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Town hall meeting held in Warren to encourage GM to keep Lordstown plant open

If the plant shuts down, the Lordstown school district would lose $800,000 dollars in tax revenue.

WARREN, Ohio — It was an emotional night in Warren on Thursday as area residents and employees of the General Motors Lordstown plant held a town hall meeting to urge GM to keep the plant open.

The plant is scheduled to close in March, affecting about 1500 workers. 

Parents, their kids and union representatives spoke about the importance of the facility to the community. 

If the plant shuts down, the Lordstown school district would lose $800,000 dollars in tax revenue.

Last week, new Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine met with GM CEO Mary Barra at the Detroit Auto Show. A DeWine spokesman says the governor considered the meeting productive.

Spokesman Dan Tierney says DeWine told Barra he'd prefer that GM use the northeast Ohio assembly plant near Youngstown for another product line or sell it to a "new operator" if that doesn't happen.

Tierney says DeWine told Barra that Lordstown is "a very good facility with very good workers, and it ought not to be idle long."

The Associated Press contributed to this report

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