USDA: Ashtabula could get 1200 new jobs by 2014
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
More than 1,200 jobs could be headed to Ashtabula County where
the USDA has approved a Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP)
project. The project sponsor, Aloterra Energy LLC, will
locate a new biomass conversion facility in Ashatbula. This
project could translate to $50 million in annual
earnings. The project goal is to establish more than
50,000 acres of giant miscanthus, a warm-season grass that can be
converted into energy.
LaTourette has worked with USDA and Aloterra to push the
Department of Agriculture to select Ashtabula as a
BCAP project. Today, USDA announced four new BCAP
projects, and Ashtabula stands to gain more jobs than other
projects in Arkansas and Missouri. This is the only BCAP
project in Ohio.
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