Husted highlights YSU initiatives for its share of $12M GM funds
The future of the economy requires innovation, investment and talent that will lead to prosperity for a community and the state, the lieutenant governor said.
Feb 10, 2021 4:52 AM By: Ellen Wagner
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YOUNGSTOWN Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted believes workforce investment in the Valley will help meet the needs of the region’s emerging high-tech markets, including electric vehicles and their batteries as well as additive manufacturing.
Husted visited Youngstown State University Tuesday to highlight the $12 million community investment in the Mahoning Valley as part of General Motors repayment of tax credit incentives that was announced three weeks ago. YSU is getting $5 million of that funding.
February 9, 2021
From the left, Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted; Jennifer Oddo, executive director of the YSU Center for Workforce Education and Innovation; Lydia Mihalik, director of the Ohio Development Services Agency; and YSU President Jim Tressel.
Ohio Lt. Governor Jon Husted joined Youngstown State University President Jim Tressel and other state and local officials today to highlight the Mahoning Valley’s numerous multi-million-dollar initiatives to develop a skilled workforce to meet the growing needs of the region’s emerging high-tech markets, including electric vehicle, battery and additive manufacturing.
The news conference, which also included Lydia Mihalik, director of the Ohio Development Services Agency, was held inside the Excellence Training Center, now under construction on the YSU campus, and comes three weeks after Husted announced a $12 million community investment in the Mahoning Valley as part of General Motors’ repayment of tax credit incentives. The investm
Will advance workforce development in battery manufacturing industry
Jan 23, 2021
WARREN Youngstown State University will partner with the U.S. Department of Energy to advance workforce development efforts in the battery manufacturing and electric vehicle industry in northeast Ohio.
The $1 million project will help the development of a Midwest-based Energy Storage Workforce Innovation Center, but support the emerging tech industries “by helping supply a capable workforce” to the local region, according to an energy department release.
It’s being called a “much-anticipated pipeline” by U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Howland, for the industry that has come to define “Voltage Valley,” the nickname given here because of the tremendous investments in the electric vehicle industry.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Week in Review for the week ending Jan. 15, 2021
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COLUMBUS Throughout the week, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine was joined by Lt. Governor Jon Husted, and provided updates on Ohio’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other state initiatives.
On Monday, to honor the life and service of United States Capitol Police Officers Brian D. Sicknick and Howard Liebengood, as well as all Capitol Police officers and law enforcement officers across the country, Governor DeWine ordered that all U.S. and Ohio flags be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout Ohio until sunset on Jan. 13.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Week in Review For the week ending Jan. 15, 2021 DeWine
COLUMBUS Throughout the week, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine was joined by Lt.
Governor Jon Husted, and provided updates on Ohio’s response to the
COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other state initiatives.
On Monday,
to honor the life and service of United States Capitol Police Officers
Brian D. Sicknick and Howard Liebengood, as well as all Capitol Police
officers and law enforcement officers across the country, Governor
DeWine ordered that all U.S. and Ohio flags be flown at half-staff upon
all public buildings and grounds throughout Ohio until sunset on Jan.