by John Beagle

Governor Ted Strickland, in his State of the State of Ohio speech highlighted many hopeful of the signs regarding jobs in Ohio. Here are the specific examples he mentioned:

Amylin Pharmaceuticals is creating 500 new jobs and making a 400 million dollar investment in its West Chester production facility.

Cardinal Health will create 700 new jobs and make a 50 million dollar investment expanding its Dublin headquarters.

Continental Airlines is adding 700 jobs and investing 49 million dollars to expand its hub at Cleveland’s Hopkins International Airport.

Ford will retain more than 1,400 jobs and invest 200 million dollars in its transmission manufacturing operation in Sharonville.

General Motors will retain more than 600 jobs and invest 332 million dollars in its Toledo Powertrain facility.

Goodyear will retain more than 2,900 jobs as it constructs a new headquarters in the 890 million dollar Akron Riverwalk project.

Tata Consultancy Services will create 1,000 jobs in Clermont County as it establishes its North American Delivery Center there.

And just yesterday General Motors announced a 69 million dollar investment in its DMAX diesel engine manufacturing plant in Moraine.

There was no mention of AK Steel or Atrium One (Middletown Regional Hospital).

Additionally, Governor Strickland is proposing Building Ohio Jobs, a $1.7 billion jobs stimulus package to create more than 80,000 jobs and lay the foundation for future economic prosperity.