Saline River Farms, a Creal Springs, IL-based meat processor, broke ground on its new 60,000-square-foot meat processing facility, according to a release by Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL).
“This groundbreaking brings Creal Springs and its surrounding communities an opportunity to rebuild and revitalize, and I’m grateful to USDA and Williamson County for working together to make today possible,” Pritzker said.
The plant will create 400 jobs over the next several years and support central and southern Illinois producers. Saline River Farms will invest $34.5 million towards the $80 million project. The rest of the funding will be provided by the state’s Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit program, along with a $1.5 million grant through the Meat & Poultry Supply Chain Capital Grant Program and a $6 million grant from USDA.
