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Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Warren Amphitheatre undergoes major renovations
WARREN, Ohio (WKBN) — Regulars at Warren's River Rock at the Amp concert series will notice the changes this summer as the 25-year-old amphitheatre undergoes major renovations. A lot of concrete was being poured Thursday at the Warren Amphitheatre. To the right of the stage will be a new area for food trucks with full hook-ups and another area for private events. 'And on a Saturday night when there's thousands of people down here, it's really a good feeling,' said promoter Ken promotes the River Rock at the Amp concert series — the amphitheatre's primary tenant. Among the other improvements is the amphitheatre's shell, which has sustained weather damage over the years. 'Drainage on the whole stage because the water was just sitting, pooling and going into the dressing rooms. Now it takes it away from the building.'The stage will also be getting electrical upgrades, and the parking area behind the stage will be expanded for the trucks of bigger acts. A new front of house for the sound equipment is being built, and a new concrete pad for chairs has already been installed before the front row. It's a $1.2 million project, with the money coming from Warren's American Rescue Plan allocation. 'We knew the age of the facility, so these improvements were long overdue so we had the opportunity with the ARP funds to not only do the necessary improvements but also to step it up to make sure we're enhancing the experience for our customers,' Haidaris a new mixed-use neighborhood planned across the river in Warren's Peninsula area, Mayor Doug Franklin thought it was money well spent. 'This is no doubt a comprehensive approach to how we're to invest in our parks, our downtown and this beautiful venue,' Franklin first concert is May 31 with Kings Highway, a Tom Petty tribute band, along with Youngstown's RNDA. The plan is to have all the construction finished by then. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Plans for local Kimberly-Clark plant progressing
WARREN, Ohio (WKBN) — It was 16 months ago when Kimberly-Clark first announced its plans to build a new plant on the former steel mill property near Warren. Now the project is progressing. Ken Haidaris owns Warren's Sunrise Inn, which will be one of the closest restaurants to the Kimberly-Clark plant should it open. 'When you have a Fortune 500 company come to the area, it sends a message that we're open for business,' Haidaris Coviello, President of the Youngtown/Warren Regional Chamber, was among those at a December 2023 meeting where it was announced that Kimberly-Clark had bought half of the land where Republic Steel once operated. But then nothing was said about it — for well over a year — until 10 days ago, when a $17 million infrastructure grant was announced for infrastructure improvements on the property, plus property tax breaks in Howland and Warren Townships. The Trumbull County Commissioners approved a property tax break for Kimberly-Clark. 'The system is working much better now than it has ever worked,' Coviello said. 'I think we are finally at a point where you'll see things happen rather rapidly this spring and then over the next several years.' Coviello said various economic development agencies and governmental groups have worked together, unlike 14 years ago when Youngstown and Girard squabbled over who would get the tax money from a new Vallourec plant. 'And it was a war. And we almost lost it. And then you look at this property that straddles multiple jurisdictions, more than two, and there hasn't been any real outward controversy about this,' Coviello said. Should Kimberly-Clark build the plant and create 500 jobs, it will put pressure on the chamber but a good kind of pressure. 'To really ramp up its effort to grow talent, to grow population, to grow the housing stock, because that has to be running in parallel to the job creation,' Coviello said. 'We've all lived through the tough times, black Mondays and all that. Now we're on the other side where we're coming up again and there's a lot of great news,' Haidaris said. Before construction of the plant can begin, it must be approved by the Kimberly-Clark Board of Directors, which is scheduled to meet May 1. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
