When towns lose a factory, what comes next"
The GM closing in Lordstown, Ohio, underlines why we need a coordinated, national program to help communities disrupted by economic shifts GM?s decision to stop producing cars at the Lordstown, Ohio, factory isn?t the first time that a U.S. city has felt decimated by a factory closing or relocation. It?s been happening for decades.
Lordstown underlines that, despite an understanding about how these closures can damage a community, there still isn?t a robust action plan, especially at the federal level.
?The United States has an immature array of responses,? says Mark Muro, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution?s Metropolitan Policy Program. ?These kind of closing are viewed as a one-off exception to the rule of prosperity. They?re seen as bugs, and not as a feature.? Coming on the heels of Amazon?s HQ2 decision, the GM plant closings can be seen as a story from the other side of the diverging U.S. economy. The economy continues to cluster around big urban areas while rural and heartland regions, which grew up around manufacturing sectors, suffer from diminishing opportunities as these industries shed jobs.
?We have a great product, but we have it at the wrong time,? Lordstown Mayor Arno Hill told CNN Business.
But it doesn?t have to be that way. Can the country, as a whole, do a better job of helping former factory towns bounce back"
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