Economic Development
VXI Marks 5 Years at Youngstown Call Center
Monday, October 06, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Chris Fisher was confident that VXI Global Solutions Inc. vxi.com would find success when he suggested it establish a call center here. What the VXI director of operations and Howland nativeubbard didn’t anticipate, he says, was the company’s expansion elsewhere in Ohio.
Architects Advance Renovation Projects in Downtowns
Monday, October 06, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- By the end of October, if all goes as Gregg Strollo anticipates, work will at last begin on Strollo Architects’ renovation of the historic Wells Building in downtown Youngstown.
Slot Machine Revenues Drop at Pa. Casinos
Monday, October 06, 2014HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Revenue generated from playing slot machines at the 12 casinos in the Keystone State in September was $180,311,642, or 3.9% lower than September 2013, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reports.
Taxes paid were $96,417,980, the board said.
Slot machine revenue at Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh was $21,518,302.43, down 2.55% from September 2013. At Presque Isle Downs and Casino in Erie, revenues of $9,972,834.53 represent a drop of 8.55%.
NYO Property Group Bids $1.7M for 20 Federal Place
Friday, October 03, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – NYO Property Group has submitted a proposal to purchase 20 Federal Place and a parking lot on Commerce Street from the city for $1.7 million plus interest, according to a bid document opened this afternoon at City Hall.
NYO was the sole entity to present a bid proposal to the city, which were due at noon today. Another party, VXI Global Solutions Inc. and the largest tenant at 20 Federal, submitted a letter of interest stating that it would prefer the city retain ownership of the building.
America Makes Reps Argue for National Manufacturing Network
Friday, October 03, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Barb Ewing, chief operating officer of the Youngstown Business Incubator, and Scott Deutsch, manager, communications and special programs for the National Center for Defense Manufacturing, make their case for the National Network of Manufacturing Innovation in a guest blog on the U.S. Department of Commerce website to mark National Manufacturing Day.