CLEVELAND, Ohio — Redevelopment at three former Ohio auto plants shows that replacing the jobs left on closing day can be possible. Rebuilding the much larger workforces those factories supported at their peaks is another measure entirely.
Twinsburg and Moraine have matched or exceeded their closing-day employment totals, or are projected to do so. Walton Hills could eventually reach that mark, but some of its announced jobs have not yet materialized and others would be transferred from elsewhere in Northeast Ohio.
These are five takeaways from the original article, which examined how employment at redeveloped auto sites compares with the workforces they replaced…