GALESBURG, Ill. (KWQC) - More jobs are coming to Galesburg.

Thrushwood Farms is a Galesburg-based manufacturer that is continuing to expand its footprint in the region.

On Monday, the Galesburg City Council approved a grant that will now put the company’s headquarters in the city.

The $100,000 grant will help bring 50 new jobs to the plant - $2,000 for each job created.

The company started small in 1978, but after it joined Western Smokehouse a few years ago, Doug Hankes, chief operating officer of Western Smokehouse Partners, says the business has seen tremendous growth.

“When I came home in 2004, there were 11 employees, and three of them were my mom, my dad, and myself. When we joined Western Smokehouse Partners in 2019, at the end of 2019, we had approximately 50 employees, and no

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