The economic collapse has knocked hard and fast against many of the underpinnings of the middle class: homeownership, education, healthcare, employment and retirement, and against the economy of northeast Ohio in general. But it also has escalated change in the way we approach our individual economies and the way we, as a region, approach the bigger economy.

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Twinsburg plant goes on the auction blockMarch 09, 2010
Bidding will take place behind closed doors in New York
Story by Tim Rudell

When Chrysler was forced into bankrputcy in 2009 the Twinsburg plant was among assets to be eliminated from the new, restructured company

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