Institute to open

Institute to open

YOUNGSTOWN

The National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute will open its doors downtown Thursday with a ribbon-cutting to take place at 3 p.m. at 236 W. Boardman St.

The advanced- manufacturing hub, opening at the Youngstown Business Incubator’s annex, will be a point of research and development for more than 65 universities, private companies and nonprofit organizations looking to make advances in the additive- manufacturing industry.

The technology uses 3D-imaging software to print products layer by layer.

Thursday’s event will be proof of the federal government’s $70 million investment in the consortium and research facility.

The government will provide 60 percent of a $30 million reward by year’s end with the rest coming over the next two years. The remaining $40 million will be provided by consortium partners.

HUD grants

CHICAGO

Two local agencies were among several in Ohio to receive funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in grants that were announced Friday.

The Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority received $241,611, and the Trumbull Metropolitan Housing Authority will get $83,184, according to the HUD release. The money is for the Public Housing-Family Self-Sufficiency Program and Housing Choice Voucher-Family Self-Sufficiency Program.

HUD awarded more than $3.4 million in grants in Ohio to help public- and assisted-housing residents connect with local services to obtain education and training to find jobs.

Jobless rate steady

COLUMBUS

Ohio’s unemployment rate has held steady for the third month in a row after nearly a year of slight month-to-month decreases.

The state Department of Job and Family Services said Friday that seasonally adjusted joblessness in Ohio was again 7.2 percent in August, staying at its lowest level since September 2008. The state’s nonfarm payrolls dropped by 2,000 compared with July’s figures.

Ohio’s rate has remained about 1 point below the national rate, which dropped from 8.3 percent in July to 8.1 percent in August.

The number of unemployed Ohio workers dropped by about 5,000, from 418,000 in July to 413,000 last month.

YNGAir open house

VIENNA

YNGAir Partners is hosting an open house Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport.

Jason Fink, executive vice president of the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce, is the keynote speaker for the event. The Williamsport region has experienced an increase in economic development and growth over the past 10 years from the Marcellus Shale industry. The growth has led the Williamsport Regional Airport to start construction of a $13 million passenger terminal to handle the increase in traffic.

YNGAir Partners is a nonprofit organization in support of the airport.

Vindicator staff reports