A remarkable time to be in Youngstown
Youngstown — March 5, 2010 at 10:57 amWe’ve taken it on the chin and had a generous share of speed bumps for many years. That only makes the times we’re living in more remarkable.
Professionally, I’ve had a surge of projects in 2010 that has kept me from blogging actively. I’ve added about a dozen clients in about as many weeks, and I’m trying to spend spare time with family and friends.
Personally, I’m just so...
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Events
Tomorrow: The Future of Manufacturing and Working-Class Communities
The Center for Working-Class Studies Lecture Series welcomes Manufacturing and Technology News editor Richard McCormack to...
Jan 27, 2010 10:47
Technology
100 Jobs in 100 Days
I got this a couple of weeks ago, but I’ve had my head buried in work and not much blogging. On the upside, that means...
Jan 20, 2010 21:00
Youngstown
Jacob Harver on the Bob Hagan Incident
I’m sitting here at the Lemon Grove getting some work done and wanted to take a second to post Jacob Harver’s...
Feb 12, 2010 16:25
Events, Music
Controllar with Digimob Friday at Cedars
I got an e-mail from Thomas Myrmel. He’s from Amsterdam but will be at Cedars Friday night performing with Anat Spiegel...
Jan 22, 2010 5:08
Recently...
Conservative Court Approves U.S.A., Inc.
Apparently the free market should be so free that it should be free to run the government. That’s essentially the decision of the Supreme Court today in their decision to overturn limits to corporations’ abilities to spend money from their general funds to support or oppose candidates.
Instead...
January 21st, 2010 | Politics | Read More
Regional Chamber ad in WSJ: That city is Youngstown, Ohio
It’s a revitalized city poised for great change, prosperity and global success… a city where passion for progress is at an all-time high…a city that has garnered so much attention that the world is watching. That city is Youngstown, Ohio. In 2009, Youngstown was named: l A Top 10 U.S. city to start...
January 21st, 2010 | Youngstown | Read More
Match Your Email to Your Custom Domain
Every week I encounter a business or organization who still uses an e-mail address with a nondescript domain address. ginasflowers@yahoo.com or fishinginc@ameritech.net
There’s really no excuse for this. Domains cost about $10 per year, and you can get your e-mail hosted at your custom domain name...
January 20th, 2010 | Technology | Read More
WYSU Commentary Contest
Happy New Year to everyone. There are a few posts I want to get up, including a 2009 year in review and a couple of other things, but for the moment I’m trying to get some projects wrapped up. Here’s a look at a writing contest that may interest you. The prizes include 2 HD radios!
As we...
January 6th, 2010 | Events | Read More
Youngstown in America’s Route to Recovery
Youngstown’s story is America’s story. So agrees Reuters reporter Nick Carey in his article “America’s Route to Recovery.”
Today, the city immortalized by Bruce Springsteen’s 1995 Rust-Belt anthem “Youngstown” is moving on. Among other things, it has created...
December 30th, 2009 | Youngstown | Read More
Ampco: no more parking needed downtown
John P. Coyne is vice president of business development for Ampco System Parking and owner of Coyne Investments Ltd. In a November article detailing the conversion of three downtown buildings to forty-one parking spaces, Coyne referred to himself as “almost a one-person wrecking ball.”
Given...
December 24th, 2009 | Youngstown | Read More
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