Biden in East Palestine; Shifting Attention in Utica
President Joe Biden visited East Palestine on Friday, a little over a year after the Feb. 3, 2023, Norfolk Southern train derailment in the village.
He praised the “Herculean efforts” following the derailment and said he wants residents to understand “that we’re not going home, no matter what, until this job is done, and it’s not done yet.”
Deanne Johnson, senior reporter for The Business Journal, talked with protesters who gathered ahead of the president’s arrival Friday. “The Biden administration needs to do more for this town,” said Mike Young, who organized a rally downtown for former President Donald Trump. “To me, this today, it’s a slap in the face.”
From The Business Journal’s Growth Report 2 issue, Dan O’Brien, managing editor, examined how more than 10 years into the exploration of the Utica/Point Pleasant shale region, energy companies are just now obtaining a clearer picture of what this formation holds.
On the manufacturing front, the Mahoning Valley Manufacturers Coalition announced Tuesday that its executive director, Jessica Borza, has been named managing director of Workforce Services for The Ohio Manufacturers’ Association. She’ll begin her new job Monday.
Here’s a look at those stories and other top stories this week from BusinessJournalDaily.com:
Protesters Await Biden’s Arrival in East Palestine
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio – With loud chants of “Let’s Go Brandon,” a derogatory euphemism directed at President Joe Biden, as well as a group of silent protesters asking for the president to address their health care concerns, the sidewalks in East Palestine were full of messages Friday.
No one is certain if the president will see any of them, and some feel the president’s visit, a year after the Feb. 3, 2023, Norfolk Southern train derailment, is too late. READ
Oil Find Shifts Attention in Utica
More than 10 years into the exploration of the Utica/Point Pleasant shale region, energy companies are just now obtaining a clearer picture of what this formation holds.
This is especially important for northeastern Ohio, where surprising discoveries of large volumes of oil are changing the entire nature of the play. READ
City, Consultants Outline Crab Creek Opportunities
Keys to capitalizing on development opportunities in Youngstown’s Crab Creek corridor include addressing blight and improving infrastructure, a consultant said. City officials joined a representative of AECOM, the Cleveland-based consultant it engaged to conduct a study of the East Side industrial corridor, at a meeting Tuesday evening at the Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County’s East Library.
During the meeting, the city officials and consultants unveiled the results of the $100,000 study of the industrial area, which was paid for using an $80,000 U.S. Economic Development Administration grant and city funds. READ
Borza Accepts Leadership Role at Ohio Manufacturers’ Association
Jessica Borza, who has served as the Mahoning Valley Manufacturers Coalition’s executive director since its inception in 2011, has been named managing director of Workforce Services for The Ohio Manufacturers’ Association.
Under Borza’s leadership, MVMC has grown from 18 founding members to more than 70 manufacturers, dozens more associate members and education partners in Trumbull, Mahoning and Columbiana counties. The organization has also been awarded more than $26 million in workforce development grant funding. READ
First Piece of Salem’s Downtown Entertainment District
The OG, a casual and upscale restaurant and bar, will add another option to the downtown Salem nightlife scene when it opens this spring.
The OG is merely the first project on South Broadway that will restore a vacant building and put it back into use, according to Julie Needs, executive director of the Sustainable Opportunity Development center, the city’s redevelopment agency. READ
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