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Nissan making room to produce new vehicles
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Updated: Apr 20, 2011, 2:55 PM
Published: Apr 20, 2011, 3:57 PM

 

SMYRNA, Tenn. (AP) — Nissan is shuffling some North American auto production as it ramps up to make the electric LEAF sedan at its Smyrna plant.

The company announced Wednesday that it will move manufacturing of the Xterra sport utility vehicle and Frontier pickup truck from Smyrna to its plant in Canton, Miss.

That will create extra capacity at the Smyrna auto assembly plant to make the new Infiniti JX luxury crossover, the Nissan LEAF and the next-generation Nissan Rogue.

An adjacent plant is also being built to manufacture the lithium-ion batteries that power the LEAF.

Nissan says the changes will increase its production in the Americas from 69 percent of vehicles sold on the continent now to 85 percent by 2015.
Local talent heads to Park
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Nikki Childers
Published: Apr 7, 2025, 2:08 AM

The next installment of The Park Theater’s Local Connection Concert Series is set to take center stage this Saturday, April 5 with Tito Gomez.

The Local Connection Concert Series put on The Park Theater focuses on talent sourced from the community. Gomez began his music career 14 years ago with a local band and has since released his solo album, “Lo Que Habia Soñado,” in 2016. He was born in Los Angeles, California but is well-known in the Warren County community as Victor Gomez.

Saturday night’s show will entail the singer-songwriter’s regional Mexican music, such as “El Oscar” or “Soy Edgar,” which is Gomez’s most popular song on Spotify.

The show begins at 7 p.m. and is expected to last approximately two hours. General admission is $15 and tickets can be purchased on Park Theater’s website, mcminnvilleparktheater.com, by phone at (931) 506-2787 or at its box office during normal business hours of 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday. If available, a limited number of tickets may be purchased at the door on the day of the event, while supplies last.