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Governor Granholm's Statement on Chrysler's Sterling Heights Assembly Plant

July 30, 2010

July 30, 2010

 
LANSING - Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today issued the following statement regarding Chrysler Corporation's Sterling Heights Assembly Plant:
 
"Chrysler's announcement today that it will keep its Sterling Heights Assembly Plant open past its scheduled 2012 closing date is the best news of the summer.
 
"This is a project that we and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation have worked on long and hard along with Macomb County, the city of Sterling Heights and many others.
 
"The fact that the more than 1,000 workers at the plant will keep their jobs, and a second shift of another 900 workers will be added in 2011, is a tremendous economic boost.  This is a fabulous day for Chrysler and Michigan."
 
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