YSU breaks ground on $34.3 million College of Business Administration

YOUNGSTOWN — The ground breaking for the new Williamson College of Business Administration building is “a celebration of partnerships,” said Dr. David C. Sweet, president of Youngstown State University.

The $34.3 million structure is the result of the joint effort of many groups, Sweet said, listing the private sector, the city, Mahoning County, the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown, the state legislature, local business and labor and the YSU campus community as those involved in seeing the project become a reality.

Ground was broken on the project Monday and construction will begin after the first of the year with the new facility opening in fall 2010.

“This project represents what can happen when institutions with similar interests combine forces for the common good,” Sweet said.

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