FCDA hosts informational assembly for high schoolers

     The Franklin County Development Association hosted its “Elevate your future,” assembly at the Franklin County Convention Center, showcasing the many manufacturing businesses in Franklin County, while encouraging high school students to reevaluate a career in manufacturing.
     Area businesses including: Alliant Energy, Latham Seeds, Sukup Manufacturing and JT Machine and Tool Company of Hampton displayed the many facets of their industry to students from Hampton, CAL and Westfork districts, illustrating how these industries aid in the quality of life in Franklin County.
     Susan Clark, a member of the Economic Development Core Facility at Iowa State University, and a county ambassador for the Center for Industrial Research and Services at ISU, was the keynote speaker, and explained that manufacturing jobs aren’t the jobs that involve assembly line production.

   Read the full article in the November 2 edition of the Hampton Chronicle.