Business View Civil and Municipal | March 2021

29 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL MARCH 2021 Canners and Gulf Relay. “Our industrial base has really been expanding,” Fisher reports. “But I think the biggest economic development driver we have had has been the addition of Continental Tire – a company based out of Germany that has come here and will be making over-the-road tires. Continental will employ 2500 people when they get to full capacity, and then they will be able to add to the 900 acres of land they bought here. We are looking for them to become huge in the future.” One reason that Continental located in Clinton, and one of the many competitive advantages the city has to offer, is the availability of a skilled workforce. According to Gabriel Prado, Clinton’s Director of Economic Development, “If you look at it starting all the way from high school, we have one of the best, if not the best, school systems in the state. And one of the biggest reasons for that is because they incorporate a lot of the vocational skills into it. They work hand-in-hand with our industries CL INTON, MI SS I SS I PP I