
Jay Williams and Youngstown
Season 10 Episode 33 | 27m 31sVideo has Closed Captions
From the recent SOAR summit in Pikeville, Jay Williams discusses Younstown.
From the recent SOAR summit in Pikeville, Jay Williams, the U.S. assistant secretary of commerce for economic development and the former mayor of Youngstown, Ohio, talks with Renee about how Youngstown recovered from the decline of the steel industry, and how those lessons can apply to Eastern Kentucky areas distressed by the sharp downturn in coal jobs.
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Jay Williams and Youngstown
Season 10 Episode 33 | 27m 31sVideo has Closed Captions
From the recent SOAR summit in Pikeville, Jay Williams, the U.S. assistant secretary of commerce for economic development and the former mayor of Youngstown, Ohio, talks with Renee about how Youngstown recovered from the decline of the steel industry, and how those lessons can apply to Eastern Kentucky areas distressed by the sharp downturn in coal jobs.
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