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Region secures coordinator to deal with DHL proposal
The U.S. Department of Commerce this week gave a $150,000 grant to the Ohio Valley Regional Development Commission to hire an Economic Recovery Coordinator, Sens. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, announced Friday, Sept. 19.
The coordinator will assist state and local officials develop and implement a plan should a DHL proposal to hire UPS for air transport services go through. The proposal is expected to cost southwest Ohio more than 8,000 jobs if it goes through.
“We are hoping to save these jobs, but at the same time, we will not be caught flat footed if things don’t go well,” Voinovich said. “We must prepare now to help families make ends meet if our efforts are not successful.”
Said Brown: “We will continue to fight for these jobs, but we must also provide the community with resources to promote economic development.”
The grant is funded through the Economic Development Administration, which serves as a venture capital resource to meet the economic development needs of distressed communities throughout the United States.
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