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A million-dollar new economic development grant could support up 2,200 new jobs in Detroit, thanks to state and local grants funded by taxpayers.
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) grant seeks to fund infrastructure improvements around General Motors Factory ZERO plant near the Detroit-Hamtramck border. This is good news for our families, our businesses, and our economy as a whole. Every Michigander deserves to drive on our roads safely, without blowing a tire or cracking a windshield, and this partnership with GM will help us reach that goal while creating good jobs for Michigan workers, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said in a statement.
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Grant to help fund road improvements around GM s Factory ZERO plant on Detroit-Hamtramck border
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DETROIT (WXYZ) â Road improvements are coming to the Detroit-Hamtramck border around General Motors Factory ZERO plant, thanks in part to a transportation economic development grant issued by the Michigan Department of Transportation.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the grant, saying that the project will help support 2,200 new jobs in the city of Detroit. This is good news for our families, our businesses, and our economy as a whole. Every Michigander deserves to drive on our roads safely, without blowing a tire or cracking a windshield, and this partnership with GM will help us reach that goal while creating good jobs for Michigan workers, said Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in a news rele
MDOT grant to create 2,200 new jobs in Detroit for road improvements near Hamtramck border
MDOT awards state transportation economic development grant
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Michigan Department of Transportation has awarded a grant that will create 2,200 new jobs in Detroit as part of a plan to
MDOT’s state transportation economic development grant will help fund infrastructure improvements around General Motors’
“This is good news for our families, our businesses, and our economy as a whole,” Michigan
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said. “Every Michigander deserves to drive on our roads safely, without blowing a tire or cracking a windshield, and this partnership with GM will help us reach that goal while creating good jobs for Michigan workers.”
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WORK PROGRESSES â This Jan. 7 photo of the Ultium Cells LLC plant in Lordstown shows the scope of the facility that will mass produce battery cells for General Motorsâ electric vehicles. The company wants to have 400 employees on board by the end of the year and plans to ramp up to 1,100 through 2022, the expected production start date. To the east is the natural gas-fired power plant Lordstown Energy Center.
LORDSTOWN Ultium Cells LLC an electric vehicle battery-cell manufacturing plant jointly backed by General Motors and South Korea’s LG Chem plans to have 400 employees on board by the end of the year.