Posted August 31, 201014 yr Struthers seems to doing pretty well, especially when compared to Campbell and Youngstown proper.
August 31, 201014 yr A bit of West Virginia. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 1, 201014 yr Thanks! The next town east, Lowellville, is doing better still considering all the nearby economic troubles. But Struthers has remained remarkably intact given its proximity to where one of the biggest economic A-bombs was dropped. Just west of that main drag was the site of the Youngstown Sheet & Tube's Campbell Works -- the first integrated mill to shut down in the U.S., laying off 4,000+. Some of the Campbell Works was actually in Struthers, including mills that turned steel into specific shapes and products, like bars, railroad spikes, and other items. They have a decent economic development organization for that area called CASTLO (the first two letters of the three communities nearby -- Campbell, Struthers, Lowellville). CASTLO was formed shortly after efforts to revive the Campbell Works failed and did its best to attract new businesses to the area. But its previous executive director often lamented that state funding was hard to come by to clean up all the polluted land YS&T left behind. Finally, that land is starting to get attention for a potential new steel mill. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 1, 201014 yr Gotta' love that "consumer review" posted on the side of the building. Picturesque place, but not unlike so many others of a similar size.
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