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VIDEO| Governor touts his economic plan
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YOUNGSTOWN — Gov. Ted Strickland said a proposed economic stimulus plan would help create more companies such as Accuform, a Youngstown company that makes parts for airplanes, ship satellite systems and mammography machines.
Strickland visited the precision machine shop in Salt Springs Industrial Park today to tout a bipartisan plan to spend $1.57 billion in job-creation efforts.
The governor noted that the city-owned industrial park is located on a former slag dump. The stimulus package would provide $200 million for cleaning up abandoned industrial sites so they can be redeveloped.
Strickland said the state has spent $200 million so far on similar efforts through its Clean Ohio Fund, which has led to $2 billion in private investments in land development.
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