MANSFIELD, Ohio (AP) — A push to save a General Motors Corp. plant is expanding in recession-battered Ohio.



Leaders of a Mansfield-based group have launched a Web site, begun an e-mail and letter-writing campaign and will hold a July 4th rally Saturday to bring attention to their cause.



Mansfield Makes Sense for the New GM wants to convince GM that closing the Mansfield/Ontario Metal Center is bad business. A Web site gives information about the stamping plant and community along with contact information for GM and government officials.



"We're not going into this blind — and know it's a long shot," Ontario Mayor Ken Bender said. "We need to do what we can."



Supporters gathered last week at the Mansfield-Richland Chamber of Commerce to learn more about the campaign.



"The Chamber of Commerce does not normally question the decisions that private, individual corporations make," committee coordinator Steve Cobb said.