{"id":642603,"date":"2013-02-15T16:09:36","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T21:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/serkadis.com\/index\/?guid=8f81ad0e14a4eddba6cab813d2ba39c3"},"modified":"2013-02-15T16:09:36","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T21:09:36","slug":"deputy-secretary-blank-travels-to-bmw-in-spartanburg-sc-to-highlight-revitalization-of-american-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/642603","title":{"rendered":"Deputy Secretary Blank Travels to BMW in Spartanburg, SC to Highlight Revitalization of American Manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Editor&#39;s note: This post was originally published on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commerce.gov\/blog\/2013\/02\/15\/deputy-secretary-blank-travels-bmw-spartanburg-sc-highlight-revitalization-american-\">Commerce Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed\">\n<div class=\"clearfix\" id=\"small-node-embed-image-detail\">\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/embedded_img_small\/image\/image_file\/264bmw6630-cropped-resized.jpg\" alt=\"Deputy Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank\" title=\"Deputy Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank\" width=\"430\" height=\"291\" class=\"imagecache imagecache-embedded_img_small\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p>\n    Deputy Secretary Rebecca Blank and JCourosef Kerscher, the President of BMW Manufacturing, stand in front of a BMW X5. (Courtesy of Commerce.gov)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Deputy Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank visited BMW Manufacturing today and delivered remarks on the President&rsquo;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2013\/02\/13\/fact-sheet-president-s-plan-make-america-magnet-jobs-investing-manufactu\">plan to make America a magnet for jobs and manufacturing<\/a>. The Deputy Secretary highlighted the President&rsquo;s proposals for a new Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership, the SelectUSA program, and the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation. Blank&rsquo;s visit comes on the heels of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/state-of-the-union-2013\">President Obama&rsquo;s State of the Union Address<\/a>, in which he outlined a broad agenda for revitalizing U.S. manufacturing, spurring innovation, and accelerating export growth.<\/p>\n<p>During&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.commerce.gov\/news\/deputy-secretary-speeches\/2013\/02\/15\/remarks-revitalizing-american-manufacturing-spartanburg-so\">her remarks<\/a>, Blank emphasized key Commerce programs that will drive President Obama&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2013\/02\/13\/fact-sheet-president-s-plan-make-america-magnet-jobs-investing-manufactu\">Make America a Magnet for Jobs by Investing in Manufacturing<\/a>&rdquo; plan. For example, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commerce.gov\/\">Commerce<\/a> is going to lead a team of federal agencies in the new Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership. The President has proposed a new program to support communities that do the hard work and analysis to identify key projects that will bolster their ability to attract investment. A competitive process will select communities that have done effective planning but need a little help to build additional assets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/blog\/2013\/02\/15\/deputy-secretary-blank-travels-bmw-spartanburg-sc-highlight-revitalization-american-\" >read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor&#39;s note: This post was originally published on the Commerce Blog. Deputy Secretary Rebecca Blank and JCourosef Kerscher, the President of BMW Manufacturing, stand in front of a BMW X5. (Courtesy of Commerce.gov) Deputy Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank visited BMW Manufacturing today and delivered remarks on the President&rsquo;s plan to make America a magnet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7603,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-642603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7603"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642603\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}