$10.5M for Health, Workforce Center; Avanti’s Valley Venture
Gov. Mike DeWine and his wife, Fran, were in the Mahoning Valley on Friday to announce the award of $10.5 million for the new Campbell Health and Community Development Center.
The center will be built on the campus of Campbell’s Community Literacy Workforce and Cultural Center, and the governor said it will serve as a model for other such centers statewide.
From our MidMarch issue, George Nelson, deputy managing editor, looked back on the New Avanti Motor Corp.’s short-lived presence in the Mahoning Valley as part of our 40 Years of The Business Journal series.
Also from the MidMarch issue, Dan O’Brien, managing editor, spoke with Mark Lamoncha, president and CEO of Humtown Products, about his company’s new location in Boardman. Less than a year ago, the building at 8301 Market St. was cranking out products for Gorant Candies.
And speaking of sweet products, Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream announced Thursday that Jennifer Schuler has been named the company’s new chief executive officer.
Meanwhile, several companies based in Canada secured a presence in the Valley this week.
Graphite One Inc. said its Alaska-based U.S. subsidiary has entered into an agreement to lease 85 acres at the former Warren Depot site in Weathersfield Township, which once stockpiled materials for the U.S. Department of Defense. The company said it wants to build an advanced materials plant here. The first phase of the project would require a capital investment of approximately $435 million and would create 160 jobs, the company said.
On Friday, Canerector, an industrial products and services provider based in Ontario, confirmed that it has acquired Coronado Steel in Youngstown.
Here’s a look at those stories and other top stories this week from BusinessJournalDaily.com:
Campbell Gets $10.5M for Health, Workforce Center
Gov. Mike DeWine said he expects a new community health center to be built on the campus of Campbell’s Community Literacy Workforce and Cultural Center will serve as a model for other such centers statewide.
DeWine, accompanied by his wife, Fran, announced the award of $10.5 million for the new Campbell Health and Community Development Center on Friday on the first stop of a two-day tour to announce health care projects to be funded through the Appalachian Children’s Health Initiative. READ
Avanti’s Mahoning Valley Venture Proved to be Short-Lived
The headline of the Youngstown/Warren Business Journal’s MidDecember 1990 editorial summed up the situation: “Avanti’s Demise Comes as No Surprise.”
The saga of the New Avanti Motor Corp.’s short-lived presence in the Mahoning Valley began a few years earlier, with a March 6, 1987, story in the South Bend (Ind.) Tribune reporting that an “imminent move” to Youngstown was “groundless.” READ
Company Selects Niles Site for $435M Anode Manufacturing Plant
A company that develops graphite anode materials used in batteries for electric vehicles and other energy storage devices says it wants to build an advanced materials plant in the Mahoning Valley that would initially create 160 jobs.
Graphite One Inc., based in Vancouver, British Columbia, said its Alaska-based U.S. subsidiary has entered into an agreement to lease 85 acres at the former Warren Depot site in Weathersfield Township, which once stockpiled materials for the U.S. Department of Defense. READ
Handel’s Names New CEO Amid Continued Growth
Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream has named Jennifer Schuler its chief executive officer. Schuler most recently was CEO of Wetzel’s Pretzels. She replaces former CEO Rich Matherne.
The ice cream chain that was born in Youngstown in 1945 has approximately 130 stores and more than 65 franchisees. Andrew Brennan, Handel’s board member, said Schuler’s experience and her focus on franchisee success made her a “terrific fit” for the position. READ
Humtown and the Chocolate Factory
Less than a year ago, the building at 8301 Market St. in Boardman was cranking out products for Gorant Candies – a confectionary that was well-known in northeastern Ohio.
After its operations closed, the vacant building presented an opportunity for Mark Lamoncha, whose Leetonia-based company is now in the midst of transforming it into a textbook example of modern industrial manufacturing. READ
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