Despite General Motors Corp. ’s rapid rejection of $56.2 million in state help to keep the automaker’s Dayton-area assembly plant open, Moraine officials are holding out hope GM will reverse its decision to shutter the factory.

The state offered the incentive to General Motors (NYSE:GM) on Aug. 20, and eight days later the company responded. In the offer letter, Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher had asked GM respond by Nov. 22.

“It was clear to us that there will not be any new product coming into Moraine,” said Kelly Schlissberg, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Development. “That was the message to us.”

GM in June said it would close the sport-utility vehicle plant by 2010, then it later warned that almost half of the plant’s remaining 2,400 workers would lose their jobs in... // Bizjournals.com

Despite a quick response from General Motors Corp. turning down an offer of $56.2 million in state funds to keep the Moraine assembly plant open, Moraine officials are still holding out hope that GM leaders will reverse their decision to close the local plant.

In the letter Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher sent to GM (NYSE: GM) offering the eight-figure incentive, he asked for a written response by Nov. 22.

“Troy, we hope you will seriously consider this,” Fisher handwrote on the letter, addressed to Troy Clark, president of GM North America.

But it only took eight days for GM to respond verbally to the Aug. 20 note.

“It was clear to us that there will not be any new product coming into Moraine,” said state spokesperson Kelly Schlissberg. “That was the message to us.”

Even... // Bizjournals.com

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Department of Development says General Motors Corp. has declined a tax credit and grant package worth more than $56 million to keep open its SUV plant in the Dayton suburb of Moraine.

Department spokeswoman Kelly Schlissberg said Thursday the state is disappointed and will continue to look for alternate uses for the plant, which employs about 2,400 workers.

The automaker has said it plans to close the plant by... // MLive.com

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Department of Development says General Motors Corp. has declined a tax credit and grant package worth more than $56 million to keep open its SUV plant in the Dayton suburb of Moraine.

Department spokeswoman Kelly Schlissberg said Thursday the state is disappointed and will continue to look for alternate uses for the plant, which employs about 2,400 workers.

The automaker has said it plans to close the plant by... // MLive.com

DAYTON Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher has signed a letter offering General Motors Corp. more than $56 million to keep 2,400 jobs at the automaker's Moraine assembly plant.

Kevin Carver, an Ohio Department of Development representative to Southwestern Ohio, did not know if the letter which is dated Aug. 20 has been sent yet to Troy Clark, president of GM North America, to whom the message is addressed.

But Carver said Wednesday Aug. 27 that the offer to GM is unusual in that typically an employer approaches the state with a possible project or expansion in mind and then the state responds with a set of incentives to secure the expansion. In this case, Carver said, Ohio government is taking the first step.

"We are prepared to demonstrate our support of keeping the plant open with this... // Dayton Daily News

DAYTON Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher has signed a letter offering General Motors Corp. more than $56 million to keep 2,400 jobs at the automaker's Moraine assembly plant.

Kevin Carver, an Ohio Department of Development representative to Southwestern Ohio, did not know if the letter which is dated Aug. 20 has been sent yet to Troy Clark, president of GM North America, to whom the message is addressed.

But Carver said Wednesday Aug. 27 that the offer to GM is unusual in that typically an employer approaches the state with a possible project or expansion in mind and then the state responds with a set of incentives to secure the expansion. In this case, Carver said, Ohio government is taking the first step.

"We are prepared to demonstrate our support of keeping the plant open with this... // Dayton Daily News

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher says the state is offering General Motors Corp. a tax credit and grant worth more than $56 million to keep open its SUV plant in the Dayton suburb of Moraine.

The automaker has said it plans to close the plant by 2010 or sooner because of a customer shift to smaller vehicles. About 2,400 workers are employed there.

The proposed assistance announced Wednesday consists of a $54 million job... // The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com