The Clinton County area will soon have a full-time economic recovery coordinator to help coordinate federal programs and resources in case DHL does outsource it’s air deliveries to the United Parcel Service (UPS) in Louisville, Ky. Should the move take place, more than 7,000 jobs could be lost at the air park in Wilmington.

Federal officials met with local leaders Sunday afternoon at Kelly Center on the Wilmington College Campus. Dignitaries attending the meeting included Sandy Baruah, assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce for Economic Development, representatives of the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Small Business Administration and U.S. Representative Mike Turner of the third congressional district.

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