Dingell and Local Leaders Showcase Clean Energy Stimulus Award
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Officials will meet for a Press Conference to discuss Ventower Industries at 11:00am on Wednesday, July 7
Monroe, MI – Congressman John D. Dingell (D-MI15) and local leaders will meet tomorrow to highlight the progress that Ventower Industries has made with the clean energy stimulus funding as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Ventower Industries was just awarded a $2.3 million grant and $1.2 million loan from the Clean Energy Advanced Manufacturing Program. These awards are focused on putting Americans back to work by building a robust domestic manufacturing capacity to supply clean and renewable energy projects with American made parts and equipment. This award to Ventower helps to ensure that the city of Monroe leads the state in transforming to the economy of the future and remains a community on the cutting edge of green manufacturing.
Since receiving the federal funding, Ventower’s facility construction is progressing as scheduled. Ventower will utilize this funding to build up to 300 wind turbine towers per year, employing around 176 full-time personnel. Ventower Industries intends to become a full-service manufacturer and supplier of wind turbine towers used to support industrial-scale wind turbines. Ventower is evidence that the stimulus is working and creating good paying jobs in the industries of the future right here in Southeast Michigan. The officials will have media availability at 11:00am during which reporters can ask questions to leaders taking part in the discussion.
- Who: Congressman John D. Dingell, Mayor of Monroe Robert E. Clark, representatives from Ventower, and representatives from the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth.
- What: News Conference discussing clean energy stimulus funding for Ventower, a company on the cutting edge of green manufacturing in southeast Michigan.
- Where: The Port of Monroe, 2929 East Front St., MI 48161
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