President Obama to visit V&M Star Tuesday

President Barack Obama will tour V&M Star and then talk with workers at that Youngstown facility during his Tuesday visit to the city, a White House official said.

The president is expected to be at V&M in the early afternoon, probably starting around 1:30 p.m.

Obama will discuss jobs and the economy with the V&M workers, the White House official said.

About $19 million from the federal stimulus package helped V&M decide to build a $650 million expansion facility next to its current location on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Youngstown.

The expansion will create 400 construction jobs. When the plant opens, there will be 230 employees working directly for V&M and 120 specialized service workers at the facility.

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