[CPEO-BIF] Chrysler Stamping Plant, Twinsburg, Ohio

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

City leader lobbies legislators for aid


by Emily Canning-Dean
Twinsburg Bulletin (OH)
November 25, 2010


Twinsburg -- Requesting federal funding during difficult budget times 
can be a challenge.

The mayor hopes legislators will make financial assistance a necessity 
for communities hit hard by automotive industry bankruptcies and 
restructuring.

Mayor Katherine Procop, one of 20 members of the Mayors Automotive 
Coalition, traveled to Washington, D.C. Nov. 16 and 17 to discuss with 
legislators a proposed bill that would provide $500 million in 
assistance to automotive communities.

The Chrysler Stamping Plan on Route 82 closed its doors for good in 
July, and the funding could be especially helpful in trying to redevelop 
the site -- a primary economic development focus for the city for the 
past two years.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.twinsburgbulletin.com/news/article/4937666

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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