YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Economic Action Group is conducting a survey of Mahoning Valley residents. It’s part of an initiative to increase the amount of educated talent in the region. The importance of retaining and attracting educated young talent is reflected by data available through the American Community Survey, which shows that 19.8% of the […]
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – More than one in three — 37% — of households in Mahoning County lack a fixed broadband connection – a statistic for concern, but not the one that most alarmed participants in a roundtable Monday. That distinction went to the 61% of households with children of high school age or younger without […]
ASHTABULA, Ohio — Ashtabula County is starting to build a reputation for supplying skilled workers for the region’s growing wine industry. In 2011, the Ashtabula campus of Kent State University began offering the first wine degrees in Ohio: an associate degree in oenology (winemaking) and associate of applied science in viticulture (grape growing). “We are […]
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Joseph Company International Inc. plans to begin hiring permanent employees during the fourth quarter for its chill-can plant under construction here, and expects to make major announcements “very soon,” its chairman and CEO says. Mitchell Joseph says construction of the second building at its East Side campus should be finished next week […]
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – When President Donald Trump spoke last month at the Covelli Centre, he talked about the thousands of steel jobs lost in the wake of Black Monday – and he promised to help bring back large-scale manufacturing to the Valley’s empty factories. “We’re gonna fill up these factories or rip them down and […]
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – One needs only to drive along the major commercial thoroughfares in the Mahoning and Shenango valleys to see firsthand how the landscape of retail is changing. Big-box stores along U.S. Route 224 in Boardman sit empty and other major retail chains have announced plans to close their storefronts across the region and […]
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Joseph Thomas was as enthusiastic Tuesday morning as a kid opening a birthday present. “How great is that?” he said as he admired the old break whistle that once served a Youngstown Sheet & Tube mill. “It’s probably the coolest thing ever.” Thomas wants to use the industrial artifact – which in […]
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — The Youngstown Business Incubator’s newest endeavor might be “a horse of a different color” but “not an entirely different species of entrepreneurship,” as CEO Barb Ewing puts it. More familiar as the host for business-to-business software startups, the downtown Youngstown incubator wants to invite a new class of entrepreneurs into its walls […]
WARREN, Ohio – The Trumbull County Planning Commission has teamed up with Mahoning Valley is for Entrepreneurs to hold a workshop for anyone thinking about starting a business in Trumbull County. Mahoning Valley is for Entrepreneurs is a collaboration of organizations working together to provide better support for local entrepreneurs. The workshop will address key […]
WARREN, Ohio – The Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership will host three community meetings on food security in the city July 27 and August 2. Tomorrow’s meeting will be held 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Southeast Side Community Association hall, 2534 Milton St. SE. The August 2 meetings will be held 10 to 11:30 a.m. at […]
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