Jefferson County commissioners said Monday they are hopeful a tentative agreement among them and officials with Eastern Gateway Community College and Youngstown State University will result in the former college campus being used again for education as well as new business.

The commissioners made the announcement following an executive session with Assistant Jefferson County Prosecutor Shawn Blake, while agreeing to hire Vince Dowdle and Associates of Bloomingdale to survey the campus property not occupied by the college’s main building, land that could be used for economic development.

They noted that pending approval by EGCC and YSU officials and the commissioners themselves, the agreement would include the provisions that all mineral rights would be retained by the county and ownershi

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