St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley late this afternoon reacted to the announcement of that Anheuser-Busch Inbev would eliminate about 1,000 jobs in St. Louis. In a statement, he promised to work with regional leaders to “reposition our local economy” to overcome the economic slowdown.

Here is what the statement said:

“Anheuser-Busch InBev’s announcement means that we will have to work even harder to come up with ways to reposition our local economy to create hope for better opportunities for our citizens. It also means we need to work in a regional way to overcome the economic difficulties that our community and this entire country are facing. As St. Louis County executive, I pledge that I will work with all of our regional leaders to work for answers to this economic crisis.”