Construction and project management firm to open office downtown

The city signed a three-year contract today with an Akron-based construction and project management firm to open an office in the Youngstown-owned 20 Federal Place.

The board of control approved the contract with G. Stephens Inc., a minority-owned company, to occupy 1,004 square feet of space at the former Phar-Mor Centre at 20 W. Federal St. in the city’s downtown.

The new office should be ready in a few months.

Also today, the board agreed to accept a $91,318 grant from the federal Appalachian Regional Commission to install broadband access at its Ohio Works and Riverbend business parks.

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