Mayor Williams will give keynote address at meeting in D.C.

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Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams

YOUNGSTOWN — Mayor Jay Williams will speak on behalf of small and mid-sized industrial communities at a national conference Thursday in Washington, D.C.

But Williams plans to “put Youngstown, Ohio, at the center of this debate” of federal economic development funding to those communities during the keynote address of the “Revitalizing Older Cities” summit.

The D.C. summit will address the challenges, issues, successes and opportunities of industrial cities and what the federal government can do to support their revitalization.

The summit will occur as leaders in the U.S. House and Senate reconcile the differences between their economic stimulus plans. The Senate approved an $838 billion bill today while the House’s version, approved last month, is $819 billion.

“The [speech] is extremely timely,” Williams said today.

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