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In the 1850's, Charles Dickens wrote a novel about the French Revolution titled "A Tale of Two Cities."

 

Here in Northeast Ohio, we have two cities at different stages of economic revolution; Youngstown, which is finally beginning to rise again after the death of steel; and Akron, which is already enjoying revolutionary growth.

 

I like stuff like this. I wish cities could work together to branch out for REGIONAL ECONOMIC Success in NE Ohio.

That's one thing Akron has done and continues to do well... agressively seek out economic development opportunities.  I agree YtownNews, it would be nice to see more cooperation amoung NE Ohio's cities; collectively, NE Ohio is a great region IMO and a more regional approach to economic development could really boost the region as a whole.

Akron issued 1,500 building permits for home construction in 2005? That's incredibly high -- just short of what Cleveland did! I'd be interested in learning more about this.

And 322 for a city the size of Youngstown is nothing to sneeze at!  Anyone have any idea where those 322 might be hiding?

In the Salt Lake Springs-Meridian Business Park on the West Side. Tons of industrial business parks moved in. Where else, downtown has a few new buildings and the west side has some too...

 

Good question X.

But they are for residential construction....

Well much of it is for this: Arlington Heights : http://www.wytv.com/video/2323646.html

 

and in the future for this: http://wickneighbors.org

 

These are 2 neighborhoods that are planned and in the works near downtown....

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Yesterday, we compared development in Akron versus Youngstown.

And, as you probably could have guessed, Akron is ahead of us in terms of getting rid of blighted buildings and building new homes.

But what you probably don't realize is Youngstown has had quiet growth over the last year.