Tuesday, July 21, 2009
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown was to honor Youngstown on the floor of the Senate to honor Youngstown’s designation as a top city to start a business.
Brown, a Democrat from Avon, spoke about 6:45 p.m. today. His speech was to be aired on C-SPAN 2.
Entrepreneur magazine named Youngstown as one of the Top 10 cities in the U.S. to start a business.
The August issue mentions Youngstown on the cover with this headline: “The 10 Best Cities to Start a Business (Youngstown, Ohio, anyone?)”
The magazine gives each city in the Top 10 a nickname. For Youngstown, it’s “The Dreamer” — a small city determined to break away from its economic failures of the past.
It touts the “innovative” Youngstown Business Incubator, which is building up business-to-business software companies by offering them free rent, Internet bandwidth and services such as mentoring.
“I’m thrilled that the nation now knows what so many of us in Ohio know, Youngstown is leading the way in business innovation,” Brown said.