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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Buckeye Hills Career Center is set to offer a new program in the fall, Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Systems (ARMS). ARMS will be offered to high school students that will focus on robotics, programmable logic controllers (PLC), CNC machining, welding, hydraulics, and pneumatics. “In the modern workplace today, everybody competes against each other. Coorporate offices send
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GALLIPOLIS — Ohio Valley Bank has announced the closing of a deal to purchase vacant property on Second Avenue in Gallipolis along the park front. The property appears to be one, but is actually two lots that were owned by the Gallia County Community Improvement Corporation (CIC) and sold in an effort to further develop
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MIDDLEPORT — Just over a year ago Hobson Yard in Middleport stood silent as trains were idled, doors were locked, and there were no employees. The outlook for the historic switching station, and line itself, was grim. That changed in August of 2016 when Watco Transportation Services, LLC., one of the largest short line rail
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COLUMBUS — Gallia County Economic Development’s Aerial Marketing Video has been selected as runner-up in the “Economic Development Marketing: Small Community Category” at the Ohio Economic Development Association’s (OEDA) Annual Excellence Awards at the 2017 Annual Summit, held Oct. 18-20 at the Columbus Renaissance Downtown. “We are very pleased the Ohio Economic Development Association recognized
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The Appalachian Partnership for Economic Growth (APEG) recently won top honors at the Ohio Economic Development Association (OEDA) Annual Excellence Awards in the ‘Economic Development Marketing – Large Community’ category. The winning project video featured Gallia County’s river sites as it gives viewers an opportunity to take a peak into the development of APEG’s ‘River
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A brand new Pre-Engineering Associate of Technical Studies offered at the University of Rio Grande/ Rio Grande Community College. Studies in the degree focus on building a strong background in Math, Physics, and Chemistry in preparation for entry into a bachelor’s degree engineering program. It is a cost-effective solution for students who wish to expand
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AT&T Ohio announced Tuesday afternoon a new program is going to spread high-speed internet into more rural areas throughout Gallia County. This is a result of collaboration between efforts led in part by Ohio State Representative Ryan Smith and AT&T to promote rural Ohio and give local residents a competitive edge in the economy. “Obviously
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Gallia County has been selected to receive a Site Readiness Grant from the Appalachian Partnership for Economic Growth (APEG). The grant will cost share for a preliminary engineering study of water and sewer infrastructure at a 90 acre site near the Dan Evans Industrial Park. The industrial site, owned by the Community Improvement Corporation of
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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.
