The Highland County Chamber of Commerce welcomed Everhart-McDonald Physical Medicine to the community with a recent ribbon-cutting ceremony. The practice, which opened in the summer of 2016, is located at 1121 Northview Dr. in Hillsboro. A trip to visit friends who live in this part of southern Ohio brought Dr. MaryAnn Everhart-McDonald to Hillsboro to […]
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2016 Year In Review
Over the weekend, someone made a comment on social media that essentially said “why don’t our elected officials worry about economic development?” The post made me chuckle and cringe at the same time. I chuckled because our elected officials are working diligently to try to attract and retain jobs. I cringed because maybe we are […]
Southeastern Ohio Port Authority exceeds funding goal
MARIETTA — The Washington County Commissioners on Thursday made good on a promise to approve additional funding for the Southeastern Ohio Port Authority after that agency met a challenge issued by the commission earlier this year. “We appropriated $75,000 for the authority this year, but they had requested $100,000,” said Commissioner David White. He said the […]
Old mill interior gets new look that highlights the ‘old’
Take a drive down West Union Street in Athens along the Hocking River, and you eventually will see a quintessential landmark of Athens County across the river: White’s Mill. Established in 1809, as indicated on the side of the building, White’s Mill is one of the oldest and longest continuously operating businesses in the county. […]
Stadium renovation project wins $25k
Winners for the State Farm Neighborhood Assist grants were announced on Nov. 30. one of which, was the Spartan Municipal Stadium renovation project. The Spartan Stadium project proposed by Shawnee State University Professor of Sociology, Dr. Sean Dunne, made it in to the top 200 projects during the competitive nation-wide search. From there, the project […]
Looking Ahead
From an economic development perspective, the recent election of Donald Trump as President could have lasting impacts on our region and economic development. Drawing from articles by my mentors David Robinson and Mark Barbash, here are five key areas which will have an impact on our local community: (1) infrastructure investment; (2) aerospace and military […]
Kester talks Piketon DOE funding
When a new president is elected, there is, for a while, a collective holding of the breath, as those involved in an issue attempt to find out how that president will deal with the problem, and in this area, that question concerns the decommissioning and decontamination (D&D) of the Department of Energy site at Piketon, […]
JobsOhio invests in prep work for proposed Belmont County ‘cracker’ plant
An Asian petrochemical company likely won’t decide for many months on whether to proceed with plan for a major ethane “cracker” project in eastern Ohio, but Ohio economic-development officials have taken steps to keep plans for that plant on track. JobsOhio disclosed Tuesday that it has spent $14 million to reimburse some of the costs […]
Lisa’s Furniture has ribbon cutting
The Highland County Chamber of Commerce Red Coats recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony at Lisa’s Furniture, located at 1098 N. High St., Hillsboro. The owner of the business, Lisa Pitzer Parsley, is pictured with the Red Coats and other local officials. From The Times Gazette […]
Barging Business Flourishing Along Ohio River in Monroe County
HANNIBAL — Progress continues at the former Ormet aluminum smelter, as the Center Port Terminal is now home to McKees Rocks Harbor Services, a company engaged in the barging business with officials eager to take advantage of the site’s location in the heart of the Marcellus and Utica shale field. The barging business operates in […]
