Nelsonville, OH – “Wood works here.” With those simple words, the Appalachian Partnership, Inc. (API) is pleased to announce the official launch of the new website for Ohio Wood Products. Designed to be Ohio’s foremost wood products resource, OhioWoodProducts.com is a single hub where distinct sectors of the hardwood industry can easily connect. At the heart […]
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For its 30th anniversary, YSK Corporation remembers its roots
CHILLICOTHE – Tucked behind the large Kenworth facility is a small, Japanese-owned company where employees have forged their own community for the past 30 years. YSK Corporation, a car part production facility, has been operating in Chillicothe since 1989. And this year, for the 30th anniversary, staff are going back to their roots to celebrate […]
Appalachian Growth Capital Receives CDFI Certification
Small businesses in the Appalachian counties of Ohio have a new tool to help them obtain affordable financing. Appalachian Growth Capital LLC (AGC), headquartered in Nelsonville, Ohio, announced that it has been certified as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) by the US Treasury. AGC’s mission is to help build prosperity in Appalachian Ohio by […]
Home of Future Thinking 2019
Do your economic development duties extend to lots more than business attraction and expansion? Are you working on revitalizing your downtown or making your city a place that attracts and retains young people? Do you want to learn from strategies successfully employed in other communities? For the past two years, API and APEG have hosted groups […]
Caithness Energy Closes Financing of $1.6 Billion Electric Generating Facility in Guernsey County, Ohio
For Immediate Release Contact: Curtis Wilkerson, Orion Strategies August 29, 2019 cwilkerson@orion-strategies.com New York, NY: Caithness Energy announced today that it has successfully closed a $1.6 billion financing for the construction of a fully-permitted 1,875 megawatt combined-cycle natural gas electric generating facility located in Guernsey County, Ohio known as Guernsey Power Station, clearing the way […]
Prosperity Plan Update #1
The Prosperity Plan planning phase concluded in April 2019, and the plan was rolled out in June at our first-ever Annual Meetings, but the work is far from complete. We are just getting started. Team Leads meet quarterly to provide updates. The progress reported at the first Team Lead Meeting on August 23rd is noted […]
Moving the Region Forward Together
A Letter to the Region from APEG President, Mike Jacoby As President of APEG, I realize the economy and standard of living in southern, eastern and southeastern Ohio needs to be better. The economic disparity between our region and the rest of the state happened over decades, and the path to parity is not […]
Rocky Brands Announces Official Groundbreaking for Distribution Center Expansion in Hocking County
PRESS RELEASE: NELSONVILLE, Ohio — Rocky Brands is undergoing a 94,000 square foot expansion of its Hocking County distribution center in Logan, Ohio. The current distribution center covers nearly 192,000 square feet. A groundbreaking for the event will be held on Monday, August 19 at 10 a.m. In addition, Rocky Brands is planning for additional job […]
AMG Vanadium Groundbreaking in EastPointe Business Park
Earlier today AMG Vanadium broke ground for its new Muskingum County spent catalyst recycling plant, located in EastPointe Business Park, just east of Zanesville, Ohio. Joining Company leaders at the event were representatives from federal, state and local offices along with a number of regional business and civic leaders, and AMG customers. AMG Vanadium’s president, […]
Ohio incentives helped bring two companies to Muskingum County
ZANESVILLE — Ohio’s Job Creation Tax Credit Program was one factor in two different companies’ recent decisions to bring new facilities to the area. As reported in a brief in Tuesday’s Times-Recorder, Gov. Mike DeWine announced Monday the approval of assistance for two projects in the county — AMG Vanadium and United Candle in Norwich. […]
