Article: Ben & Jerry's mulls plan to dessert inner-city L.A. (Ben and Jerry's Homemade Inc. to build ice cream plant in Los Angeles, California)

One of the more promising projects being touted to revitalize South Central involves building a manufacturing plant for Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., the company based in Waterbury, Vt. that wants to tackle social problems while making gourmet ice cream.

Although talk of a plant is still in the "pre-preliminary stage," according to a company spokesman, co-founder Ben Cohen has clearly stated his commitment to helping rebuild L.A.

Earlier this year, Cohen met with Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Los Angeles, and toured South Central L.A. looking at possible manufacturing sites.

Ben & Jerry's nine-member board of directors will "hammer out the idea" for a site ...

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