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A new United Parcel Service facility will be the cornerstone of a nascent industrial park off Glenwood Road in Rossford for which development is starting to move, Rossford Mayor Neil MacKinnon announced Friday.

The mayor said he did not yet have details about how many jobs the 225,000-square-foot facility will generate, but that Scannell Properties, the Indianapolis-based developer of about 350 acres in that area, had confirmed UPS as the occupant of one of two buildings for which slab construction is planned this fall, followed by vertical structures next spring.

The second building’s potential occupants haven’t been identified yet — “they have interested parties, but they’re not sharing this information with us,” Mayor MacKinnon said.

A replica of NASA’s Mars “Opportunity” Rover landed at Expo 2020 Dubai – thanks to UPS, the Official Logistics Partner.

The rovers – six in total – collect rock and soil samples and look for signs of life on Mars, our nearest neighboring planet. This replica traveled from Washington, D.C. to Dubai for display at Expo 2020’s USA Pavilion.

“I’m so proud of our team and how we were able to work together to crate, insure, transport and move this shipment,” said Derek Irving, UPS director of Expo 2020 operations. “It wouldn’t have been possible without the collaboration of UPSers, the Smithsonian Institute, U.S. government and the USA Pavilion team. This is another example of how we’re moving our world forward by delivering what matters.”

Black Friday is 21 days away. Before it gets here, UPS is hoping to add 60,000 people to the team nationwide.

UPS’ Brown Friday event is underway and runs through Saturday.

The hiring event supports 1,200 UPS locations and is the last push for warehouse workers and drivers for its peak season.

Through Christmas, UPS is offering new seasonal workers $20 an hour and a $200 weekly bonus. For overnight positions, the pay rate is $21 per hour.

UPS says over the past three years one-third of people hired for seasonal positions were later hired in permanent positions after the holidays.