Economic Action Group Fosters Business Growth

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Economic Action Group’s Mahoning Valley Main Street program, formed in 2020 to help small businesses get pandemic recovery funding, played a big role in obtaining the $185 million that local businesses received in federal Paycheck Protection Program loans. It also built connections to other funding sources and fostered relationships between local governments and the business community, says Nick Chretien, EAG executive director. Chretien says the revitalization g