Comcast considers Scio Twp. for $11M Internet call center.(Comcast Cable Communications Inc. new site)(Brief Article)

Crain's Detroit Business, August, 2001 by Bailey, Laura

Scio Township is one of several sites Comcast Cable Communications Inc. is considering for an $18 million call center and help desk for Internet products. The center would add several hundred Comcast employees in Michigan. Comcast has 800 call-center employees spread over three shifts and 600 ``seats'' in Michigan, said Bill Black, director of public affairs at Comcast.

The new 80,000-square-foot building would open sometime during the third quarter of next year with 150-200 seats and ``expand rather quickly to 400 seats as we introduce new products,'' Black said. He could not say the exact location in Scio Township but said the company is looking there. Scio Township is a rural area west of Ann Arbor. Deputy township Clerk Gigi Forner said a corridor...

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