000 jobs, and following them will be other companies that make more capital investments, Gov. Kelly said. She is anticipating approximately another 4,000 jobs for the suppliers who will set up shop in and around northeast Kansas.

-- Wyandotte County 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, she said.

-- "You can trust that we are working, partnering with our counties, Wyandotte County and others, and cities, to look for economic opportunities that are a good fit for them," she said. "When projects come along and it makes sense for a project to locate in eastern Wyandotte County, the state will be right there working along the folks from Wyandotte County."