[CPEO-BIF] Auto Industry

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[As the Obama administration and Congress contemplate a "BRAC" (military 
base closure) type response to expected (or past) plant closures in the 
auto industry, look for auto sites to become the next great brownfields 
challenge. These sites include dealerships and supplier factories, as 
well as auto plants themselves. - LS]


Obama aide pledges to aid Ohio towns hurt by auto industry upheaval

By JAY MILLER
Crain's Cleveland Business (OH)
May 20, 2009

An aide to President Barack Obama today pledged that the administration 
is committed to making sure that Ohio and communities in the state 
feeling the impact of the auto industry's restructuring will be able to 
take the fullest possible advantage of federal stimulus aid for 
retraining workers and rebuilding struggling manufacturers.

Ed Montgomery, whose title is director of recovery for auto communities 
and workers, will visit Toledo and Dayton tomorrow and Twinsburg on 
Friday - all communities that face the loss of a large number of auto 
worker jobs due to plant closings announced by General Motors Corp. and 
Chrysler LLC.

Mr. Montgomery will be accompanied by a team of administration 
officials, including representatives from the Small Business 
Administration, the Department of Commerce and the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, to listen to the needs of the communities and to 
explain what kinds of aid are available.

....

For the entire article, see
http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20090520/FREE/905209960/1003&Profile=1003

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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