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America's Most and Least Vulnerable Towns
By Rebecca Ruiz, Forbes.com
Oct 24th, 2008
Despite what he calls "the negatives," Mayor Howard "Butch" Zwelling is optimistic about the future of Zanesville, Ohio.
In the past two years, a handful of local manufacturing plants have shuttered or relocated abroad, putting roughly 1,000 people out of work in this town of 25,500. But Zwelling is encouraged by the new businesses arriving shortly, including a glass manufacturing plant, an Avon distribution center and a Time Warner call center, all of which will create more than 800 jobs. Zwelling has also planned on more than $250 million in school and downtown development construction in the next two years.
Jobs and construction will certainly be a boon for the local economy, but our survey gauging the vulnerability of towns across the country tells a more complicated story: Zanesville ranked as the seventh most vulnerable. Among its weakest spots were an unemployment rate of 8.9% and poverty rate of 16.2%. Only 18% of the workforce has an associate's degree or higher.
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By Rebecca Ruiz, Forbes.com
Oct 24th, 2008
Despite what he calls "the negatives," Mayor Howard "Butch" Zwelling is optimistic about the future of Zanesville, Ohio.
In the past two years, a handful of local manufacturing plants have shuttered or relocated abroad, putting roughly 1,000 people out of work in this town of 25,500. But Zwelling is encouraged by the new businesses arriving shortly, including a glass manufacturing plant, an Avon distribution center and a Time Warner call center, all of which will create more than 800 jobs. Zwelling has also planned on more than $250 million in school and downtown development construction in the next two years.
Jobs and construction will certainly be a boon for the local economy, but our survey gauging the vulnerability of towns across the country tells a more complicated story: Zanesville ranked as the seventh most vulnerable. Among its weakest spots were an unemployment rate of 8.9% and poverty rate of 16.2%. Only 18% of the workforce has an associate's degree or higher.
http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/a...Ec2VjA2ZwLXRvZGF5BHNsawN2dWxuZXJhYmxlLXRvd25z