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Foxconn Community Conversation — Town Hall and Panel Discussion

Foxconn Community Conversation — Town Hall and Panel Discussion

Please join us on the fifth anniversary of the Foxconn development project announcement in Mount Pleasant for a town hall panel discussion on August 31, 2022 at Gateway's iMET Center Auditorium beginning at 7 p.m. Featuring Distinguished Panelists:

Nilay Patel: Co-Founder and Editor-In-Chief The Verge, Vergecast Co-Host

Lawrence Tabak: Writer, Novelist, Author of Foxconned: Imaginary Jobs, Bulldozed Homes, and the Sacking of Local Government

Kathleen Gallagher: Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist, Executive Director 5 Lakes Institute, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Columnist

Rep. Gordon Hintz: Seven Term Wisconsin State Representative, Former Minority Leader, WEDC Board Member

David Merriman, Ph.D.: Stukel Presidential Professor in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at the Univ. of Illinois Chicago


Sponsored by A BETTER MOUNT PLEASANT.

This event is free and open to the public. Space is limited. Please reserve your seat at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/foxconn-a-community-conversation-tickets-391962699987

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