Carl Dietrich, co-founder of a company that has built a flying car, gets a lot of calls from Dayton these days.
In fact, Dietrich said he’s a bit “overwhelmed.”
“We appreciate the interest, we really do,” said Dietrich, chief executive of Woburn, Mass.-based Terrafugia.
The “interest” revolves around whether Terrafugia will base its manufacturing in Ohio and particularly, Dayton.
The question arose publicly in mid-February when a Massachusetts journal wrote that Terrafugia “would move into a manufacturing facility in Dayton, Ohio.” The Boston Globe also reported that the company was “very close” to coming to terms with Ohio investors that would herald an Ohio move.
“It was a lesson for me to know that you have to be ... extremely careful with what you say,” Dietrich said with a chuckle. “It was not my intention for that to be picked up.”
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Author: Thomas Gnau
