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2 weeks ago | 
businessjournaldaily.com | Jo Ann Bobby-Gilbert
LISBON, Ohio – Brittany Smith, assistant director of the Columbiana County Port Authority, updated the board of directors on several projects this week, including the Business Retention & Expansion program aimed at developing a deeper understanding of businesses operating in the county.
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2 weeks ago | 
businessjournaldaily.com | Jo Ann Bobby-Gilbert
LISBON, Ohio – The Columbiana County Port Authority Board of Directors took steps Monday to assist a Negley landfill in acquiring up to $100 million in tax-exempt bonds, if necessary, to improve its operations. According to Brittany Smith, CCPA assistant director, an attorney for Noble Environmental Inc., owner of the Penn Ohio Landfill, 7555 North St., contacted the CCPA several months ago to inquire about issuing a bond with the port, which has bonding capabilities.
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1 month ago | 
businessjournaldaily.com | Jo Ann Bobby-Gilbert
WELLSVILLE, Ohio — The Columbiana County Port Authority on Wednesday rejected bids for a renovation project at Quality Liquid Feeds in Wellsville, citing costs that exceeded estimates. During a special telephone meeting, board members voted 3-0 to reject bids from W.E. Downie Co. Inc. and Dynamic Structures Construction Inc. Board member Nick Amato was absent. Engineering firm Howell and Baird Inc.
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1 month ago | 
businessjournaldaily.com | Jo Ann Bobby-Gilbert
EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio – It was 250 years ago Saturday that what became known as “the shot heard ’round the world” rang out in Concord, Mass., leading to the American Revolution and, ultimately, to the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
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2 months ago | 
businessjournaldaily.com | Jo Ann Bobby-Gilbert
EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio – Stones removed during a road project along state Route 39 in East End will be used to help restore a historic bridge in Jefferson County that was built on the order of President Abraham Lincoln. At a Wednesday city Community Improvement Corporation meeting, a Jefferson County official asked the CIC to donate the large stones at the former Riverview Florist property on Parkway.
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2 months ago | 
businessjournaldaily.com | Jo Ann Bobby-Gilbert
EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio – The Community Improvement Corporation on Wednesday approved a $40,000 small business loan that will enable a downtown eatery to relocate to a neighboring East Fifth Street building as part of an ongoing renovation project. Appearing before the CIC with what he called “exciting news and an ask,” Charles Bailey, CEO of True North Holdings, outlined a plan wherein the Fresh on Fifth Sandwich Shop, 206 E.
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2 months ago | 
businessjournaldaily.com | Jo Ann Bobby-Gilbert
LISBON, Ohio – In a continuing effort to revitalize downtown areas, the Columbiana County Port Authority is applying for grant funding to assist vacant building owners improve their properties.
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2 months ago | 
businessjournaldaily.com | Jo Ann Bobby-Gilbert
LISBON, Ohio – Thirty years of public service by Penny Traina, Columbiana County Port Authority CEO and executive director, were recognized Monday as the port authority board of directors accepted her retirement notice during its regular monthly meeting. Traina’s retirement will take effect April 1, ending nine years of leading the port authority as well as having served on its board and as its fiscal officer from 2012-2015.
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2 months ago | 
businessjournaldaily.com | Jo Ann Bobby-Gilbert
LISBON, Ohio – After spending the past 30 years in public service, Penny Traina, Columbiana County Port Authority CEO and executive director, is retiring, effective April 1. Traina attended Bowling Green State University with the goal of becoming a teacher, but life intervened. She eventually earned a bachelor’s degree in human services from Canyon College in 2006, graduating at age 42. She and her two sons, Alfonso and Anthony, attended college together during some of that time.
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Feb 15, 2025 | 
businessjournaldaily.com | Jo Ann Bobby-Gilbert
EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio – Rising like a phoenix from the ashes, an iconic East End business reopened Friday, nearly one year to the day that the original building that housed it for 40 years burned to the ground. Richard “Dickie” Bissell opened Gina’s Drive-Thru at 1147 Pennsylvania Ave. in 1984, before such drive-thru operations were common in this area.
