Volkswagen eyes downtown Chattanooga welcome center
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) – Volkswagen is eying a prime riverfront location in downtown Chattanooga for a new $12 million welcome center.
The Chattanooga Time Free Press reports (http://bit.ly/1xMB3VN ) that the welcome center would give the German automaker a chance to show off its vehicles and its story in the city’s main tourist area.
City and county governments have agreed to cover up to $6 million of the cost.
Volkswagen’s lone U.S. assembly plant located about 12 miles east of downtown Chattanooga is in the midst of a $600 million expansion to add the production of a new SUV.
Michael Horn, the head of the Volkswagen Group of America, told the newspaper that he expects a decision on the concept and location of the welcome center to be made by the end of March.
