Boeing: Will It Be Everett or North Carolina?

Amid the tobacco fields of eastern North Carolina lies a grand $80 million economic development experiment that is Everett's biggest rival in the eight-month battle to win Boeing's newest economic prize.

In the dozen years since the Global TransPark was first conceived, just a half-dozen small industries with 200 employees have located at the 5,775-acre North Carolina airport and industrial park. But the TransPark could get a huge shot in the arm if The Boeing Co.'s board on Monday overrules its staff recommendation to locate the company's newest assembly line at its existing plant in Everett. The Global TransPark, Boeing's own studies have shown, is a close second choice compared with Everett, where Boeing now builds all of its wide-body jetliners.

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