October 24th, 2022 by WCBC Radio

Less than a year after the announcement that a FedEx Transport Distribution Center would be constructed at Mexico Farms- the project is nearly complete. It was November of last year that the County Commissioners voted to approve construction plans for the distribution center on 40 acres at the corner of Maryland Route 51 and Mexico Farms Road. Jeff Barclay, director of economic development, said the  facility will result in many new jobs for the area- and it is the first high-volume employer to build in the area since American Woodmark opened along U.S. Route 220 in 2005. Barclay took the occaision of the proclamation  of Economic Development week to announce that the company is nearly ready to begin operations…