Article from Ohio Magazine, November 2019by Jim Vickers | Photo by Kelly Wilthttps://www.ohiomagazine.com/ohio-life/article/best-hometowns-2019-gallipolis The statue of the man and woman stands perched on a boulder along the edge of Gallipolis City Park. He’s close to her, stretching his left arm outward, while she clutches a baby. Dressed in the garb of the late 18th century […]
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Appalachian Partnership Inc. (API) and its subsidiary the Appalachian Partnership for Economic Growth (APEG) held a meeting Wednesday, a luncheon at the Sunroom at the Brick in Frankfort near Chillicothe and recognized area economic development leaders with Gallia taking home two awards. The event is planned to be held annually in the future. The main
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Companies looking for a perfect location to build in Ohio will have an easier time finding one thanks to a unique site authentication program called SiteOhio. This one-of-a-kind program, offered by JobsOhio, guarantees industrial sites are ready for immediate development, creating a win-win situation for companies and communities. Companies get access to
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Gallia County accepted a Local Economic Assistance (LEAP) grant award from Liberty Schindel of AEP Ohio, Thursday, during the Gallia County Commissioners regular meeting. The $4,660 grant award will be used for the development and implementation of a cloud based CRM system called Executive Pulse. The new CRM system, which is designed specifically for economic
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GALLIPOLIS — Ohio Valley Bank held its groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday for “OVB on the Square,” the local bank’s project to rehabilitate its old building at the corner of State Street and Second Avenue in Gallipolis. According to OVB Vice-President of Communications Bryna Butler, the bank first organized on September 24, 1872 in a second floor
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GALLIPOLIS — Leaders from across the region met Wednesday morning to review an assessment for five counties regarding the possibility of the aerospace industry. Gallia, Mason, Lawrence, and Jackson Counties in Ohio and West Virginia have been certified as AEROready communities based on their available resources and other data about the region. These five counties
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AEP Ohio, an American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP) recently announced Gallia County Economic Development as one of fifteen economic development organizations across Ohio awarded a Local Economic Assistance Program (LEAP) grant. Awarded annually since 2005, AEP Ohio’s LEAP grants provide funding to help local communities grow with a focus on retaining and expanding manufacturing jobs. “By
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The Gallia County Commissioners presented a proclamation Thursday morning to Melissa Clark, Gallia County Economic Development Director, recognizing May 7-12, 2018 as ‘National Economic Development Week’ in Gallia County. From left to right stand Commissioner Brent Saunders, Commissioner Harold Montgomery, Economic Development Director Melissa Clark, Commissioner David Smith, County Administrator Karen Sprague, and Job and
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RIO GRANDE — Buckeye Hills Career Center is a technical institute that seeks to prepare students in high school for careers after graduation. One of the major industries in the area is manufacturing; an area that BHCC prepares students for in several ways. A previous story in the Gallipolis Daily Tribune focused on their new
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BIDWELL — The Gallia Economic Development Office is partnering with JobsOhio and InSite Consulting to prepare the Dan Evans Industrial Park Phase II site of State Route 850 near US 35 in an authentication process to make it “shovel ready” for job creators to invest in Gallia’s economic future. According to Gallia Economic Development Director
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The mission of the Gallia County Economic Development is to promote economic growth in Gallia County through the attraction of new business and industry and the retention of existing businesses by providing resources that encourage investment and development resulting in economic vitality, diversification of Gallia County’s tax base, and improved quality of life for Gallia County residents.
