TMA hosts third annual Manufacturing Matters for Mayors Breakfast Local municipal leaders and manufacturing executives at the Technology & Manufacturing Association's third annual Manufacturing Matters for Mayors Breakfast. Courtesy of Technology & Manufacturing Association
Updated 5/27/2021 4:18 PM Nearly 25 local municipal leaders and manufacturing executives met at the Technology & Manufacturing Association for the third annual Manufacturing Matters for Mayors Breakfast, a collaborative discussion to explore how our local leaders and manufacturers can work together to improve our communities and strengthen our workforce. "This discussion between the manufacturers and local leaders here today is so important because when you boil it down, we all want the same thing: lower taxes for our local businesses, more high-paying jobs for our communities, a career path for students that includes high-tech manufacturing training, and a chance to produce goods and create an economic hub right here in the true manufacturing heartland of America," said TMA President Steve Rauschenberger. "But state lawmakers are making it even more difficult for our manufacturers to be competitive and succeed. Local mayors know as well as we do what the higher taxes and anti-business legislation from Springfield means for our communities, but if we can work together with our municipal leaders, we can influence real, positive change."