GARY, Ind.–The Mayor of Gary, Eddie Melton, says there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic about the growth of his city.

After Nippon Steel acquired U.S. Steel Corp. earlier this year, they said they would invest $11 billion into U.S. Steel plants across the nation by 2028. Out of that, Gary Works will receive $3.1 billion. That’s the largest of the projects that Nippon has promised.

“That $3 billion alone will be a shot in the arm to help our economy. When you think of a city that was built on steel and the industry and the significance, not just in northwest Indiana, but around the nation it’s important that the steel industry continues to flourish. They’re advertising for jobs, but if that deal did not go through, I mean the economic impact would have been a tragedy,” said Melton i

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