Valley gets $6 million in earmarks
Warren business incubator among funded projectsBy RON SELAK JR. / Tribune Chronicle
WARREN - A pair of federal spending bills contain nearly $6 million for Trumbull and Mahoning county projects, including more than $2 million to continue development of a business incubator in downtown Warren.
The funding now allows Warren Redevelopment and Planning the freedom to begin determining a location for the incubator, which will be used to hatch and expand businesses focused on clean technology, alternative energy and green building materials, its director says.
The project already received nearly $500,000 in money from Ohio.
''Technology of some type was really the direction of most of the successful incubators, specializing, that's why the YBI (Youngstown Business Incubator) has been so successful,'' WRAP director Anthony Iannucci said. ''This is a real step that would move us forward.''
The incubator project has shifted focus from one that would develop retail enterprise to energy sustainability, which help secure the federal dollars for the project.
''Green technology is where we want to be, to be in the forefront of that industry, here, locally,'' Iannucci said.
The location needs selected, but Iannucci assured it would be located in Warren. When it is, the money will be used to improve the building under green building standards and officials hope it will be a model for green building redevelopment.
Other highlights of the Energy and Water, and Financial Services spending bills announced Wednesday by U.S. Rep. Timothy J. Ryan include:
n $2 million to increase the capacity and create an overflow basin to control storm water in the neighborhood bordered by North Road, Main Street and U.S. Route 422. It's expected to help ease basement flooding.
n $200,0000 for the Western Reserve Port Authority to nurture economic development in Trumbull and Mahoning counties. The plan would expand the capabilities of the port authority to include marketing, attracting new business, issue bonds and acquire property.
The port authority has hired a Chicago-based headhunting firm to find the person to serve as economic development director.
n $1.5 million to help create an advanced automotive fuels research, development and commercialization cluster at Youngstown State University. The cluster will focus on advanced fuels generation, storage and conversion.
The bills, which total $8.1 million secured by Ryan for the 17th district, are set to be voted on later this week or next week.
''The energy revolution isn't going to happen in the future, it is happening right here and right now,'' Ryan, D-Niles, said. ''They money that we've secured is going to help us research, develop, commercialize, manufacture and then export the next generation of products that are going to bring good quality jobs back to the community.''
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marsh29
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07-12-09 9:54 AM
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Yeah you know where that 6 mil is goin... to a*****animal shelter ... not putting out of work firefighters or police back on the streets ..It shows you how much the criminals are getting into offices these days...!
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nativio289
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07-10-09 9:47 PM
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Why does this article, and WRAP director Tony Iannucci, give the impression that there is not a location for the incubator when the Showcase Building and OneStop Building were purchased by WRAP/the city last year, for what was said to be the purpose of using them for the incubator and arcade to the parking deck? Isn't that how they spent 300,000-350,000 of that initial 500,000, buying those buildings? I'm pretty sure that was reported in this paper before, as well as Mr. Iannucci saying that much in a business mixer last year? I guess Mr. Selak either didn't cover the purchase of those buildings and could not have asked why there isn't a location for the incubator, huh? Not to mention, why is WRAP in charge of this project? What has WRAP done in this city, in terms of the downtown redevelopment that is part of their 'mission statement'? What does Mr. Iannicci know about green technologies?
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truthhurts
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07-09-09 4:29 PM
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oops I'm missing some zero's. over a Trillion spent on invading a soverign nation that has been proven to have had absolutly NOTHING to do with 911. those democrooks and REPUBLICROOKS both work for the same system of crooks! but we are arguing like ninnies over whether to build a homeless shelter or a 200 tax break for the middle class. thinker has had the only relevant comment on this whole thread.
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truthhurts
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07-09-09 4:29 PM
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oops I'm missing some zero's. over a Trillion spent on invading a soverign nation that has been proven to have had absolutly NOTHING to do with 911. those democrooks and REPUBLICROOKS both work for the same system of crooks! but we are arguing like ninnies over whether to build a homeless shelter or a 200 tax break for the middle class. thinker has had the only relevant comment on this whole thread.
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truthhurts
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07-09-09 4:20 PM
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also as for printing money that you can't back being counterfit.....ok. let's also put this on obama....oh wait...isnt this what the stock market has been doing for DECADES??? PRINTING USELESS STOCK AND HAVING NO WAY TO BACK IT...ISNT THIS WHY THE STOCK MARKET CRASHED AND THE BANKS COLLAPSED...ISNT THIS THE BASIS BEHIND THE COLLAPSE OF THE HOUSING MARKET???? Again obama has been in office 6months.
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truthhurts
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07-09-09 4:13 PM
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lou....how about this for fact 877,324,300 and counting every second for the farce in iraq 191,727,369 for afghanistan to date. An idiot should be able to tell I was being sarcastic with the 3x remark but I guess this money is better spent as opposed to the earmarks mentioned in this article! and what does the constitution have to do with the distinct difference between fiscal managment at a local and federal level. can you explain that PLEASE!!! Cause that seems to be the issue in this article or at least what I was addressing. please clarify your totally ambiguous statement. furthermore AGAIN OBAMA INHERITED THIS MESS NOT CREATED IT!
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LouReel
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07-09-09 2:11 PM
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truth, after YOU actually complete political science 101, try reading the Constitution. if you took PS 101 and never consulted the Constition, sue your school, you've been duped. and then take economics 101. also PROVE your point that Bush spent 3 times as much. Facts??
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NilesOhio
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07-09-09 11:39 AM
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Thanks, Thinker. There could be many other things done to help smaller companies instead of taxing them into oblivion. Of course, this is all like a band aid on a gaping hole in the Hoover Dam. There really needs to be an equalizing of economics between China (amongst other countries) and the US. If they refuse to stop manipulating their currency, then there should be a tariff on all imported goods to match the difference. This inequality is what has cost millions of jobs, simply because it's a lot less expensive to have something made in China, Mexico, India (computer labor,) etc. and have it shipped here than to do it domestically. I'm sure there's a good reason why the government hasn't imposed that tariff, as it has been brought up numerous times. I just don't know what that reason is.
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truthhurts
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07-09-09 10:54 AM
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last point...as I pointed out before...if you all would actually DO SOME RESEARCH instead of complain baselessly you would realize that working class people can and have been taking advantage of some of these initiatives. it is not just the dirt poor getting assistance. anyway please name ONE program that has been rolled out that so greatly helps out the lowest on the socioeconomic scale alone??besides welfare..and news flash there are a lot of working class people now on the welfare roles due to layoffs and hiring freezes. everyone is getting beat over the head except the filthy rich. and all this middle class poor blaming the lower class poor is just stupid. everyone is in the same boat and while we play elitist games placing blame we divert out attention from the real problems and the real enemies to the american people.
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Thinker
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07-09-09 10:46 AM
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NilesOhio, Those are some great ideas! Maybe OMG can take the hint..on second thought, all he can do is complain.
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truthhurts
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07-09-09 10:40 AM
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insider...are u serious ..."obama recession"??!!?! he has been in office for umm 6 months and now he is the cause of this recession. too bad baby bush couldn't run foe a third term huh. I know we would be in much better shape right now. I'm not the biggest fan of any politician but let's keep this thing in perspective!!!
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truthhurts
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07-09-09 10:30 AM
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also...duhhh federal money is different from money used to fund things such as the fire and police men. you can't just say president obama give us money to keep our safty forces! this is local level initiatives! if u are mad about the safty forces don't blame obama...call CITY HALL. GEEZ. U people need political science 101 quick! It amazes me how many people complain with no understanding behind their complaints!
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truthhurts
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07-09-09 10:30 AM
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also...duhhh federal money is different from money used to fund things such as the fire and police men. you can't just say president obama give us money to keep our safty forces! this is local level initiatives! if u are mad about the safty forces don't blame obama...call CITY HALL. GEEZ. U people need political science 101 quick! It amazes me how many people complain with no understanding behind their complaints!
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truthhurts
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07-09-09 10:25 AM
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duhhh....if we do not redirect from a manufacturing based city to try to bring in more jobs to entice research and technology we are doomed. THE DAYS OF THE STEEL MILL CAR PLANT AND MANUFACTURING ARE GONE....deal with it. and all of u boo hooing and condeming the current president for his "wild" spending...well baby bush was spending tripple this on his God awful war. did u all forget that tidbit????
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insider
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07-09-09 9:40 AM
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I believe the stimulus bill should be renamed the "Let's Spend Money, We Don't Have, So We Can Bribe Ignorant Voters to Keep Re-electing Democrat Politicians". Hopefully, by 2010, the voters will come to realize that this money, that Mr. Ryan and his ilk are "obtaining" for the people, is coming out of our own wallets, or put on our tab to be paid for with higher taxes or inflation. If the voters would finally reject the "free lunch" myth, we might get leaders who will unburden the economy and end this Obama recession. Back in the day, printing money you can't back was called counterfeiting.
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sch315
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07-09-09 8:47 AM
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Do yoiu think we REALLY need brick sidewalks??? Really??? When my street looks like a battle ground, we have money for brick crosswalks? No wonder people are ticked off. I think most would agree that we need police officers before brick crosswalks.
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ohiosexyman1
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07-09-09 8:35 AM
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hey lou go in to walmart they are alot of green now as u walk look around at the ceiling and watch the lights go on and off and other stuff
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ohiosexyman1
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07-09-09 8:33 AM
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hey grumpy no it is not ryan it is ur stupid president of the usa spending this money like it is water coming out of a hose he does not know when way of saying no to spending
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ohiosexyman1
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07-09-09 8:30 AM
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the only people to get retrained and ge teh stimilus money ore ur homeless and low class people people like me who cannot find nothing are left outside the police and fire will never see the stimilus money money to bring them back u people need to open ur eyes and see what it is all about abama don't care about the police and fire it is the rich and poor and not middle class
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NilesOhio
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07-09-09 8:13 AM
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Thinker - My suggestion for using the stimulus money? Fire & Police - bring them back. Training for displaced workers. This is usually only for certain people and income levels. Make it available to all displaced workers. Home remodeling - Dollar for dollar match, maybe even more for troubled areas. Send the Warren Mayor to finance school. Just because he was elected doesn't give him a clue as to how to manage money (obviously.) Communities - tear down vacant and unsafe houses. Offer the property to the nearby residents at a very low cost if they agree to maintain it. Roads - fix the potholes right the first time. Where did all those blacktop tamping tools go? Stop just throwing blacktop in a hole and driving off. The list could go on and on.
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huntlaw
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07-09-09 8:10 AM
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You said it OLDMAN!! But, now lets start talking about passing ANOTHER stimulus. You know because the first one was soooo successful.
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Thinker
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07-09-09 7:37 AM
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Hey OMG, I've asked before, but here goes again: Please cite YOUR suggestions for uses of the stimulus money..or STFU. Oh, and please name those relatives of O'B on the payrolls.
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JoeCool
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07-09-09 6:39 AM
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Lou - we can dance to Ren & Stimpy...Happy, Happy; Joy, Joy!!! Speaking of my favorite cartoon, I think all this stimulus money is getting us a Log. "It's Log, It's Log, It's better than bad, it's good." This here stimulus plan might pi.ss you off, but "Don't whiz on the electric fence!". Anybody wanna see my Magic Nose Goblins?
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OldManGrump2
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07-09-09 5:54 AM
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Mr. Ryan - Oink Oink Oink. Your PORK spending bills will be remembered at election time. You are not helping the valley by putting the USA deeper in debt for our kids, their kids, and their kids to pay for. What a useless waste of taxpayer monies this is. The Democrooks day of Congress losses is coming. you can't keep spending taxpayer borrowed monies like a drunken sailer.
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JACK64155
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07-09-09 3:04 AM
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GEE !! With all this money coming into the Mahoning Valley, and maybe getting the Mayor of Warren to resign, OMG2 might be able to get some of his Family & Friends a job now. Or maybe even OMG2 could get a part time job as well. Oh I'm sorry, I just remembered. OMG2 and a few others on this board really hate Nepotism. That ends that. Like OMG2 and a few others that post on this comment board would have you believe they don't already have friends & family already on the City Payroll. Sorry, some of us know differently. Shame on you !!!
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