This allowed the company to hire Ziegelhofer and 13 of his fellow laid off co-workers, along with dozens of others.
It's at companies like AE Polysilicon where America's economic growth and clean energy goals come together. Economic stimulus grants created 450 jobs here, with more expected in the future.
Leo Tsuo, the company's development manager, says the whole community came out a winner.
"What we bring to this community, is we bring jobs - of all different levels," said Tsuo. "We have manufacturing jobs, we have engineering jobs, we have business jobs and these are sustainable, high-paying jobs in an industry that is growing."
And there is another benefit. Tsuo says that once the plant is fully operational, there will be a domestic energy boost as well.
It's exactly these type of dual-impact jobs that President Obama hopes to create with his new $447 billion Jobs act.
"Do we keep tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, or should we invest in education and technology and in infrastructure -- all the things that are going to help us out innovate and out educate and out build other countries in the future," said Obama.
But not everyone agrees the jobs bill is good medicine for the economy.
Economist John Makin, with the conservative-leaning American Enterprise Institute, says the president's ideas are not new, and not effective.
"Everybody wants people to get jobs, but we've done all these things," said Makin. "The operational question here is if we simply do more of it, will it work. If it had produced a higher growth rate, if growth had continued as people expected it would, we wouldn't be looking at this program.
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