YSU Regional Economic Development Initiative - REDI

Thank you to this week's visitors to the Civic Innovation YSU Honors College Seminar, City of Youngstown Mayor John McNally and Dr. Frank Beck of Mercy Health - Youngstown!

This week's YSU Honors College Civic Innovation seminar featured speakers Danny Catullo of Catullo Prime Meats, Dr. Dan Ricchiuti of NEO Urology Associates Inc., and Tim Petrey of HD Davis CPAs, LLC.

Youngstown comparable to Dallas? Not quite - but leadership seems to be following same strategic approaches to Economic Development!

Downtown Dallas: A Turnaround Built on Parks, Arts, and People - Urban Land Magazine Converting offices to residences—and creating valuable parkland—helped lure people and development back to the urban core.

Ian Beniston of the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation discusses the Rise, Fall, and Revitalization of Youngstown with the YSU Honors College Civic Innovation Seminar.

City of You coverage in The Business Journal's Daily Buzz!

Youngstown Shines in ‘City of You’ Youngstown Shines in ‘City of You’

"We owe it to our communities to be constantly thinking about this question, and constantly challenging ourselves to think about alternatives, rather than continue down familiar tracks."

How *Not* To Do Economic Development -- Rooflines Camden is one of the most distressed cities in the United States, and if any city needs state help to build its economy, it’s Camden. While the state of New Jersey has responded, the way it has done so adds up to one of the most egregious examples of misuse of economic development incentives in rece...

Quilian Riano of DSGN AGNC and Youngstown's INPLACE Project Team discusses the influence that games have on urban design and decision making processes.

Gaming the System: role-playing spatial and political change | Features | Archinect "[The] sovereign art, of course, will be the one whose laws rule over the relations among men in their totality. That is, Politics.Nothing is alien to Politics, because nothing is alien to the superior art that rules the relations among men.Medicine, war, architecture, etc. – minor and...

IMPORTANT MEETING REMINDER for INPLACE.

Tuesday, October 4, 2016:
INPLACE Public Meeting III (required for all participants)
Location: Covelli Center, Time: 5-7 pm.
Teams meet with community stakeholders / experts to discuss feasibility of ideas and resources.

We are so excited about the ideas coming to life and look forward to moving forward and answering any questions all the wonderful teams might have! See you Tuesday, October 4th!

Northeast Ohio Medical University M1 student and YSU graduate in Combined Science Chemistry, Austin Hilt presents "Access to Healthy Foods in Youngstown, Ohio: A Nutrition Environment Assessment of Food Retail Outlets”

Pictured: Austin Hilt, Kim Trowbridge, M.Ed., CHES - Program Coordinator and Faculty Member NEOMED, and Dominic C. Marchionda - City-University Planning Coordinator

A.I., Workplace Disruption, Business Start Up's, Technology, YSUscape, LinkedIn, Having ROOTS and being WORLD CLASS in the City of You...these are just a few of the things we discussed with Jim Cossler from the Youngstown Business Incubator with our instructor, Dominic C. Marchionda of YSU Regional Economic Development Initiative - REDI

I wonder who is coming to our Civic Innovation class next week? Thanks Jim Cossler! (P.S. When is our tour?!)

YSU Honors College

Come out and shop local tomorrow on Courthouse Square from 3pm to 6pm.

We offer FREE Transportation to the market!! If you live in Warren and need a ride, call 330-599-9275 to make arrangements.

NOTICE:
A public input meeting will be held this Thursday, August 11th from 3pm-5pm at the Covelli Centre Community Room The purpose of the meeting will be to get input regarding the City of Youngstown Center City Infrastructure Prioritization Plan. Citizens are encouraged to attend and provide insights on challenges, opportunities, and experiences associated with transportation in the Center City.