Honda Manufacturing of Alabama Marks 10th Anniversary

Alabama Gov. Bob Riley joined Lincoln, Ala., school students and community leaders at Honda Manufacturing of Alabama yesterday to raise a 10-year time capsule and celebrate a decade since the start of construction at the $1.4 billion facility.

"I want to tell each one of the associates, "Thank you." Thank you for not only what you've done for Honda and Lincoln and this area -- but for what you have done for the State of Alabama," Riley said to the crowd of community leaders, guests, HMA associates and Lincoln students.

The time capsule was presented to Honda officials on April 25, 2000 by students at three Lincoln schools to commemorate the start of construction and to memorialize a slice of life in Lincoln at the time of the groundbreaking.

An inscription on the time capsule said, "We plant our dreams. May they flourish abundantly." More than 25 items were packaged in the time capsule, including t-shirts and yearbooks from Lincoln Elementary School, Drew Middle School and Lincoln High School.

"I would like to congratulate all our associates for the teamwork, dedication and commitment to our customers that has made the dream of HMA come true," said HMA President Nobu Sanui. "I would also like to thank our neighbors -- the people of Lincoln, Talladega County, and the State of Alabama -- for your partnership. I am very proud of what HMA has achieved during the past 10 years."

Some of those same students, community leaders and guests who attended that groundbreaking day 10 years ago, returned to HMA for a brief look back at Lincoln in the days before Honda. Contents of the time capsule were placed on display for guests to look through and reminisce on how some things have changed in just 10 years.

Jessica Meek Popham, a former Lincoln High School student, who is now a pharmacist in Lincoln, spoke at the original groundbreaking ceremony in 2000 and returned for yesterday's event. She said there has been much growth in Lincoln, thanks to Honda.

"In the garden that is Lincoln, Alabama, the citizens are flourishing as never before and we are grateful to Honda Manufacturing of Alabama for its huge contribution to our community," Popham said.

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[sayeretmatkal17021]

@sayeretmatkal17021 it should be INVESTMENT,not incestment ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

although there are republicans who probably still commit incestment ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

my mistake in typing.

[sayeretmatkal17021]

it was the Democrat Governors Folsom and Siegelmann who brought Mercedes-Benz,Honda, Hyundai, and Toyota to Alabama. the republicans even fought against the idea and the initial incestment(typical for moron republicans who caan't see past theere noses for all the shit in their eyes). Honda now makes Pilots there also. it is just outside Talladega International and NAStyCAR still refuse to let honda enter because Honda will dominate it as Honda has dominated all racing including F1(late80's-90's)

[shugatastic]

@tobyeo hahaha! i think it's about to get a redesign soon. it's still around :D

[tobyeo]

@shugatastic The Honda Odyssey! I think they stopped making those in the 80s.

[shugatastic]

@RB26DEST this is one of their plants, established in Lincoln AL, to first manufacturer the Odyssey...and may i say that my dad was the first president there? i'm not kidding :P

[RB26DEST]

What? Soichiro Honda died on 5-Aug-1991.