Chamber hopes to display unique representation of Valley's high-tech industries at RNC

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber has a showpiece to trump other showpieces at the Republican National Convention next month in Cleveland.

A 7-foot-tall, 3-D-printed Donald Trump bobblehead will represent the industry drivers of the Mahoning Valley: metals – specifically aluminum – and 3-D printing.

“We will also deliver the message that the Youngstown-Warren regional area is high-tech,” said Guy Coviello, the chamber’s vice president of government affairs.

The chamber has submitted requests to show off the Trump showpiece at two locations the city has designated as display areas for the convention.

The idea for the 3-D version of the presumptive

Republican nominee was inspired by the display created for the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. The Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce and the Myrtle Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau commissioned a 25-foot sand sculpture of President Barack Obama.

Read more about the unique display in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.