Expanding V&M plant to host Obama
Youngstown Vindicator – President Barack Obama will get a firsthand look at a company that decided to build a $650 million expansion in the Mahoning Valley, in part, because of money from the federal stimulus package.
Obama is expected to speak about jobs and the economy at 1:35 p.m. Tuesday at V&M Star on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Youngstown. He will tour the plant before the speech and talk to V&M workers.
“We are all just very excited and very proud to be hosting the president on Tuesday,” said Joel Mastervich, V&M’s president and chief operating officer. “We think it’s a wonderful recognition for V&M Star and the Mahoning Valley.”
V&M Star announced in February that it will build a $650 million expansion next to its current site.
