The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber, in partnership with the Southern Ohio Chamber Alliance (SOCA), is pleased announce that sole proprietors are now eligible for enrollment in the SOCA Benefit Plan, administered by Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield.

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber has relocated its main office in Downtown Youngstown from the First National Bank tower to City Centre One, Suite 500, 100 E. Federal Street.

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber, Youngstown Live/Mahoning County Convention & Visitors Bureau and Trumbull County Tourism Bureau are joining to encourage businesses in the Valley to sign a pledge to EMERGE Safely from the COVID crisis.

The Eastern Ohio Military Affairs Commission (EOMAC) and its Executive Director, Vito Abruzzino, are proud to announce that the Office of Economic Adjustment has awarded Trumbull County $399,725 in grant dollars for the execution and implementation of the recently concluded Youngstown Air Reserve Station Joint Land Use Study (JLUS). This study, awarded and completed over two years, looked at the factors and issues surrounding the growth and expansion of the Youngstown Air Reserve Station (YARS), located in Vienna.

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber is excited to announce the launch of its first Construction & Procurement Guide, which promotes the capabilities of our members in those sectors and provides a single source of information for companies that need their services. The easy-to-use piece includes more than 300 industry members covering all aspects of construction: planning and architecture, site development, general and specialty contractors, specialty services such as brownfield remediation and rail construction and repair and much more.

The Regional Chamber and partner MAGNET will honor and present Quality Switch of Newton Falls with the third annual Excellence in Manufacturing Award at the Chamber's Economic Forecast breakfast on Nov. 13 at Mr. Anthony's in Boardman.

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber’s Director of Government & Public Affairs Nick Santucci and Manager of Business Development Shea MacMillan were recognized at the Ohio Economic Development Association’s (OEDA) Annual Excellence Awards Ceremony in Columbus on Wednesday for their efforts in economic development and government affairs.

The Youngstown Air Reserve Base Community Council (BCC) recently donated $25,000—earmarked for the Eastern Ohio Military Affairs Commission (EOMAC)—to the Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber Foundation.

The Farmers Charitable Foundation recently invested $5,000 in the Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber Foundation for 2019 economic development initiatives in the Valley.

The summit—an outgrowth of a more than a year of conversations between three chamber directors whose organizations encompass five counties and two states in ground zero of the Rust Belt—will focus on Rust Belt-specific revitalization problem-solving results throughout the region.