Applications sought for capital budget

November 22, 2015 at 12:00a.m.

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber, in cooperation with the Valley State Delegation Working Group and the Ohio Governor’s Office, is asking local political subdivisions, economic development and other nonprofit organizations and cultural facilities to submit applications for the 2016 state capital budget.

Applicants will have an opportunity to deliver in-person presentations to a three-person committee, along with the Valley’s state senators and representatives.

The screening committee will then deliver a prioritized list to the governor’s office.

Applications, due Nov. 30, can be found at www.regionalchamber.com. Applicants will be scheduled for in-person presentations between Dec. 10 and Dec. 14.

For information, contact Sarah Boyarko at 330-744-2131, ext. 17, or sarah@regionalchamber.com.

Clothes Mentor opens 1st area store

HOWLAND

Clothes Mentor, a new re-sale based women’s designer fashion brand for sizes zero through 26, recently opened its first area store at 8230 E. Market St.

Johnna Shrum of Cort-land and Heather Hannan of Warren opened the 4,000-square-foot space to offer stylish women’s apparel, shoes, handbags and accessories for as much as 70 percent below mall prices.

Clothes Mentor has more than 130 stores nationwide across 29 states, with 12 stores in Ohio including sites in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Toledo areas.

The Howland location is the first to open in the Mahoning Valley. The national retail franchise buys and resells brand name items.

For information, go to www.clothesmentor.com/stores/howland-oh-3/.

Chamber schedules seminar about GHS

HOWLAND

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber will have a “Global Harmonized Systems: What you need to know” seminar Dec. 9. The event, which is sponsored by City Machine Technologies, will take place at Leo’s Ristorante, 7042 E. Market St.

Check-in and lunch starts at 11:15 a.m., and a training session will be from noon to 1 p.m.

This month marks a compliance date in the implementation of Global Harmonized System compliant chemical classification and labeling.

Chemical distributors now will only be shipping products with GHS compliant labels.

These new changes to Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Hazard Communication Standard are critically important to workplace safety, and employers should ensure workers are properly prepared for the coming changes.

The event costs $20 for chamber members and $30 for nonmembers. To register by Dec. 1, call 330-744-2131, ext. 12, or email amy@regionalchamber.com.

Staff/wire reports

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Alcoa Inc., .128.69—.07

Aqua America, .71 29.30 .27

Avalon Holdings,2.24—.08

Cortland Bancorp, .2415.65.00

Farmers Nat., .128.40 .05

First Energy, 1.44 31.49.28

Fifth/Third, .5220.26—.16

FirstMerit Corp., .6820.69 .23

First Niles Financial, .208.50.00

FNB Corp., .4814.37.11

General Motors, 1.4436.34.20

General Electric, .9230.66.39

Huntington Bank, .28 11.67—.06

iHeartMedia Inc.,1.36 .06

JP Morgan Chase, 1.7667.54—.12

Key Corp, .3013.08.00

LaFarge, .3417.57 .00

Macy’s, 1.44 38.60.06

Parker Hannifin, 2.52 103.73.02

PNC, 2.0495.38.28

Simon Prop. Grp., 6.40192.331.19

Stoneridge 13.68 .19

Talmer Bank, .04 17.88.07

United Comm. Fin., .10 5.85.02

Selected prices from Friday’s 4 p.m. close.