Snyder Administration Wants 1,000 New Jobs In Flint
FLINT (WWJ/AP) - Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's administration has a goal of creating 1,000 new jobs in Flint as a way of helping recover from the ongoing crisis sparked by lead in the city's water.
Officials in Snyder's administration discussed the jobs goal Friday in a meeting of the governor's Flint Water Interagency Task Force, according to a report in The Detroit News.
Rich Baird, the governor's transformation manager, says the state is negotiating with two "major auto suppliers" about bringing jobs to the city. He told committee members that a non-disclosure agreement meant that he couldn't name the companies.
Baird also says his team and Michigan Works! are working to identify 500 "workforce development jobs" designed to provide good-paying positions and remove obstacles in employment, such as not having access to transportation or child care.
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