Posted January 6, 200619 yr Inquiries indicate plan to open mill Officials: CSC site under consideration Interest in the mill includes hiring up to 100 workers. By DON SHILLING Someone has approached the Trumbull County Planning Commission about starting a steel-making operation in the former CSC Ltd. mill. The questions asked indicate that the prospective operator is more than just inquiring and has definite plans, said Mark Zigmont, a county planner. "I'm pretty sure this is going to go forward," he said. Between 80 and 100 jobs to start were discussed, he said. Mike Settles, a spokesman for the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, said the agency's Twinsburg office received a call recently from someone asking what permits would be needed to start a steel-related operation at the site. Read full article here: http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/306904757421823.php
January 6, 200619 yr holy f*ck, copperweld coming back to life (at least in another form) between them and delphi closing, that kinda was the last straws of warren's economy
January 11, 200619 yr Author Mill plans forge ahead By LARRY RINGLER Tribune Chronicle The company looking to reopen the CSC Ltd. steel melt shop could start taking applications for mechanics and electricians after the next two weeks, a company official said Friday. Scott Elliott, who said he was hired to help set up American Steel & Alloys LLC to melt steel into billets, also said the new company has no links to a Marietta company he runs that was found in violation of federal 401(k) retirement law in 2004. Read full article here: http://www.tribunechronicle.com/news/story/017202006_new01mill07.asp
January 23, 200619 yr Author 1) We needed a thread about Boardman. 2) This is the first new full-service hospital built in the Mahoning Valley in 47 years. 3) 400 jobs. From the 1/16/06 Youngstown Vindicator: Foundation work begins at St. E's campus HMHP is committed to bolstering the local economy through the project. By DENISE DICK VINDICATOR STAFF Writer BOARDMAN — Site work nears completion, and foundation work has begun at the $77 million St. Elizabeth Boardman Campus. Erection of the steel structure is expected to start in April. "We're still on schedule for a summer 2007 opening," said Sally Hammel, a hospital spokeswoman... http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/290973399043107.php
April 3, 200619 yr 100 years old and still fresh Sunday, April 2, 2006 A constant stream of new products keeps the longtime bakery feeling young. By DON SHILLING VINDICATOR BUSINESS EDITOR BOARDMAN — Schwebel Baking Co. refuses to act its age. The family-run old bread maker turns 100 this year, but it seems much younger as it keeps creating new types of Schwebel's bread and expanding into new areas... [email protected] http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/285766658295602.php
May 1, 200619 yr Author From the 4/30/06 Youngstown Vindicator: Lead architect is Valley firm Ground was broken for the new hospital in June 2005. BOARDMAN — A Youngstown architectural firm is working with a company from Columbus to design the new St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center expected to open in July 2007. "Collaboration is a good thing, and two heads are better than one," said Rodney Lamberson, vice president/principal at Strollo Architects Inc. The Youngstown company is the lead architect on the project with Moody Nolan of Columbus assisting... http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/285981298454764.php
June 23, 200618 yr Author From the 6/22/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Many agencies worked to attract Leedsworld By RAYMOND L. SMITH Tribune Chronicle WARREN — Leedsworld Inc. will bring nearly 500 new jobs into the city over the next five years because several economic agencies worked together on a common goal, officials said. Leedsworld Inc.’s Chief Financial Officer Martin Vuono announced Wednesday that the company will begin operation next month in the 256,000-square-foot former Delphi Packard Electric facility at 655 North River Road. The Warren site is approximately 100 miles from its headquarters in New Kensington, Pa. ‘‘Not only is the proximity to our headquarters ideal for our day-to-day operations, but the building itself meets our warehouse, production and office space needs,’’ Vuono said. ‘‘In addition, to those benefits, state and local governments have provided attractive tax and financing incentives that solidified our decision to become a part of the Warren community.’’ ... http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=5381
July 13, 200618 yr Link: http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/320873056113632.php YOUNGSTOWN — George Mager recalled hearing a lot of talk about how there were few restaurants available downtown for people who wanted to enjoy a meal. Shortly after a friend convinced him to do something about it, Mager found himself opening his own eatery at 120 E. Boardman St., and on Jan. 9, Cafe Cimmento became another new business to be part of what many say is a renaissance in the city.
July 13, 200618 yr You should specify which downtown in Ohio.....'Business Coming Back into Downtown Youngstown'. I dont know but its a bit misleading the way it currently is written. :|
July 14, 200618 yr My error, I rushed to post it before I left. I like to hear your thoughts on downtown Youngstown and Youngstown in general as it transforms from mid 20th century infrastructure to the 21st century.
July 31, 200618 yr Author From the 7/30/06 Youngstown Vindicator: High-tech care to be offered at facility Much of the technology in the new hospital is in place at other HMHP facilities. By DENISE DICK VINDICATOR STAFF WRITER BOARDMAN — As progress continues on the new St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center, work goes on behind the scenes to ensure the project encompasses the latest technology. "From a technology standpoint, the doctors, employees and patients will get a state-of-the-art facility," said Michael F. Seiser, vice president of information systems at Humility of Mary Information Systems... http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/336564250698742.php
August 2, 200618 yr Author From the 8/2/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Company to hire locally By RAYMOND L. SMITH Tribune Chronicle WARREN — Kensington, Pa.-based Leedsworld Inc. has opened its plant at 655 North River Road for warehouse storage and hopes to be fully operational by the end of the year. A ceremonial ribbon cutting is set for 10 a.m. today. Among those scheduled to attend are Warren Mayor Michael O’Brien, U.S. Rep. Timothy J. Ryan, D-Niles, and Trumbull County commissioners. ‘‘We have about 10 people working in Warren now and plan to increase that number to about 50 by the end of the fourth quarter,’’ Martin Vuono, its chief financial officer, said. ‘‘The total number of people we’ll have in by the end of the year will depend on the level of business we will have.’’ ... http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=6952
August 3, 200618 yr Author From the 8/3/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: PHOTO: Christine Miller, plant operations manager of the Leedsworld Inc. facility in Warren, will lead the new operations. Tribune Chronicle / Raymond Smith Plant celebrates new operation By RAYMOND L. SMITH Tribune Chronicle WARREN — At a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday at Leedsworld Inc.’s new North River Road plant, company officials said it was the work of area leaders that enticed them here. And local officials said it was the 485 jobs to be created within five years that made it worth the effort. ‘‘This is one of the ways we are going to have to compete in the global economy in the future,’’ state Rep. Timothy J. Ryan, D-Niles, told the crowd of more than 60 people who gathered Wednesday. ... http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=6981
September 25, 200618 yr WYTV Ch. 33 in Youngstown has a new sister station: My-YTV apart of the new MY-Network TV. They have set up a new downtown studio in the reality building first floor. They do a weekday talk show from 3-5 that talks about ways to fix the community and has a number of major politicians on over its first 3 weeks. It also has just added a TICKER to the first floor of the building. This may be hard to see: But here is a picture of it: ----------------------------------------- WYTV GM Dave Trabert said he wanted to be apart of the revitalization of downtown over the next few years and a new downtown studio is one way to do just that! He says the new Chevy Centre as well as a number of new buildings and restaurants being built and/or opening shows that downtown is coming back.... I hope to get some pictures of this studio and of downtown over the next few weeks....
September 25, 200618 yr Well, that's good! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 27, 200618 yr WYTV GM Dave Trabert said he wanted to be apart of the revitalization of downtown over the next few years and a new downtown studio is one way to do just that! Apart? So he thinks the studio will be negative for downtown? Just kidding...I know what you meant.
September 27, 200618 yr "What happens when MyNetworkTV goes out of business (which it will)?" Let me put it this way - you would think a series like "Fashion House" with over-the-top b!tchfights involving Bo Derek and Morgan Fairchild (and some nice eye-candy) could keep "my peoples'" attention. You would be wrong. It's that bad. clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
September 27, 200618 yr Author ^ LOL!!! I was basing my comment on the fact that UPN and WB were bleeding money, and people were actually watching some of their shows. They had to merge just to keep themselves afloat.
October 1, 200618 yr Here is a video link of the ticker at work.... http://www.downtownyoungstown.com/misc/CIMG3668.AVI Looks good down there. I am excited about downtown. This building and the Wick are being transferred into Residential. A Brand New 5.1 million dollar technology center is being built. A new city law center is going to be built. The Paramount theatre has been bought and is going to be completely renovated into a theatre, with 2 movie theatres, one hollywood and one independent I believe. There are also ideas for a Youngstown Sports Museum down there. Downtown Youngstown is quickly being transformed into the place to be in the area.. Now if the business owners can come together and make sure every building has a business in it, then we are well on our way for our future.
April 22, 200817 yr Just purchased the new Select Honey Whole Grain and their Select Whole Wheat breads from Schwebel's and they are quite amazing. I was oddly eating one of the slices of bread with a frozen Indian dinner and the bread over-powered the Indian food in flavor! They aren't using any additives in the bread so no high fructose corn syrup. I will definitely be buying more of this product. I found it in a stand all by itself at Giant Eagle near the deli section. I was just saying a month ago at how impressed I was with Orlando Baking of Cleveland with it not using additives. This impresses me as well.
May 18, 200817 yr Post news and discussion about the general condition of Ohio's steel industry, including historical stuff and prospects for the future. Here's an article from today's PD to get the thread started. There's some cool photos at the link below, but the photos (or the article) usually don't stay for more than a year... http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2008/05/area_steel_mills_are_hot_again.html Area steel mills are hot again, thanks to demand, dollar, consolidation Posted by Peter Krouse May 18, 2008 The last time the U.S. economy was in or near a recession, the U.S. steel industry was tanking, too. Not this time around. U.S. steelmakers are full sail amid the doldrums. That's good news for Northeast Ohio, where several mills churn out steel for such diverse products as oil wells, farm tractors and drainage culverts. ....... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 19, 200817 yr Wow. Growing up we were taught that Russians would bomb Warren because Republic was there. I guess the decided to take it by more peaceful means. Not less devastating, though. Remember Springsteen's "Youngstown": ...it seems them big boys did what Hitler couldn't do. Sad day for American industry. Now, I know I'm being myopic, the place could've been shuttered, but this just boggles the mind.
May 30, 200817 yr Oil prices could be having some positive effects. Such as, could the steel industry in America be on track for a rebound? It already is, but more may be coming... See: http://research.cibcwm.com/economic_public/download/smay08.pdf "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 1, 200816 yr http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,16179.0.html Thomson Financial News ArcelorMittal to hike prices paid by automotive industry by 60 pct 06.29.08, 1:14 PM ET FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - ArcelorMittal plans to hike prices paid by car makers by 60 percent in several steps over the coming weeks and months in response to surging raw material costs, auto motor und sport said in prerelease of a report to be published Thursday. Automotives vice-president Jean-Luc Maurange told the magazine that he is optimistic car-makers will accept the price hikes. The report said the steel-maker is now re-negotiating contracts concluded with the automobile industry to avoid 2009 price hikes being too steep. ArcelorMittal supplies 23 percent of steel used by German car-makers, and says it has a 50 percent market share in European steel supplies to the automotive industry. Meanwhile, Maurange said the segment is starting to feel a decline in steel demand due to the crisis at U.S. car-makers. He said he expects volumes to stagnate during 2008, with sales still slightly growing due to higher prices. [email protected] "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 1, 200816 yr My Dad works at Mittal. He said they can’t make it fast enough. I can’t remember the stat, but he told me the Cleveland plant is one of the most efficient in the world.
October 5, 200816 yr Anyone know more about this? This job appears to have been posted in the past week...... http://www.sologig.com/freelancers/fl_projectdetails.aspx?id=1001979 Sr. Construction Manager/DirectorCompany:Whitaker Technical Hourly Rate:Negotiable Location:Youngstown, Ohio Description A Premier E&C Company with offices across the US is seeking a Sr. Construction Manager/Director for an 18 month project at a large steel mill in their OH location. The company is going through some MAJOR growth in several business areas of their company so this is an expansion opening! Requirements Position requires past management of projects 500M+, industrial project experience, experience working with unions, project experience with subcontracting work rather than hiring direct staff, and steel experience is HIGHLY preferred. Salary will be DOE. ____________________ The same job also appears to be posted at: http://jobview.monster.com/GetJob.aspx?JobID=76024014&WT.mc_n=FDJD and at: http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?IPath=JRGCM&ff=21&APath=2.21.0.0.0&job_did=J8E0YN79DMGLFFWGZCF "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 6, 200816 yr ^If it's in North Jackson near I-76 (per the article), my guess is that it will be on/near Bailey Road (which has a direct connection to I-76 which links to the Turnpike a few miles away), south of the Lordstown complex. There are a lot of distribution centers in that vicinity - and no, it's not on the former site of a mill. clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
October 6, 200816 yr I checked out the Commerces' web-site, and there are several properties listed within an earshot of Interstate 76 at North Jackson at two parks, so I assume it is in one of those.
October 7, 200816 yr I wish the mill could be built in the valley where the old ones were. Or anywhere in Youngstown for that matter. That might as well be in Trumbull County. Although I can't fault them if they selected this area based on its accessibility of high amounts of electricity (presumably because of its proximity to GM).
October 7, 200816 yr That is good news. 60 good paying jobs in the Mahoning Valley is a good thing no matter where they are at. It is unfortunate that this a greenfield though and not in the river valley. This mill (or mini-mill) will more closely resemble a larger version of the Extrudex aluminum plant in N Jackson on the south side of Mahoning Avenue, than what most people think of when they hear Steel Mill. This location makes a lot of sense. It happens to be pretty much under a transmission line so it will be cheaper to hook up to the grid. And it is a the cross roads of I-76 and I-80, plus they may be able to get access to the railyard down the road behind GM.
October 7, 200816 yr Sounds like an electric arc furnace, which is what the old mills in the valley could/should have been retrofitted with 30-40 years ago to make them cost-competitive. Then it doesn't matter if the coal being used to fuel the blast furnace is high- or low-sulfur coal -- because coal isn't needed because there is no blast furnace. You couldn't build a traditional steel mill in Cleveland, or Youngstown or Pittsburgh these days because all three are already at various levels of air quality non-attainment. By using an electric arc furnace and the existing grid, this greatly helps in coming under the maximum emissions allowed in a given metro area. Given the booming global growth of steel production in the last few years, there may be additional steel plants built. More plants with electric arc furnaces combined with some continuous casters and we could see a modest revival of steel in this part of the world. But the days of the city-sized steel mill employing 5,000 workers is likely gone. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 7, 200816 yr ^ It is. Hell, AK Steel's Ashland Works had two blast furnaces: The Bellefonte (1940s) and the Amanda (1960s), the latter being one of the biggest in the world when it was completed. The Bellefonte was mothballed in the late 1990s and just dismantled down to the hearth -- the reason being that with the hearth in place, it could be rebuilt at a future date. By removing the hearth, under current EPA regulations, it could not be built today. Pig iron blast furnaces, while vastly more efficient in terms of output, belch out pollution and require a lot of natural resources.
October 7, 200816 yr I don't like the property tax break for greenfield development. Nor should there be state money without strings to put a plant in the city. Ohio has had decades of policies that are biased against cities and in favor of destructive greenfield development (see the Brookings Institution/Greater Ohio study and conference on Restoring Ohio's Prosperity). http://www.brookings.edu/events/2008/0910_restoring_prosperity.aspx Youngstown's mayor, Jay Williams, was at the Sept. 10 conference in Columbus and was one of the highlights as he offered several specific examples of how cities in general and Youngstown in particular are left behind by state funding.
October 7, 200816 yr ^ It is. Hell, AK Steel's Ashland Works had two blast furnaces: The Bellefonte (1940s) and the Amanda (1960s), In Youngstown, Republic Steel's Haselton Works, Youngstown Sheet & Tube's Campbell Works, and United States Steel's Ohio Works each had four blast furnaces. Add to that J&L's Haselton plant, USS's McDonald castings plant, Republic's downtown plant, Republic's Warren District, Copperweld in Warren, and YS&T's Brier Hill Works, and you had a near-continuous string of steel mills for 20 miles along the Mahoning River from Warren to the Pennsylvania state line. Many of those mills ran 24/7, and I saw bits of pieces of its before the bottom fell out starting in 1977. I would have loved to have ridden on an Erie-Lackawanna/Pittsburgh & Lake Erie train at night through that area before the 1970s. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 7, 200816 yr ^It would have been amazing to see the amazing complexes of heavy industry. Hell, in my hometown area, we had Russell and Ashland, KY: AK Steel (then Armco Steel Ashland Works) and their coke plant; New Boston and Portsmouth, OH: Detroit Steel and coke plant (closed ~1985) which had two blast furnaces and a LOT of modernization and upgrades in the late 1960s); Ironton, OH: A very large tar and coke plant, a a sizable nickel facility (major rebuilding and upgrades in the 1970s, only to see it close a few years later); Huntington, WV: Steel of West Virginia (downsized today) and many heavy industries. Most of the heavy industry has simply died here. Same as Youngstown, but we had backups (Ashland Oil and their headquarters -- until that moved to Covington around 1998).
October 7, 200816 yr My grandfather grew up in the Briar Hill neighborhood in Youngstown, and he said that you knew times were tough if you could breathe and see the sky, because it meant the mills weren't running. It was both majestic and disgusting at the same time the amount of pollution that was pumped out of those mills. Personally I drive past the Mittal plant on 490 everyday and I am still mesmorized by the flare of a smokestack. I believe the area where the new Republic facility is subject to tax sharing with Youngstown tied to the deal that ran city water out there. I could be wrong though. Shame on me for not knowing, I grew up right down the road from there.
May 25, 200916 yr One Ohio town's struggle to survive in hard times Published - May 24 2009 08:04AM EDT By HELEN O'NEILL - AP Special Correspondent In this photo taken on Wednesday, March 11, 2009, potential workers sit inside the Labor Ready temporary employment agency in the hope of getting a day job in Warren, Ohio. Labor Ready employees said that as the economy got worse, their lobby had gotten fuller and fuller for the 5am job call. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta) - image removed 9-4-09 The auto plants and steel mills, once the lifeblood of Warren, are ghosts of their former selves. Plants lie idle, shifts have been cut, and the huge parking lot outside the Lordstown General Motors factory is nearly empty. The Golden Gate restaurant and Mary M's, fixtures for years, are shuttered. Houses are boarded up. Businesses have given up on downtown. There is a saying among old-timers in this gritty river town: What recession? We've been stuck in one for 30 years. Yet even stubborn Warren, a town with a dwindling population of about 43,000 in northeast Ohio, is being tested like never before. And folks talk of a hopelessness, a weariness of spirit that is pervading every aspect of life... Post edited 9-4-09 to comply with terms of use http://www.rr.com/news/economy/article/1310/7835069/One_Ohio_towns_struggle_to_survive_in_hard_times/100/
May 26, 200916 yr That is just depressing, and sadly, it is a story that is repeated all too often anymore. Warren, Ironton, Portsmouth, Steubenville, Wheeling (W.Va.), all towns that have lost a lot of population and industry, and are today struggling to find their identity amid a deepening recession.
May 26, 200916 yr Warren suffers from the same planning issues Cleveland does. Every development dime is spent along a 1/2 mile stretch of route 46 by the mall. That area has changed from a minor pass thru to a suburban mega-strip in about 10 years. All the while, downtown Warren continues to empty out, and entire strip plazas within city limits are abandoned.
May 26, 200916 yr Warren suffers from the same planning issues Cleveland does. Every development dime is spent along a 1/2 mile stretch of route 46 by the mall. That area has changed from a minor pass thru to a suburban mega-strip in about 10 years. All the while, downtown Warren continues to empty out, and entire strip plazas within city limits are abandoned. That 1/2-mile stretch of Rt. 46 is in Niles. The only part of 46 not in Niles is north of the 82 bypass as you head in to Howland. As a result, Warren gets none of the tax revenue. And all the development money (what little there is) that is spent at the Eastwood Mall Complex is only spent there because of the connections Cafaro has.
May 26, 200916 yr I believe that retail area is within Howland Township, unless Niles has annexed it recently. The mall itself and the ballpark are in Niles, but all the new stuff north of 422 that fronts 46 is in Howland... I think. It's sketchy. Either way, Warren gets none of the revenue. Some friends there have told me you can't get police help during the day, unless you're in the process of being shot, because they only have 3 officers on duty for the whole city.
May 26, 200916 yr I believe that retail area is within Howland Township, unless Niles has annexed it recently. The mall itself and the ballpark are in Niles, but all the new stuff north of 422 that fronts 46 is in Howland... I think. It's sketchy. Either way, Warren gets none of the revenue. Some friends there have told me you can't get police help during the day, unless you're in the process of being shot, because they only have 3 officers on duty for the whole city. Where was this? In Niles, Warren, or Howland? If the part that fronts 46 north of 422 is in Howland, then the township police would provide protection... Regardless, the whole situation is horrible. The township has effectively isolated itself from the rest of the immediate area.
May 26, 200916 yr I should have made two paragraphs there. The lack of police is a Warren city issue, related to the 46 retail explosion only in the sense that so much tax revenue has left the city. Howland still has plenty of police. Agreed, the situation is horrible. Downtown Warren has really improved itself with its riverfront park/stage area. But the region is still 10 years behind the times and urbanism has no meaning there. Hopefully that is changing. People are starting to say "that traffic on 46 is getting stupid," and they're confused why two Wal-Marts had to be built along Elm Road in such a short time. Many now think a train to Cleveland would be neato and they wish WRTA ran more buses in Trumbull County. Unfortunately too many young people move away before having any socio-political impact on the region.
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