cortlandgirl79

2008/2009. Obviously that's about a decade since you had attended. Also, I believe JUST YESTERDAY there was a shooting on the YSU campus and there is actually a video of it posted by the Jambar. Your comment obviously came with good timing with a shooting this weekend ;) Actually, it wasn't "on" YSU's campus, it was North of campus in an area where there are a lot of students and the perps are from Pittsburgh (not sure what they were doing there). I think this quote by a student who lives in the area says it all, "She added, however, that she feels “pretty safe” at YSU. Her friend, Alaina Wells, also of Cleveland, said she’s “not really concerned about my safety because the person involved doesn’t live in the city.” Wells said this incident hasn’t changed her mind about living in Youngstown and attending YSU. “Other than that [the shooting], I love Youngstown,” she said." http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/feb/18/shooting-in-shadow-of-ysu/

I went to YSU in the late 90s and I don't ever remember anything bad happening at the Park. CLE618, when did you attend YSU? I would never tell someone not to go to school there, I think it's much improved from when I went there 13 years ago and there seems to be a lot more people living on or near campus now, plus they are getting closer to downtown, they have a rec center now and a lot more new buildings. I see nothing wrong with the place.

I'm a Trumbull County girl, so I've never been to a Rotelli's, although I remember the one being in the Panera plaza in Atown. I have been to Jeramiah Bullfrogs once, but I would love to have a Winking Lizard.

Gotcha, as a child of the 80s it is pretty amazing that I could never get through those movies.

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Ya, my friend's husband is tired of the dirty work that comes with steel/oil and gas jobs. Yes, manufacturing is on the rise here, but i'm not talking about the new jobs...............there's not much hope for the jobs coming back to WCI/Severstal/RG or whatever you want to call it................

No, actually I don't...........they guys I know that worked there aren't getting theirs up either. Everyday I have guys showing up at our front door at work and calling in asking if we're hiring, it's so sad. My girlfriend's husband is planning on getting out of manufacturing all together.............

I'm not holding my breath...........

They should move the school closer to downtown........

That would be great if something else would go into our industrial park up there in McDonald. Right now we've got McDonald Steel, Amrod, Larry's Truck Electric, Steel and Alloy and I think one more. I would love to see an expansion even half the size of V&M in McDonald. Great news, keep me informed!

Well, I'll add a 3rd mill to the mix. I work at the former McDonald Works of USS, now McDonald Steel Corporation. We only have around 120 employees, but business is good and they're completing a new office building. Back in 1984 Inc. Magazine did an article on McDonald Steel that I think you'll find interesting. :) "David Houck worked for Big Steel all his life -- until the mill shut down. . . From the end of Ohio Avenue, on a rise overlooking the old steel mills, the village of McDonald, Ohio, looks quiet. Not deserted: The homes of the steelworkers in this industrial suburb of Youngstown are still pristine, and Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church still draws housewives to its 8 a.m. Mass. But signs of economic vitality are rare. Down the street, Austin's and the Starlight Lounge no longer fill with thirsty workers at the end of each shift. The union hall -- Local 1307, United Steelworkers of America -- is empty. "USS Industrial Park . . . Now Leasing" announces a billboard at the entrance to the former McDonald Works of United States Steel Corp. " 1,100,000 Sq. Ft. Buildings on 172 Acres." Beyond the sign sprawl the hulking structures of dark brick with corrugated steel roofs, surrounded by endless parking lots that, even on a weekday morning, remain virtually empty. The Youngstown region's quietude--the shut-down factories, the area's 40,000 or 50,000 unemployed steelworkers -- has, in the past several years, become a sign of the times, a national symbol for the decline of American heavy industry. It has also become the focus for flurries of rhetoric and political activity. Candidates for the Presidency speak stirringly of the neglected responsibilities of big business and big government, of the need to protect and revitalize the domestic steel industry. Civic groups petition corporations and public leaders; unions decry the inaction. All demand that steel be returned to its position of preeminence -- and that Youngstown, rooted in the steel industry, flourish with steel once more." Here's the rest of the story. Thank god for the vision of Dave Houck. http://www.inc.com/magazine/19841101/9723.html

Downtown Warren at the Amphitheater.

Isn't it so exciting?!?!? I'm so glad I didn't listen to my friends and friend's parents when they told me this area is dead, there's no jobs here, etc. They all told me to move to Columbus, or even worse, to the south! I've always said, "If the Mahoning Valley is going down I'm going down w/it." Once you've hit the low we've hit there's no where to go but up. Things were really starting to turn around back in 2008 and then the recession hit, but the latest news has far exceeded the improvements that I thought were coming and much sooner! :)

How is joining a union "forcing" someone to slash their salaries for virtually nothing? That never was the case when I worked for a company that had a union, in fact I got some nice raises that were negotiated by my union, got more time off, etc. Right-to-work makes sense in today's world if you want the benefits of a union w/out having to pay the dues..........

My dad always says that most companies that have a union probably deserve one (or deserved one when the union was formed). If business/managers treated people right you would never see union organization.