Trumbull to seek business incubator grant

WARREN — Trumbull County officials want to take vacant space owned by Delphi Packard and again make it a viable place where people earn a paycheck.

County commissioners gave their blessing today to efforts by the county planning commission to apply for a federal grant that will go toward establishing a small business incubator on vacant property owned by Delphi Packard on Dana Street.

The Dana Street facility has been vacant for more than two years.

Alan J. Knapp, Trumbull County Planning Commission director, said the total amount of grant money being requested through the Ohio Job Ready Sites Program is $4 million.

There are matching funds needed to acquire the federal dollars. Knapp, in information supplied to commissioners, said the value of the Dana Street property could be used to meet those matching obligations.

Knapp said the county has not taken ownership of the Dana Street property, but he hopes to do so before the grant is awarded so the cleanup of the property can then begin.

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