New port authority executive sets out to save Valley companies money
YOUNGSTOWN
Western Reserve Port Authority Economic Development Director Anthony Trevena sees “low-hanging fruit” opportunities for companies to use financing services he and a port authority consultant can provide.
Over his first month on the job, he’s been meeting the people in other economic-development organizations and the Mahoning and Trumbull county commissioners, but he’s making plans to bring the port authority’s financing consultant, Michael DiPerna, to upcoming meetings with banks and other financial institutions.
They will educate them on what the port authority can do to save companies money. Trevena said he’s calling these meetings “DiPerna Days.”
“They’re not aware of the possibilities of working with the different programs,” Trevena said last week of the companies with aspirations of growing and the local financial institutions. The programs help companies finance their expansion. DiPerna, of Columbus, is an adviser and bond underwriter.
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