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
GoodGuides Open House Today
Goodwill Industries has created an interesting program for youth mentoring. In February of 2009, some in the community gathered...
Feb 18, 2010 11:44
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
A remarkable time to be in Youngstown
We’ve taken it on the chin and had a generous share of speed bumps for many years. That only makes the times we’re...
Mar 5, 2010 10:57
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...
City fails Wick Park 2010 test
[Edit 11/18: Be sure to visit the Shout Youngstown post on the reactionary art that grew up in response to the Penn Ave arsons.]
More than fifty interested residents from the Wick Park area and Youngstown’s north side attended a community meeting at Wick Park Pavilion with representatives from...
November 17th, 2009 | Youngstown | Read More
Manufacturing and Innovation alive and well at Youngstown Exal
Who knew there was such innovation to aluminum packaging? Well, there is at Exal Corporation in Youngstown, Ohio.
This year, Exal walked away with a “Stevie,” which is the trophy from the American Business Awards. In this case, Exal won Business Innovation of the Year for its Coil-to-Can...
November 12th, 2009 | Technology, Youngstown | Read More
Youngstown’s burning … again
We were carving pumpkins just east of downtown last weekend in a converted warehouse space. After buying the warehouse, the owner carried out carts and carts of dirt, over time converting the thousands of square feet into live-work artist space. In the process, the walls were decorated with found objects...
October 31st, 2009 | Youngstown | Read More
IdeaLaunch Proposals Due November 2
In celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week, YSU is sponsoring a student business proposal competition which could lead to funding for launching your great idea! To participate, submit an IdeaLaunch proposal (2 pages maximum) which must include the following:
Describe the service or product –...
October 27th, 2009 | Events | Read More
Will Blog for Coffee
An Open Letter to West Federal Street Restaurants
Dear Restaurants:
When I come downtown in the morning, I want to grab a coffee. It would be even better if it were accompanied by a gigantic, blueberry muffin with sweet cinnamon-sugar crumbles on top. As you may know, there are places in the country...
October 23rd, 2009 | Personal | Read More
Power of the Arts is in Organizing and Planning
[Edit 10/29/09: You can now download the summary transcript of the discussion.]
Art is powerful. We’ve seen how it engages communities and serves as an economic development driver. How to we get to the payoff, however? At the end of the day, there’s an exhibition or a gallery or live-work...
October 22nd, 2009 | Youngstown | Read More
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