YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The state legislature Thursday approved a bill that would expedite any referendum on rezoning and in Lordstown where TJX Companies Inc. wants to develop a distribution center. The bill awaits the signature of Gov. John Kasich. Included in House Bill 292 is language that allows for opponents of the rezoning of seven […]

BOARDMAN, Ohio – The Boardman Township Board of Trustees will consider Monday whether to accept or reject a recommendation from the zoning commission not to rezone 4.3 acres off Lockwood Boulevard for a proposed Meijer store. Representatives of Carnegie Management and Development Corp. of Cleveland, the development firm working with Meijer Stores Ltd., will appear […]

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Dominique Jones stood outside 20 Federal Place at the edge of the main entrance’s canopy Tuesday morning. She smoked a cigarette, as she usually does when she goes on break from VXI Global Solutions, her employer for the past four years, which is housed in the building. In about a month, Jones […]

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Three companies operating in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties are among 56 in the state that were awarded provisional licenses to distribute medical marijuana, the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy announced Monday. Quest Wellness Ohio II LLC, a venture led by local businessman Herb Washington, was issued a provisional license for a […]

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Local manufacturers say it’s still too early to ascertain the impact of President Donald Trump’s decision to impose stiff tariffs on steel and aluminum imported from some of the United States’ closest allies and trading partners. “People can’t panic yet because we don’t know if it affects semi-finished steel or raw product,” […]

NILES, Ohio — As Anthony Cafaro Jr. makes final preparations for his trip to RECon, The Global Retail Real Estate Convention, he muses over potential water cooler talk with industry colleagues. Cafaro, who is third-generation co-president of the Cafaro Co. with his brother, William, has been attending the convention since he was 13 years old. […]

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Reid Schmutz gazed around the Palladian Ballroom on the top floor of the new DoubleTree by Hilton Downtown Youngstown. The space is far different from what it looked like when he was vice president of operations for Standard Slag Co., which occupied the upper levels of the Stambaugh Building until the building […]

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — It was uncomfortable and somewhat sad – knowing all that Dominic Marchionda has done for Youngstown and the trials he faces in the months ahead – to watch him speak May 16 at the opening of the DoubleTree by Hilton. Marchionda thanked his wife (pictured with him above) his family, his partners […]