Spooky Nook’s first tenant will be a familiar face

Spooky Nook, the massive indoor sports complex and hotel under construction in Hamilton, has announced its first retail tenant as the project nears its targeted completion date by the end of this year.

Municipal Brew Works, which opened in Hamilton in 2016, inked a 15-year lease earlier this month to operate its second location from the development’s Mill Two, which will also house Spooky Nook’s 233-room on-site hotel. Owners Jim Goodman and Mark Jackson told me the expansion will allow Municipal to brew more experimental beers. Demand at its original site on High Street is so high that it doesn’t allow for a lot of that now.

ARPA Treasury Guidance Begins to Rollout

The United States Treasury Department on May 7, 2021, released the first batch of guidance on how local, state, tribal and territory governments can use the $350M in American Rescue Program Act (ARPA) funds. 

Ohio Coal Communities Project Receives Sustainability Institute Grant

A research and arts project to document how eastern Ohio has been shaped by changes in the coal industry was awarded a $35,000 grant from the Sustainability Institute at Ohio State. The Ohio Coal Transition: Pathways for Community Resilience is a partnership between The Ohio State University’s School of Environment and Natural Resources, OSU Extension, University Libraries, and the departments of Theatre, Geography and Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering.

Operations Coordinator / Manager – Tiffin-Seneca Economic Partnership

Since 2014, TSEP has more than tripled the number of development initiatives (135) and active volunteers (140); and it has more than doubled its public contracts, private financial support, and members. The organization has grown to encompass five external facing leaders, each responsible for one or more development area, and it is currently operating with no dedicated administrative support. The membership and board have determined that keeping both the quantity and quality of activities pursued by the organization is a priority, and to maintain the pace and volume of work sustainably, TSEP needs to add a talented Operations Manager to manage internal operations and support the team and their many important activities, projects, initiatives, and committees.