Job help offered to Motorola employees

CHAMPAIGN – Champaign developer Peter Fox says Fox/Atkins Development will lead an initiative to place Motorola employees at other employers in the Champaign-Urbana area.

Motorola Corp. announced Tuesday it will close its software design center in the University of Illinois Research Park in August, putting an estimated 183 people out of work.

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