Comprised of members of the public sector, the business community and the labor community, Grow Mahoning Valley (GMV) is the infrastructure committee of the Regional Chamber. The goal of the organization is to promote economic development in the region through the completion of key road, highway, water and sewer projects. That goal is accomplished by identifying and obtaining additional state, federal and local dollars for priority projects. Since 1997 the partnership has been responsible for helping to secure over $65 million from federal and state governments for Mahoning Valley infrastructure improvements.
GMV has received several awards in the last few years. In September 2003, GMV was honored by the National Economic Development Council, while in 2002, Dominion East Ohio Gas honored the initiative. Grow Mahoning Valley was honored as the best public/private/labor partnership in 1999 by Business Facilities Magazine, winning the publication's prestigious Platinum Award.
GMV members will continue a public education campaign to keep the issue of infrastructure development at the forefront of public debate and demonstrate the importance of the issue to the region's long-term economic vitality. Members meet with elected officials and their staff at the state, federal and local levels to discuss the needs of the Mahoning Valley and promote the committee's agenda. The committee will also identify non-traditional sources of funding for infrastructure and will work to obtain that funding.
Grow Mahoning Valley Committee Members
Phil Dennison
Packer Thomas
GMV Chair
Don Barzak
Trumbull County Engineer's Office
John Burgan
Burgan Real Estate
Charles Coleman
Linde Hydraulics
Don Crane
Western Reserve Building Trades
Gerri D'Amico
Fred D'Amico Realtors, Inc.
Tom Davis
Hill, Barth & King
Bert Dawson, PE, PS
Columbiana County Engineer
Joe DeSalvo
DeSalvo Construction
Rob Donham
Mahoning County Engineer's Office
Tom Dundics
ms consultants
Larry Fauver
Greater Youngstown AFL-CIO
John Getchey, PE
Eastgate Regional Council of Governments
Tom Holloway, PE
Chief Engineer, Mahoning Valley Sanitary District
Michael Keys
Director of Community Development, City of Warren
Rick Leonard
Congressman Ryan's Office
Bob Lyden, PE, PS
Mahoning County Sanitary Engineer
Richard Marsico, PE, PS
Mahoning County Engineer
Rachel McCartney
Eastgate Regional Council of Governments
William Miller
Trumbull County Planning Commission
Gary Newbrough, PE
Trumbull County Sanitary Engineer
Randy Smith
Trumbull County Engineer
Kathleen Rodi
Eastgate Regional Council of Governments
Charles Shasho
City of Youngstown
Frank Valley
Berk Enterprises, Inc.
Scott Verner, PE
Interim Trumbull County Sanitary Engineer
Christina Wagner
Eastern Ohio Regional Liaison, Governor Kasich's Office