The greatest challenge facing the oil and gas industry isn’t the low price of commodities, it’s demographics. In the next 5 years or so, baby boomers will retire from the industry, leaving a vacuum of skills and leadership. To capture new jobs from the anticipated “great crew change,” Ohio needs to educate workers for a […]
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Ohio to use fed money to improve rural transit, broadband
The Ohio Department of Transportation plans to use $6.8 million in federal grant money to update technology of rural transit agencies, and increase broadband Internet access in underserved areas. The grant money awarded to the Transit Tech Ohio project will help rural transit systems throughout Ohio get new or upgraded hardware and software to allow […]
Candle-lite announces expansion in Leesburg
Candle-lite, a CL Products International LLC Company, announced today a major investment in the Leesburg production facility. The nearly $12 million investment will add new production equipment, make leasehold improvements at the facility, and includes 50 new full-time jobs at the operation over the next three years. The project was announced at a gathering of […]
Ribbon cut on Carlisle reopening
CHILLICOTHE – Heavy gold scissors sliced through a bright Adena-blue ribbon Monday afternoon to celebrate the grand reopening of the Carlisle building. Hundreds gathered at the corner of Main and Paint streets on Monday to hear from those who have been involved in the project and take advantage of an opportunity to tour the newly renovated […]
Program aims to boost wood products jobs in Appalachia
Appalachian Ohio is being targeted for job creation through the wood products industry. Exactly how many jobs is unknown, but the 32-county region is one of three around the nation that learned this week it will receive up to $2.5 million over five years from the Small Business Administration’s regional innovation clusters initiative. Clusters are public-private […]
Appalachian Ohio gets federal funding for wood industry
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck got a $500,000 grant from the Small Business Association? Well, that remains to be seen, but the wood manufacturing business in Appalachian Ohio is hoping to see a big boost thanks to the recent award. On Thursday, Douglas Kramer, deputy administrator for the Small Business […]
PA, WV, OH team up on shale gas related manufacturing and chemical development
After years of competing against one another to land big petrochemical projects powered by their growing natural gas industries, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio announced Tuesday they would work together to market and develop their region as a center for shale-related manufacturing. The states announced a three-year cooperation agreement at the Tri-State Shale Summit in […]
SBA Funds Three New Regional Innovation Clusters
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today the addition of three new clusters to the portfolio of communities it supports through the Regional Innovation Clusters initiative, raising the total number of clusters in the program to fourteen. “Clusters are public-private partnerships that are driving innovation and job creation in our most promising regional […]
Region’s oil and gas drilling activity slows, as oil prices stay low
SALEM, Ohio — The number of permits issued for new shale wells continues to drop, not just in Ohio, but in West Virginia and Pennsylvania as well. To show how much the drilling and well permitting is slowing down, take a look at Bradford County where the shale boom began in 2008. The Pennsylvania Department of […]
SoleChoice honored for National Manufacturing Month
SoleChoice, a manufacturer of narrow fabrics, specializing in shoe laces as well as shoe care and foot care retail programs, located on Murray Street in Portsmouth has been named as one of five companies to be recognized during October — National Manufacturing Month — by the office of Secretary of State Jon Husted. “What it […]
