Massive industrial project coming to Shiawassee County. The county, which has fallen on hard economic times, is part of Lansing's combined statisical area, and lies halfway between Lansing and Flint.
"Project Tim" is going to be a high-tech steel mill just outside of Durand, a significant railroad crossing in the state.
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Reports say massive steel plant planned for 1,000 acres in Michigan known as 'Project Tim'
By Paula Gardner | MLive.com
December 4, 2017
Efforts to assemble 1,000 acres in mid-Michigan raised questions earlier this year as the secretive so-called Project Tim promised hundreds of jobs and a $4- to $6-billion development.
Now the nature of the mysterious project is known: Steel.
An Ohio-based steel technology company is taking the lead on the land options in Durand, off I-69 between Flint and Lansing, according to a report in Crain's Detroit Business.
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In Durand, the plant could create electricity during the clean-coal steel-making process.
The community became concerned about the project early this year as it became clear that options for acreage were being sought in Durand and nearby Vernon Township, both in Shiawassee County.
City officials met with citizens in July, outlining a few details, like the projected job count of 800 and the likely location where a 24-million-square-foot facility would be built.
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To put this into even more perspective, the site will be nearly half the total area of the City of Durand:
