MEDIA

City to Consider Gas Station Demo Contract, Appropriating $11M in APR Funds

Wednesday, March 30, 2022 – George Nelson, The Business Journal

City to Consider Gas Station Demo Contract, Appropriating $11M in APR Funds

“Last year, City Council approved accepting the Ohio Department of Development Abandoned Gas Station Cleanup Grant for the site.

The old gas station is at the corner of Wick and Bissell avenues, north of the former Wick 6 car dealership properties and about a block way from the Golden Dawn, said Nick Chretien, regional development and planning manager for the Western Reserve Port Authority and executive director of Economic Action Group. Both organizations assist the city with community planning and economic development activities.”

Wean Foundation grants announced

January 31, 2022 – The Vindicator

https://www.vindy.com/news/local-news/2022/01/wean-foundation-grants-announced/

“WARREN — The Raymond John Wean Foundation directors have announced grants made “in response to the dual pandemics of COVID-19 and persistent systemic racism, through the lens of race equity and inclusion.””

Economic Action Group Fosters Business Growth

Friday, January 28, 2022 – The Business Journal

https://businessjournaldaily.com/economic-action-group-fosters-business-growth/

“YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Economic Action Group’s Mahoning Valley Main Street program, formed in 2020 to help small businesses get pandemic recovery funding, played a big role in obtaining the $185 million that local businesses received in federal Paycheck Protection Program loans. It also built connections to other funding sources and fostered relationships between local governments and the business community, says Nick Chretien, EAG executive director.”

$2M awarded for economic development from federal relief funds

Ed Runyan, The Vindicator

https://www.vindy.com/news/local-news/2022/01/2m-awarded-for-economic-development-from-federal-relief-funds/

“YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County commissioners recently awarded $2 million of the county’s $44 million in American Recovery Plan funds to the Mahoning County Community Improvement Corporation for projects in Campbell, Struthers and elsewhere in the county.”