Ohio Minimum Wage Rises to $8.10 on Jan. 1
Tuesday, October 07, 2014COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio’s minimum wage will automatically increase Jan. 1 to $8.10 per hour for non-tipped employees and to $4.05 per hour for tipped employees, from $7.95 per hour and $3.98, respectively, the Ohio Department of Commerce reports.
The increased minimum wage will apply to employees of businesses with annual gross receipts of more than $297,000 per year.
BBB Sets Annual Meeting for Nov. 19
Tuesday, October 07, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The Better Business Bureau serving Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties has set its 2014 Annual Meeting of Accredited Businesses for 9 a.m. Nov. 19.
Youngstown State University President Jim Tressel will be the featured speaker for the event, which will be held in the Covelli Centre's Huntington Bank VIP Lounge.
A light breakfast will be served at the meeting, which will provide information on the BBB’s efforts to build a network of trustworthy businesses in the Mahoning Valley.
Pecchia Communications Hires Former Chamber VP
Tuesday, October 07, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Tony Paglia, a local news veteran and former vice president of government and media affairs for the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber, has joined Pecchia Communications as senior consultant, the company announced today.
Paglia will work with companies in the Mahoning and Shenango valleys on public relations, government relations and marketing programs.
'3 Minutes With' Gregg Strollo, Partner, Strollo Architects
Tuesday, October 07, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Today's “3 Minutes With” video features Gregg Strollo, partner, Strollo Architects. Strollo discusses his firm’s upcoming rehabilitation of the Wells Building, which he expects to begin later this month, including challenges the project has faced, as well as other downtown work by his firm (READ RELATED STORY).
"3 Minutes With" is a daily video feature produced by The Business Journal.
Success of Startups Creates Need for Capital
Tuesday, October 07, 2014COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Investors put $149 million to work with Ohio entrepreneurial companies in 2013, according to a report released Monday by VentureOhio.
VentureOhio, founded last year, describes itself as “a unified voice for the capital sources and other organizations that finance or support high growth that seek to make Ohio a preferred location for high potential entrepreneurial activity.”
Its report points out the need for more capital if the needs of the growing companies are to be met.
Business Leaders to Hear About Shale Opportunities
Monday, October 06, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Dr. Iryna Lendel, assistant director of the Center for Economic Development at Cleveland State University, will give a presentation on shale opportunities in Ohio to a select group of Mahoning Valley business leaders Oct. 23.
YSU STEM Internship/Co-op Expo Seeks Employers
Monday, October 06, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The professional practice program in Youngstown State University’s College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics will host the semi-annual STEM Internship/Co-op Expo from 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday in the Chestnut Room of Kilcawley Center.
The expo will provide businesses an opportunity to build awareness about their organizations, learn more about student dynamics and potentially connect with faculty in various academic departments. The event is open to all current STEM students who are seeking an internship/co-op for the upcoming year.
Millions of Chevy Cruze Parts, All in Sequence
Monday, October 06, 2014AUSTINTOWN, Ohio -- Every part --– some 1.3 million of them -- has a plan as the parts flow each day through Comprehensive Logistics Inc.’s operation on Victoria Road in Austintown, executives say.
Each item, from the largest component to the torque value on a bolt, is accounted for at this 820,000-square-foot plant that works 24 hours a day, five days a week.
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.