DOVER, Ohio — A global company that makes auto parts will provide a big boon to Tuscarawas County.

The decision by German-based Schaeffler to build a manufacturing facility in Dover will bring 450 jobs and $27 million in associated payroll for the county.

On Thursday, the Ohio Economic Development Association awarded the city of Dover with the 2025 Project of the Year award during an event in Akron.

But the job creation and economic progress are also shining a light on the growing need for new housing in the area.

The first phase of the project, a 130-thousand-square-foot plant on N. Wooster Avenue, is starting to take shape as construction crews continue to put steel beams in place.

"They are in Phase 1 of a large approximately $200 million built out," said Dover Mayor Shane Gunnoe

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