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The largest foreign export site in Jackson is Procter & Gamble, which manufactures and exports Pringles potato chips around the world.
"Procter & Gamble chose to locate in Jackson for the workforce," says Randy Kennedy, Procter & Gamble's public affairs manager. "Our plant here has proven to be very successful. We have found a workforce with a strong work ethic in this community."
The Procter & Gamble facility opened in 1971, employs about 1,300 people and utilizes 600 contract employees. The local plant manufactures products that are exported to 53 foreign countries in Asia, Latin America, Europe and North America. In the United States, Pringles' share of the snack market falls behind Frito-Lay, but Pringles is the No. 1 chip in Taiwan and Korea.
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Jackson and Madison County
Parks & Recreation
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The Diamond Jaxx are the Class AA affiliate of the Chicago Cubs, and began play in the Southern League in 1998. The league itself dates back to 1885.
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The West Tenn. Diamond Jaxx added the title of "champion" to their name in September 2000 by defeating the Jacksonville (Fla.) Suns in the best-of-five final round of the 2000 Southern League playoffs. The Diamond Jaxx won the series three games to two, including an exciting 4-3 victory in game five to clinch the crown.
Not bad for a professional baseball team only in its third year of existence in Jackson.
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Beech Lake
30 minutes east of Jackson
A popular site for sailing, water skiing and other water sports, maintained by the Beech River Authority Watershed Development. Also open to the public are Pine, Cedar, Redbud, Dogwood and Sycamore Lakes.
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Lake Graham
500 acre fishing lake near Jackson, maintained by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
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Pinson Mounds State
Archaeological Park
Located on Ozier Road, off Highway 45,
10 miles south of Jackson
One of the largest Middle Woodland ceremonial sites in the U.S., constructed from 1 to 500 A.D. Consists of 12 ceremonial and burial mounds. Sauls Mound, at 72 feet, is the second highest in the United States.
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