British TV network to focus on revival of Youngstown

By GRACE WYLER

gwyler@vindy.com

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The national media spotlight will shine on Youngstown once again when BBC World News America airs a special report on the city’s emerging high-tech industry Friday.

The segment is the last spot in “Rust Belt Revival,” a series that looks at how three so-called Rust Belt cities — Youngstown, Kokomo, Ind., and Rockford, Ill. — are using innovative ideas and investments to try to reverse years of economic misfortune.

The Youngstown segment looks at how the Youngstown Business Incubator and flourishing high-tech companies such as Turning Technologies and Revere Data are helping the former steel town overcome its Rust Belt image.

In interviews with the Incubator’s chief executive Jim Cossler, Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams and other community leaders and activists, reporter David Brancaccio discusses how business innovation, economic diversification and regional collaboration have contributed to the city’s revival.

Read the full story Monday in The Vindicator and on Vindy.com.