Upcoming OEDA Events
OEDA has many interesting and dynamic professional development sessions coming up soon.
Recognition for JobsOhio Is a Win for All of Ohio’s Economic Developers
On April 28, JobsOhio was announced as the National Organization of the Year (in our category) of the 2022 American Business Awards (ABA). Widely regarded as the world’s premier business awards program, this competition attracted more than 3,700 nominations. This recognition is further validation that the JobsOhio platform is Ohio’s competitive advantage.
Community Development Administrator – City of Green, Ohio
The City of Green is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated professional to join our Planning team. The successful candidate, under the direction of the Director of Planning, will develop and maintain City community and economic development programs; assist with marketing of the city; conduct research and analysis as needed to enhance economic development activities and programs; work with established boards, committees, and agencies; coordinate confidential matters with potential commercial developments; advise and assist business and industry; and make policy recommendations.
Tracked House Bills – May 2022
Federal News:
The whole high-price-of-fuel thing? Yeah, it’s not going to get any better: In a recent NY Times opinion article, a political economics professor at Cambridge put the world on notice that the 1970s fuel crises were chump change compared to what’s coming at us.
With the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February, already stressed energy markets were pushed over the edge. Prior to Putin’s aggression in that country, fuel supplies had already been struggling to meet demand; prices notably surged during the past year. (This despite the U.S. shale boom during the previous decade; but the rate of growth of shale gas has been falling since 2020.) And the new OPEC Plus cartel of oil producers now exercises a decidedly anti-U.S. position.
Tracked Senate Bills – May 2022
State News:
Ohio General Assembly to fast-track townships & smaller cities’ ARPA funds: In anticipation of the 2nd tranche of COVID relief to arrive from the U.S. Treasury this month or next, the G.A. has scheduled HB 377 (described below) for full action before the summer recess to distribute those funds to Ohio’s townships and smaller cities (so-called nonentitlement units of local government, or NEUs, under ARPA).