December 23, 2009 - Regional Chamber Joins Ohio’s Metro Chambers In Supporting Third Frontier Renewal
The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber has joined with eight other Ohio chambers of commerce to urge that the Ohio Third Frontier renewal issue be placed on the ballot in May 2010. They also pledged to support the campaign for passage of the issue. In a letter to Gov. Ted ...read more

December 18, 2009 - Large Poster Being Erected In Downtown Youngstown To Tout City As One Of The Best Places To Start A Business
The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber today hailed various business leaders and the City of Youngstown for their spirit of cooperation in assisting with the erection of a banner in downtown Youngstown. The banner celebrates the city's being named by Entrepreneur magazine as one of the Top ...read more

December 11, 2009 - Mahoning County Commissioners Renew Economic Development Pact With Regional Chamber
The Board of Mahoning County Commissioners this week unanimously agreed to have the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber continue to perform economic development services on behalf of the county. The vote to renew the commissioner’s contract with the Regional Chamber for one year took ...read more

December 02, 2009 - New Public Television Show To Highlight Mahoning County’s Local Government Collaboration Group
NEOtropolis, a new weekly public television program looking at regional economic issues, will feature the leaders of the Mahoning County Metro Leaders Roundtable, the county’s local government collaboration group, during its next show at 9 p.m. Dec. 4 on Western Reserve Public ...read more

November 22, 2009 - Regional Chamber Has Productive Trade Trip To China And Taiwan
Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber executives say their first-ever trip overseas to drum up jobs and investment for the Mahoning Valley exceeded expectations. Tom Humphries, president and CEO of the Regional Chamber, and Eric Planey, vice president of International and National ...read more

November 03, 2009 - Ohio Auditor Mary Taylor To Speak at Nov. 16 Regional Chamber Government Affairs Council Event
Mary Taylor, the first certified public accountant to serve as Ohio’s Auditor of State, will be the featured speaker at a Regional Chamber Government Affairs Council luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 16, at the Holiday Inn on South Ave. in Boardman. Taylor, a Republican, has served as Ohio Auditor ...read more

October 29, 2009 - Regional Chamber Board of Directors Endorse Issue 4
The Board of Directors of the Regional Chamber has voted to support passage of Issue 4, which would renew Mahoning County’s half-percent sales tax on a continuous basis. The Chamber's board supported the passage of the tax on a continuous basis to ensure long-term reliability of county government ...read more

October 29, 2009 - Regional Chamber Executives Travel to China and Taiwan to Establish Ties as Part of International Strategy
Top executives of the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber will be meeting with private industry and governments officials in China and Taiwan over the next two weeks as part of the Chamber's strategic plan to forge a global footprint for the Mahoning Valley. Making the unprecedented trip Nov. 1 through ...read more

October 02, 2009 - Mahoning Valley Local Government Leadership Academy Now Accepting Applications
Applications for enrollment in the 2010 class of the Mahoning Valley Local Government Leadership Academy are now being accepted. The nine-week course, hosted by the Regional Chamber and sponsored by Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell, LTD. Public Sector Practice Group, is designed to give people interested ...read more

October 02, 2009 - Leadership Mahoning Valley Welcomes Class of 2010
Leadership Mahoning Valley welcomed its class of 2010 today (Thursday, Sept. 24) at a kick-off breakfast at Antone’s Banquet Centre in Boardman. The class of 2010 is listed below: Jonelle Beatrice, Associate Executive Director, Student Life & Director, Center for Student Progress, Youngstown ...read more

October 02, 2009 - Lieutenant Governor Fisher to Keynote 17th Annual Mahoning Valley Growth Awards October 8
Lt. Governor Lee Fisher will visit the Valley Oct. 8 to help honor the fastest-growing businesses in the area and give the keynote address at the 17th Annual Mahoning Valley Growth Awards Breakfast. The event, which starts at 7:30 a.m. at Mr. Anthony’s in Boardman, is presented by the Regional Chamber ...read more

September 09, 2009 - The Top 10 Reasons to Take a Second Look at Youngstown-Warren, Ohio
The opening of a news segment that aired on the February 17, 2009 broadcast of National Public Radio’s Morning Edition was surprising for some listeners and plain hard to believe for others, I’m sure. I imagine quite a few members of the listening audience scratched their heads quizzically as Steve ...read more

September 03, 2009 - National and Regional Recognition Is Making the Future Bright for the Mahoning Valley
The Mahoning Valley is quickly becoming an all-around economic development hot spot in the U.S., based on national and regional recognition the Valley has received this year, according to Tom Humphries, president and CEO of the Regional Chamber. “From business start-ups to attraction, expansion ...read more

August 17, 2009 - Governor Strickland To Keynote Regional Chamber's Salute To Business Breakfast on September 3
Ohio Governor Ted Strickland will return to the Mahoning Valley and once again join the Regional Chamber in honoring outstanding businesses on Thursday, September 3, when he gives the keynote address at our Salute To Business breakfast at 7:30 a.m. at Mr. Anthony’s in Boardman. In addition to his ...read more

August 06, 2009 - Two Mahoning Valley Projects Win Funding From EfficientGovNow Voting
The Mahoning Valley was a winner in more ways than one when it garnered two of the three top spots in the EfficientGovNow local government collaboration competition, the results of which were announced August 6. The Mahoning River Corridor Initiative’s website “Rollin On the River” placed first ...read more

August 04, 2009 - Valley Economic Development Groups Report Investments of Nearly $500 million in 2008
Despite 2008 being a down year for jobs and growth, economic development investment in the Mahoning Valley totaled $446.3 million, according to the 2008 Economic Development Report Card being released today by the Valley’s major economic development organizations. The investments created 2,338 jobs ...read more

July 28, 2009 - Chamber Hires International Banker to Boost Economic Development for Valley
The Regional Chamber has hired an international banking executive to spur international and national economic development opportunities for the Mahoning Valley. Eric Planey, a Youngstown native, assumed the newly created position of vice president, international/national business attraction at the ...read more

July 23, 2009 - EfficientGovNow Voting Tightens
With nine days left before voting ends, the EfficientGovNow vote leaders are facing tougher competition, with the Westshore Regional Fire District Project moving into third place in just the last two days. Two projects from Mahoning County continue to hold the first two spots, but their leads are shrinking. ...read more

July 14, 2009 - Regional Chamber Board Backs Metropolitan Court System in Mahoning County
The Regional Chamber Board of Directors has voted to support court consolidation in Mahoning County. The Chamber board, acting on a recommendation of its Government Affairs Council, voted to back efforts to eliminate one of three judges in Youngstown Municipal Court and to develop a metropolitan ...read more

July 10, 2009 - We Need Your Vote to Support Local Projects
After one week of balloting, two Mahoning Valley government collaboration projects are the top vote-getters among the nine finalists in Northeast Ohio seeking to share $300,000 in a government efficiency competition sponsored by EfficientGovNow. The program, funded by the Fund for Our Economic Future, ...read more

July 01, 2009 - Limits Put On Prevailing Wage
Posted in The Columbus DispatchWednesday, July 1, 2009 3:08 AM By James Nash The Ohio Supreme Court yesterday handed a victory to business groups and dealt a setback to Gov. Ted Strickland, labor unions and others seeking union-scale wages for workers on construction projects that receive public financing. ...read more

June 12, 2009 - SBA Announces New Temporary Loan Program
The Small Business Administration has announced a new loan program to provide temporary financial relief to small businesses suffering immediate financial hardship so they can keep their doors open and get their cash flow back on track. America’s Recovery Capital, or ARC, loan program will start June ...read more

June 05, 2009 - Leadership Mahoning Valley Graduates Class of 2009
YOUNGSTOWN – The Leadership Mahoning Valley Class of 2009 graduated on June 4, 2009, during a commencement dinner at Antone’s Banquet Centre in Boardman. Board President Robert Lackey and Executive Director Karen Stacey hosted the evening’s festivities, which included reflections from class coordinators ...read more

June 03, 2009 - Regional Chamber Receives Top Economic Development Award for Business Attraction in Northeast Ohio
The Regional Chamber was honored Tuesday with the top award in the Business Attraction category at the 2009 Economic Development Impact Awards, presented by Team Northeast Ohio’s (NEO) and Inside Business magazine. The event took place at the Embassy Suites in Independence, Ohio, before a crowd ...read more

May 28, 2009 - New Website Helps Region's Job Seekers and Employers
Searching for a job is stressful. The Internet can be a helpful tool in finding job listings, advice and potential employers, but with so many websites devoted to the job hunt, it is tough to tell which sites are providing the best advice and correctly placing the right employee with the right employer. ...read more

May 22, 2009 - Community Foundation's Patricia Brozik Named 2009 Athena Award Recipient
Patricia Brozik, president of the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley since its inception in 2001, was honored Thursday, May 21, as the recipient of the 2009 ATHENA Award before a crowd of about 650 at Mr. Anthony’s in Boardman. The award Dinner was co-sponsored by the Regional Chamber and ...read more

May 15, 2009 - Ohio Orders FirstEnergy Rate Cuts
Ohio regulators say FirstEnergy Corp. must cut the rates of its power company customers in northern and central Ohio to conform to the results of an auction. In a ruling Thursday, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio called for a 12.6 percent reduction for FirstEnergy's Toledo Edison customers, a ...read more

May 08, 2009 - Author and Government Reform Expert Urges Major Changes in Government and Schools
A permanent financial crisis is facing local government and schools, and the only solution is to embrace major change in the way public institutions do business, offered David Osborne, nationally known author and government reform expert, during a Regional Chamber luncheon in Niles May 1. Osborne said ...read more

May 07, 2009 - Ohio's Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner to Speak at Chamber Luncheon on May 29
Jennifer Brunner, Ohio’s Secretary of State and candidate for the U.S. Senate, will speak at a Regional Chamber luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday, May 29, at Byzantine Center at the Grove, 3801 Shady Run Road, Youngstown. The event is hosted by the Chamber’s Government Affairs ...read more

April 06, 2009 - Chamber Partners with Staples to Offer Members Office Supply Discount
The Regional Chamber is happy to announce that it has partnered with Staples Business Advantage to offer a value benefit to our members. This partnership provides Chamber members with deep discounts on an extensive list of commonly used items, with an average discount of 15%+ over the already competitive ...read more

February 20, 2009 - FirstEnergy-PUCO Deal Means Electric Rates Will Rise June 1
Item originally published in The Plain DealerJohn Funk Plain Dealer Reporter Hold on to your wallets. FirstEnergy Corp. and staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio reached an agreement Thursday that could lead to higher electric rates beginning June 1. The only question: How much higher would ...read more

January 23, 2009 - BWC to Limit Extreme Premium Jumps
BWC Board Approves Plan to Limit Extreme Premium Jumps Gives go-ahead for exploration of a solution to ensure more equitable payments for all employers COLUMBUS – The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Board of Directors today approved a cap on premium increases ...read more