Legos will soon be made underfoot in Virginia.
The Lego Group and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday that the beloved Danish toymaker will invest $1 billion to construct a 1.7-million-square-foot manufacturing facility in Chesterfield County’s Meadowville Technology Park.
It will be the company’s seventh factory across the globe and its only one in the United States, where Legos have been sold since the 1960s. Currently, Legos marketed in the U.S. are primarily made at a company factory in Monterrey, Mexico.
“The Lego Group’s decision to establish its U.S. manufacturing plant in Virginia shines a global spotlight on the advantages that make the commonwealth the best business location in the nation, and we look forward to a long and successful partnership with this iconic company,” Gov. Glenn Youngkin said in a statement. “This transformational project will create more than 1,760 jobs and bolster Virginia’s manufacturing industry, which continues its renaissance…
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