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Mahoning County, Youngstown Get Roadwork Funds"
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- More than $1.2 million in Business and Roadwork Development grants have been awarded to one firm and four communities in Ohio including Mahoning County and the City of Youngstown, reports Gov. Bob Taft.Mahoning County will receive a $500,000 Roadwork Development (629)grant to assist with infrastructure improvement costs at the Center Pointe Commerce Park in Austin Township. The more than $4 million project, led by Redstone Investments, a private developer, involves the acquisition of 180 acres at the southeast corner of Interstate 80 and State Route 46 for a large commercial and industrial development that will serve as one of the county's largest industrial parks.These improvements are expected to result in substantial job creation by prospective industrial park tenants. The City of Youngstown will receive a $500,000 Roadwork Development (629) grant to assist in construction costs for a bridge at the Ohio Works Industrial Park. The bridge will improve accessibility to the industrial park, which is a brownfield site formerly occupied by USX Steel. The 135-acre industrial park, currently home to several manufacturing operations including Graybar Electric, M-7 Technologies and Insulated Glass Technologies, is in need of greater access to State Route 711 and Interstate 680 in order to be more marketable to prospective industrial tenants.The $2.1 million project is expected to create 117 new jobs and retain 187.The 629 Program is funded with gas tax dollars and is restricted to public road projects only."