Pittsburgh native actor Michael Keaton is helping to bring green jobs to the region with a new manufacturing plant, to help the steel city become the green city.
Keaton is partnering with Nexxi Building Solutions to build a new home for the green construction technology company.
“Growing up, many of my neighbors worked in Pittsburgh’s famous steel plants; the lore was that a businessman would take an extra white shirt to work because the one he started with would get so dirty from the mills’ polluted air that he’d have to put on a fresh one to come home,” said Keaton, who was born and raised in the Pittsburgh area and first began acting in local theatre there. “Nexii’s new plant will create more than 300 green, healthy job opportunities and help revitalize my hometown in a way that helps folks right now while paving the way for future generations.”
The new plant will be built using the company's own sustainable concrete alternative, which will be produced in Nexii's Hazleton, PA plant.
The new Pittsburgh site is scheduled to open in summer of 2022.
Keaton explained why he decided to get involved in the new project saying, “I’ve always been interested in design and construction, but I only recently learned the game-changing impact the construction industry can have in improving the environment by adopting innovative, lower-carbon techniques. For me, the opportunity to marry job creation with an environmentally sustainable business is incredibly exciting.”
The company says Keaton will be part owner of the new plant and will have an active role in it.