City leaders held a meeting Wednesday to discuss a new grant that will bring more jobs to the community. The Zanesville Muskingum County Port Authority was able to obtain a grant from Jobs Ohio in the amount of $775,000 for the revitalization of a 30 acre location at the Airport Industrial Park. Executive Director, Matt […]
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Fyda Freightliner Western Star Zanesville opens new dealership
Fyda Freightliner Western Star Zanesville opened for business on May 2 in Zanesville, OH. Sitting on 15 acres, the 46,000-sq.-ft. full-service truck dealership is located at 5005 East Pike, which is situated on I-70 at exit 160. “It is our goal to always keep our customers first, and the opening of our newest full service dealership represents another step […]
Barracuda Intruder Defense System
With the recent influx of violence and shooting acts in schools, one local man has come up with a very effective solution to prevent the loss of life in these situations. The Barracuda Intruder Defense System was designed especially to prevent violent intruders from entering a room of people both in class and public places. […]
Port Authority Receives US EPA Grant
The Port Authority is proud to report that it has received a $600000 US EPA grant in partnership with local West Virginia panhandle leaders. The grant will support Brownfield Phase 1 and Phase 2 testing throughout Jefferson (OH), Brooke, and Hancock (WV) counties. The Port is proud of this cross-state partnership to allow the Ohio […]
First Site Selection Best Practice Seminar Scheduled
The Port Authority will host its first site selection best practices seminar on September 19. All area government leaders and Port Authority investors will learn about and discuss the modern site selection industry as Jefferson County strives for significant new investment in coming years. […]
WATCH: The smokestack explosion at FirstEnergy’s Belmont County power plant
Demolitions are fun on their own, but it’s even better when they mean something more. A 854-foot concrete smokestack and 171-foot tall boiler house were felled by 450 pounds of explosives Friday morning in Belmont County. It’s part of continued clearing of the former R.E. Burger power plant in Shadyside as Thai company PTT Global Chemical […]
Highland County women’s achievements honored
Five women were honored Tuesday night for their outstanding achievements in the 2016 Highland County Women’s Hall of Fame ceremony at Southern State Community College in Hillsboro. Tuesday’s inductees were Anneka Collins for public affairs, Marilyn Morris Anders, Gayle Coss and Paige Juillerat for community service, and Mary Ann Sommers Larkin for education and community […]
Athens Mold & Machine Re-opening Doors
Athens Mold & Machine, a tire mold manufacturing company, is re-opening its doors in the City of Athens and has committed to creating 60-new manufacturing jobs over the next 3 years. The groundbreaking ceremony is slated for September 8th, 2016 at the AMM campus. […]
Playing the Long Game
Every once in a while you will hear a country, a politician or a company described as “playing the long game.” Urban Dictionary defines the phrase as “active participation in achieving goals which may take some time.” Other sources add that those playing the long-game may pass over short- or medium-term gains in order to […]
JobsOhio and APEG at worldwide trade show
What do President Obama, APEG, JobsOhio and 210,000 industrial leaders from around the globe all have in common? We all traveled to Hannover, Germany in April to attend the largest industrial trade show in the world, the Hannover Messe. Why did the President attend? There is no better place in the world to identify and […]
