Brown's Bill Seeks Incentive for Manufacturing Investments
Thursday, March 13, 2014WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown yesterday announced new legislation that would provide incentives for manufacturing investment in local communities hit hard by manufacturing job losses.
Construction Underway for CNG Station at Truck Stop
Wednesday, March 12, 2014GIRARD, Ohio -- Construction is underway to build a compressed natural gas station at the Mr. Fuel truck stop here and should be finished by the end of June, an executive says.
Dave Mrowzinski, CNG program manager for IGS CNG Services, says the project, announced in June (READ STORY), entails the construction of a CNG fueling and compressor station. "We've gotten through the design and permitting process," he says.
Fracking at Hilcorp Well When Quakes Occurred
Wednesday, March 12, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Hilcorp Energy Co. was in the process of hydraulically fracturing a well at one of its Carbon Limestone pads in Poland Township when a series of earthquakes rattled the area Monday, a spokesman from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources confirms.
Mark Bruce, a public affairs officer for ODNR, says a "stimulation operation" was underway at one of the Hilcorp wells when the quakes occurred Monday. Whether frack fluid was being injected into the well at the precise time of the quakes is unknown, he noted.
Commentary: Shale Seminar Did Not Provide Whole Truth
Wednesday, March 12, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber hosted a presentation, “The Real Truth About Oil and Gas Development and Its Effects on Communities” Feb. 19, which it advertised as a presentation about the economic advantages of shale gas development in Arlington, Texas’ Barnett shale play and Washington County, Pa.’s Marcellus shale play.
Youngstown Hears about Tools Other Cities Employed
Wednesday, March 12, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – It’s incumbent upon the residents of a city, especially a downtown, to make it so attractive that given the choice, people would rather live there than the suburbs,
But downtowns have a reputation as places where life is so hurried and so busy that residents don’t get to know their neighbors and the sense of community is all but absent.
The last session Tuesday afternoon of Strong Cities, Strong Communities Bootcamp Youngstown sought to make residents of the downtown more familiar with the tools available to continue its revitalization.
Federated Investors CEO to Lecture at Grove City
Wednesday, March 12, 2014GROVE CITY, Pa. -- J. Christopher Donahue, president and CEO of Federated Investors Inc., will present the J. Paul Sticht ’39 Memorial Lecture in Business and Ethics at Grove City College at 7 p.m. Thursday. Federated, based in Pittsburgh, is one of the largest investment management and financial services companies in the United States.
Donahue’s presentation, “Faith, Family and Federated,” is free and open to the public and will take place in Sticht Lecture Hall in the Hall of Arts and Letters.
'3 Minutes With' Theresa Park, Michael Wilkos
Wednesday, March 12, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Today's "3 Minutes With” features Theresa Park, economic development director for Lowell, Mass., and Michael Wilkos, senior community research and grants management officer with The Columbus Foundation, who discuss the roles their organizations have played in local redevelopment efforts. Park and Wilcos were among the panelists Monday at the Strong Cities, Strong Communities Bootcamp (READ STORY).
Organizations Fail to Adjust to 21st-Century Workforce
Wednesday, March 12, 2014NEW YORK -- The highly connected and global 21st-century workforce is here. But organizations remain unprepared to respond to the challenges this workforce represents, a subsidiary of Deloitte Consulting LLP says.
Sharon Regional Hospice Schedules Volunteer Training
Wednesday, March 12, 2014SHARON, Pa. -- The Hospice and Palliative Care Program of Sharon Regional Health System is recruiting volunteers to help families of the terminally ill in Mercer and northern Lawrence counties. The training program begins March 25.
YBI Seeks 5th Building for Expansion
Tuesday, March 11, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – A planned fifth building on the Youngstown Business Incubator campus would provide additional incubation space YBI officials say they need as well as space for advanced manufacturing equipment.
YBI officials confirm the old Vindicator building downtown, adjacent to the buildings on the existing YBI campus, as the intended property for the proposed expansion.