It’s being called a generational opportunity for the Mahoning Valley– about $260 million headed this way in the latest pandemic-related funding package but will leaders here cast aside parochialism and commit to investing, at least some, on the greater economic development good of the region?
It is, at the very least, a discussion worth having, economic development leaders and the region’s congressman said.
“We should at least have a conversation on thinking big. Maybe it’s broadband, maybe it’s some other initiative. Maybe it’s something we can do out in Lordstown with Voltage Valley, but I think we need to have that conversation,” U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Howland, said. “Something that no community can do on its own, but would benefit all communities by growing the economic pie.”