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More details emerge about Makita site, including employment and operations

A large tract of land along Atlanta Highway in Flowery Branch is graded Tuesday, April 20, 2021, to make way for a Makita factory. - photo by Scott Rogers

04212021 MAKITA 1.jpg — A large tract of land along Atlanta Highway in Flowery Branch is graded Tuesday, April 20, 2021, to make way for a Makita factory. - photo by Scott Rogers

Heavy machinery turned dirt on the 80-acre site even as Makita and Flowery Branch officials on Tuesday, April 20, celebrated the coming 600,000-square-foot plant off Falcon Parkway/Ga. 13.