Shenango LaunchBox Helps Entrepreneurs Make Connections
SHARON, Pa. – The Shenango LaunchBox, powered by the Greater Sharon Community, started less than a year ago, but it’s already served more than 100 entrepreneurs and aspiring business owners.
“What we try to do is make this a very safe, welcoming place that anybody in the community can feel free to come meet with us,” said Tom Roberts, a social entrepreneur who splits his time between the Shenango LaunchBox and as a self-employed consultant. READ MORE
Aspire Program Through MCCTC Offers Free Education
CANFIELD, Ohio – Adults in Mahoning and Columbiana counties can gain free workforce and education training through Mahoning County Career & Technical Center.
The center has been awarded a state Aspire Adult Workforce Education Readiness Grant to provide free services to adults. MCCTC has been a site for the Aspire program for several years, but it’s now a fiscal agent for the grant. READ MORE
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‘Patching Bucket’ to Repopulate Shenango Valley
Penn-Northwest has embarked on a repopulation initiative to try to ensure there are workers to fill jobs in the community and to stem population loss. READ MORE
Utica Shale Academy Opens Williams Collaboration Center
The new center facilitates more classrooms and more programming in partnership with YSU to expose junior high students to career-tech opportunities. READ MORE
Our Mission:
The operations of Ultium Cells, Foxconn and large and midsize companies in the Mahoning and Shenango Valleys means more higher-level manufacturing jobs. The same is true across the small-business community as companies expand and create jobs.
But the region lacks the workers to fill these jobs. So, efforts have turned to repopulation, bringing former residents back, enticing new residents to relocate here and persuading young people to stay here.
Affordable, available housing must figure into the repopulation equation. We want these workers to live in our communities, raise their families here and contribute to the tax base.
