Media & Communications

Marketing & Communications continued its ongoing mission of promoting the Mahoning Valley in a positive light and educating the business community on issues that significantly affect its wellbeing. The Regional Chamber has tracked 81 regional and/or national positive stories about the Valley since 2004 alone. From General Motors launching the much-anticipated Chevy Cobalt and West Corporation opening a facility in Niles and creating 1,500 new jobs locally, to the Youngstown-Warren area ranking #4 in the top 100 places to golf nationally, the news coming from the Valley these days is putting us on the map again . . . but this time, for much different reasons.

For the second year, Marketing & Communications utilized a strong advertising tool with the purchase of the full front inside cover of The Business Journal. The page experienced a makeover in 2004 and began to feature opinion/editorial-type content, backed with factual information, about issues the Regional Chamber feels are important for the business community. Just some of the topics touched on included the pro-business legislation voting records of our state representatives and senators; Operation: SOAR and its mission to save the Youngstown Air Reserve Station; why passage of the Issue 2 sales tax continuance in Mahoning County would prevent a financial crisis and much more.

The American Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) honored the Regional Chamber's hard work with Honorable Mention awards for the Regional Chamber Review (now the Valley Business) and Directory & Buyers' Guide - the two most significant publications we use to communicate with our members!

For more information on advertising in the Directory & Buyers Guide
or the Regional Chamber Valley Business contact Robin Roberts
phone: 330-744-2131 ext. 30
cell: 330-307-6269
email: robincr77@aol.com

2005 continues to be an exciting year for Marketing & Communications and the Regional Chamber. We will continue to promote the image of the Mahoning Valley as a positive one and have partnered with Youngstown State University for a second photo contest that features "places and spaces" in the region. We will steer regional and national media to replace their photo archives of the Valley with these contest photos, which show who we now are as a community. In addition, our Valley Business magazine (taking the place of the Regional Chamber Review) will evolve throughout the year to combine business articles with Chamber information so that we are giving our members even stronger tools to help them grow and succeed.   

Click on the Valley Business Magazine link at left.