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The Sound of Ideas - Youngstown: Shrinking City, Expanding Horizons
 
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President Obama shined more light on Youngstown Tuesday with a visit to a factory poised to start hiring again. It's a well-timed boost, coming seven years after Youngstown embraced its decline in population with talk of reinventing itself as a smaller, greener city. That goal has proved elusive.

Guests

David C. Barnett reporter, ideastream
Ian Beniston Assistant Director, Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation
Jim Cossler Executive Director, Youngstown Business Incubator
Hunter Morrison Director, Campus Planning and Community Partnerships, Youngstown State University
May 19, 2010