Obama in Youngstown today

President Barack Obama will get a firsthand look at a company that decided to build a $650 million expansion in the Mahoning Valley, in part, because of money from the federal stimulus package.

Obama is expected to speak about jobs and the economy at 1:35 p.m. today at V&M Star on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Youngstown. He will tour the plant before the speech and talk to V&M workers.

A presidential visit means tight security.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Secret Service will escort Obama’s motorcade from the Youngstown Air Reserve Station in Vienna, where Air Force One is expected to land at 12:50 p.m., to V&M Star on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Youngstown.

That means blocking other vehicles from getting near the motorcade.

He will tour the plant before the speech and talk to V&M workers. He is supposed to depart from the air base about 3:20 p.m.