Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber Foundation Wins $10,000 Community Impact Award
Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber Foundation's commitment
to building the infrastructure in the Youngstown-Warren area through its Grow
Mahoning Valley project, has earned a $10,000 Community Impact Award, an award
that is co-sponsored by Dominion East Ohio and Inside Business magazine.
In the eighth annual award competition, Dominion awarded $50,000
to seven winners selected by a panel of judges from 65 entries submitted by
organizations throughout northeast Ohio. The award recognizes cities or groups
that have made an impact in the community. Grant funds come from the Dominion
Foundation.
Getting funding to complete the state Route 711 connector
linking Youngstown and Warren is one of the more symbolic achievements of Grow
Mahoning Valley (GMV), a public-private partnership with a goal of uniting the
region. GMV has helped attract more than $180 million in investment to the valley
for more than 20 infrastructure projects, including the $12.3 million improvement
to the interchange at state Route 46, and interstate 80 in Austintown and the
$62 million Meander Bridge replacement on I-80.
"We support the outstanding efforts of all the people
involved in these award-winning projects," said Jay L. Johnson, president
and chief executive officer. "Their work goes a long way in revitalizing
our communities and making them better places in which to live, work and play."
Other Community Impact Award winners include:
The Community Hall Foundation's massive renovation
project that restored the Akron Civic Theatre to its days of old;
Ohio City Near West Development Corporation for
its massive renovation and redevelopment of the former Fries and Schuele building
in Ohio City, which now includes a market and apartments;
Slavic Village Development, for a project that helped
preserve Mill Creek Falls in the Warner Road-Turney Road neighborhood;
ParkWorks, for its beautification project at Orchard
School Community Park;
Stark County Regional Planning, for the StockPile
program, which helps needy families with funding and supplies for emergency
repairs to their homes; and
Common Wealth Inc., for Sycamore Place, an apartment
complex for seniors in Campbell.
Dominion has a diversified and integrated energy portfolio
consisting of about 24,000 megawatts of generation. Dominion also serves more
than 3.8 million franchise natural gas and electric customers in five states.
For more information about Dominion, visit the company's Web site at www.dom.com.
