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3 days 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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3 weeks 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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4 weeks 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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4 weeks 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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1 month 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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1 month 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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2 months ago | 
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.
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2 months ago | 
businessjournaldaily.com | Jo Ann Bobby-Gilbert
EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio – The Community Improvement Corporation logged more than $270,000 in loans to city businesses by the end of 2024, with only one of them behind in repayment, members learned during the organization’s annual meeting recently. Executive Director Bill Cowan presented a list of the loans that have been issued for a variety of businesses, which total $273,245.42.
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2 months ago | 
businessjournaldaily.com | Jo Ann Bobby-Gilbert
GLENMOOR, Ohio – Rick Rudibaugh’s plans to purchase a building in a St. Clair Township neighborhood to relocate his plumbing business has turned into a family investment and a new full-service salon. In 2022, Rudibaugh purchased the well-established Sanford Plumbing in the East End of East Liverpool, and when he learned the owners of Tan City wanted to sell not only the business but the building at 46600 Y&O Road, he purchased it in October 2023.
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2 months ago | 
businessjournaldaily.com | Jo Ann Bobby-Gilbert
EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio – The renovation of the iconic J.C. Thompson Building in the city’s Diamond area is underway and is expected to be completed by next year, according to local architect Scott Shepherd of A&I Studio. Shepherd offered an update to the Community Improvement Corporation during its meeting Tuesday. The building was acquired by the CIC during the past administration and was recently sold for $1 to developer Craig Cozza, owner of The Vault on Fifth Street, with development in mind.
