YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - It was a little jarring at first when the words "Home Savings" no longer appeared on the iconic clock tower in downtown Youngstown. Now that it's the Premier Bank tower it's received another face lift, turning into a key piece of the skyline for a new generation.

When you think of Youngstown's skyline, the clock tower is very much front and center.

"Anyone that comes through town either looks at the tower or knows exactly what the tower looks like," said Lou Joseph, the senior VP for real estate and maintenance.

For decades, it carried the words "Home Savings."

With the bank entering a new chapter this year, adding the new "Premier Bank" name, the tower got a new look too.

It actually presented the perfect opportunity to do something else that had been talked about for a while: lighting up the tower itself, any time and for any occasion.

"Whether it's for Saint Patrick's Day or American Heart Association, light the building red, purple for Alzheimer's events or recognition," said Frank Hierro, Premier Bank's EVP and Mahoning Valley Regional President.

CR Electric from Girard handled the project, sort of a full circle moment for company president Jason Rubin.

"I was an apprentice back in 1991, so when I went out the window as an apprentice to change those light bulbs you get to sign the wall up there. So when I came back there as a contractor working for the bank... 30 years later, there's my name up there on that wall, so it's pretty cool to see that," said Rubin.

The project gives a new look to a real piece of history in downtown Youngstown; the latest face lift, to a city that's seen more than a few of them lately.

From the amphitheater, park, and lighting under the Market Street Bridge to the new pedestrian area on Phelps Street, it really feels like a new era downtown.

"The look and feel of Youngstown and the downtown in particular is going to be a lot different in the very near future, and it's a progression from what it was just a few years ago," said Hierro.

"It is that next step of adding the legitimacy of downtown and the revitalization," said Joseph.

"I think what they've done in the city of Youngstown has been an unbelievable job with the amphitheater, everything that's going on downtown," said Rubin. "I think it's great for people to be outside, to reconnect, and still keep our history intact."

A nod to the past with an eye toward the future, and now a literal beacon of light to guide the way.

They want to get the community involved in this too. There's actually a website where you can go and request a color scheme to celebrate an event.