The Highs and Lows of Youngstown’s Economic Development

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Reid Dulberger always wanted to work in economic development. In fact, he wanted to work in an area like Youngstown “where the effort, if successful, would have a real impact on people’s lives,” he says.

He saw a listing in an economic development trade publication for a job at the Regional Growth Alliance in Youngstown, applied and got it. That was in 1991.

Dulberger led that organization for two years until the chambers of commerce of Niles, Youngstown and Warren merged to form the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber. Dulberger became the head of its economic and community development program, working there until 2008 when he left to work in Memphis.

Read George Nelson’s article HERE.

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