HERMITAGE, Pennsylvania — In July 2025, Frank Evans attended the inaugural Energy and Innovation Summit in Pittsburgh. Both the certified public accountant and another local financial adviser, Frank Mindicino, emerged clearheaded about what had to happen in northwest Pennsylvania.
And that included not sitting around and waiting for prosperity and opportunity to come.
President Donald Trump had announced $92 billion in investments for the state in data centers and energy projects. Yet none of it was slated for the legendary Shenango Valley, where Sharon Steel once dominated the skyline and lined the pocketbooks of thousands of workers…