Hamtramck is known for paczkis and Polish cuisine. But you can add electric cars to that as the Chevy Volt's new home is now the Poletown assembly plant in the southside of town.
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Paczki Day is Hamtramck's version of Fat Tuesday, and it takes its
name from the jelly doughnuts, or paczkis, that the Polish bakeries of
Hamtramck turn out to mark the day before Lent. The day is celebrated
with much enthusiasm through both good and bad years in this old
municipality that lies within Detroit's city limits. But the beginning
of Volt production will be reason to party more earnestly than usual,
as a place known for preserving the old ways becomes very much a part
of the new way.
The G.M. Detroit-Hamtramck plant, which was built in 1985, is
building the Cadillac DTS and Buick Lucerne. Volts will be assembled on
the same lines. While some new jobs will be coming to Michigan, the
majority of the work force is already in place. So the selection of
Hamtramck isn't a bonanza for the legions of unemployed, but jobs not
lost qualify as very good news.
Read the entire article
here.
Read a
Detroit Free Press article
here for more information about the Volt and some history on the Poletown plant.
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