The project helps to retain more than 3,000 jobs and create 200 new jobs. Penguin Putnam Publishers is consolidating its operations in Kirkwood. The project retains 183 existing jobs and creates 200 new jobs. Willow Run Foods is a wholesale distributor and will construct a new warehouse in Kirkwood, creating 100 new jobs and retaining 175 existing jobs. The Major Projects Report was conducted using a cost-benefit model developed specifically for ESD by PolicySource, Inc., which specializes in regional modeling and cost benefit analysis for public agencies and private corporations.
Anticipated impacts are for the seven year period following project initiation.