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CHAMBER DRIVE-IN SET: The fifth annual Youngstown / Warren Regional Chamber Columbus Drive-In will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on February 9 at the Ohio Theater in Columbus.
The cost is $ 250 for chamber members and $ 500 for non-members. Participants can drive alone or register to take the bus to and from the venue. Past drive-ins have resulted in millions of dollars in public funding and important policies to improve the Mahoning Valley.
During the day, 75 to 80 Valley leaders will organize a series of meetings with the state’s most influential policymakers.
FINANCIAL FITNESS BOOT CAMP STARTS THIS WEEK: The Hilliard-based Credit Union of Ohio will be offering a series of free weekly financial webinars to help individuals and families improve their personal finances in 2022. Led by financial coach Cindy Walker, the series will begin with Financial Fitness Boot Camp at 6 p.m. Wednesday. The hour-long session will help train participants to increase their credit score, stay on a budget, build a savings plan, and stay accountable for financial goals.
The 2022 webinar series will aim to have at least one financial education session per week. January sessions include: Thursday at noon and Saturday at 10:00 am, the financial fitness boot camp; noon January 11, home equity loan inflows and outflows; 6:00 p.m., January 20: How do credit cards work? ; noon on January 25, All about refinancing withdrawals; and at noon on January 27, Build a Better Budget.
All virtual workshops are open to the general public, but prior registration is required. Check out the full schedule and register on cuofohio.org.
Credit Union of Ohio serves state employees in all 88 Ohio counties and throughout the community of Franklin, Fairfield, Cuyahoga, Trumbull, and Mahoning counties.
RECOGNIZED YBI PROGRAM: Youngstown Business Incubator (YBI) was named to Inc. 2021 Best in Business list in the Youth Entrepreneurship category. The Best in Business Awards from Inc. reward companies that have gone above and beyond to have a positive impact.
The list, found in the winter issue of Inc. magazine, recognizes private American small and medium-sized businesses that have had an exceptional influence on their communities, industries, the environment, or society as a whole.
Launched in January 2021, the YE program began with a 15-week cohort, The LaunchPad in March. The aim of the program is to lay the foundations for student entrepreneurship and to provide the city’s youth with the education and resources needed to start their own businesses.
PREMIER PARTNERS WITH YNDC: Premier Bank recently announced that Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation and Habitat for Humanity MidOhio have been selected as recipients of the AHP 2021 Award through a partnership with the Bank.
Premier Bank has helped the two agencies secure funding through the Affordable Housing Program for initiatives that provide low to moderate income residents and their families with access to affordable housing,
YNDC will receive $ 1 million from the AHP for the Youngstown Home Repair Program 2021. This program offers an emergency home repair program to help residents of owner-occupied single-family homes with emergency repairs – mostly home repairs. roof replacements – at no cost to owners. . Applicants must meet certain income eligibility requirements established by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
NEW DQ: A groundbreaking ceremony was scheduled for Wednesday for a larger, more modern DQ Grill & Chill restaurant in Boardman.
Ray and Chrissy Smith of Canfield, who own the DQ at 6120 Market St., Boardman, will move the franchise to 6532 Market St., three blocks south of the current location and directly across from the Children’s Hospital from Akron.
The Smiths own five DQ locations, including Cornersburg, Austintown, Canfield and Columbiana.
The building was constructed in 1955. Plans call for a new 3,231 square foot facility that could be open by the fall. The investment is approximately $ 1.8 million.
REALTOR® DONATION: The Youngstown Columbiana Realtors Association and the Beaver Creek Area Realtors Association donated $ 13,657 to Northeast Ohio Adoption Services (NOAS).
The presentation took place at the YCAR Board of Directors meeting in December.
The donation helps cover expenses for unfunded programs that help current and former foster youth get the family, relationships and support they need, said Cheryl Tarantino, executive director of NOAS.
It is the tradition of YCAR that each year its president chooses a local charity so that the members of the association support with community services the donations collected with contributions and / or volunteer hours. Patrick Burgan, President 2020-21, has asked the association to support Northeast Ohio adoption services for 2020 and 2021.
The association raised money from community service donations, 2021 dues and a charity golf outing in July in partnership with the Beaver Creek Area Association of REALTORS.
People on the move
TWO JOIN MORE OPTIONS REALTY: Hubbard’s Shawn Sowers and Boardman’s Mike Gearhart recently joined More Options Realty as real estate agents.
Sowers, licensed since 1994, will serve northeastern Ohio, as will Gearhart, who passed his license exam on Dec. 29 on his first attempt.
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