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City of Middletown – City Planner

CITY PLANNER City of Middletown The City of Middletown is seeking a qualified individual to fill the position of City Planner. This a professional position that provides planning knowledge, analysis, and guidance for the City's future growth and development.  This...

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City of Middletown – Economic Development Program Manager

Economic Development Program Manager City of Middletown The City of Middletown’s Economic Development Department is seeking a self-motivated professional to serve as Economic Development Program Manager. This position is responsible for assisting the Economic...

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Clinton County Port Authority Recognizes 6th Annual SBDC Day

(Wilmington, Ohio) To celebrate the collective impact and success America’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network has across the nation and in local communities each year, America’s SBDCs are hosting the sixth annual SBDC Day on Wednesday, March 16. For over 40 years, the America’s SBDC Network has helped millions of men, women, veteran, and minority entrepreneurs and small business owners start and grow their businesses. Whether SBDCs are serving rural America, addressing a solution in biotech, or helping a minority business expand to global exporting, SBDCs are at the forefront, assisting their clients every step of the way.

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Electric Vehicles to Drive Major Corporate Site Location Projects

Nickolas Otto in 1876 invented the four-stroke internal combustion engine in which in which combustion occurs (aka burning) inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace generating motive power by the burning of fuels such as petrol and oil.[i]  Considering the fact that the $3.6 T global automobile industry[ii] for the most part still runs on oil in an internal combustion engine, Otto’s invention has had a pretty good run.  Signs are that run is going to slow substantially and the global automobile industry is going to undergo a major transformation as the manufacture and sales of electric vehicles (EV) is on the rise.

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Polaris Announces Expansion of Distribution Center in Wilmington

(Wilmington, Ohio) Polaris Inc. announced plans this week to expand its distribution facility in Wilmington, aimed at providing additional distribution capacity, expanding product assortment, improving delivery, customer service, and optimizing operations. The 165,000 square-foot expansion will bring the facility footprint to 465,000 square feet.

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Seneca County Ranks 10th Nationally for Economic Development

Tiffin-Seneca Economic Partnership (TSEP) and the Fostoria Economic Development Corp. (FEDC) announced today that Seneca County has placed No. 10 nationally in Site Selection magazine’s rankings for large, private economic development projects. This places it in the top two percent of the 581 micropolitans in the U.S. Site Selection has been annually ranking states and cities since 1978 and top micropolitians since 2004.

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Member Legislative Alert: HB 371

Members may recall last year’s SB235, which as introduced would have provided an automatic freeze on the value of real property slated for commercial development until certain triggers occurred. HB 371, introduced in the House October 4, is surprisingly similar to...

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Interesting Times at the Ohio Statehouse

While 2018 promises to be a banner year for Ohio politics, activity at the Ohio Statehouse has already started to get interesting. This week, Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives Cliff Rosenberger (R-Clarksville) confirmed rumors that he may be exploring a run for Ohio Auditor of State in 2018.

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Tracked Senate Bills – October 2017

SB 3 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT (Beagle, B., Balderson, T.) Originally, introduced in January, a substitute bill was introduced in April that would revise the laws governing the state’s workforce development system, programs that may be offered by primary and secondary schools, certificates of qualification for employment, and the Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities Agency, and would designate the first week of May as In-Demand Jobs Week. Many of those provisions were adopted in the Biennial Budget Bill, so another substitute version has been introduced, which shifts the focus to an In-Demand Jobs Week in May and revises the training requirements for alternative resident educator licenses, allowing for-profit entities such as Teach for Tomorrow to provide training to prospective alternative educators. That substitute bill was adopted by the Senate Transportation, Commerce and Workforce Committee September 13 to make the bill identical to companion bill HB 166. On October 11, the committee reported the bill after accepting an amendment from Rep. Rick Perales (R-Beavercreek) that he said eliminates Resident Educator Summative Assessment language to ensure it mirrors House Bill 166.

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Tracked House Bills – October 2017

HB 10 CROWDFUNDING (Arndt, S.) This bill was introduced in the House February 1 and would permit intrastate equity crowdfunding under certain circumstances. The bill would provide an exemption from registration under the Ohio Securities Law for certain crowdfunding initiatives. The bill passed in the House on June 21 and was referred in Senate (6/28/2017) to the Transportation, Commerce & Workforce Committee. The Committee held its first hearing with sponsor testimony September 6 and a second hearing October 11. Proponents of the bill testified that this legislation authorizes the use of intrastate crowdfunding as a means of purchasing a ‘stake’ or a ‘share’ of the business, creating uniformity and guidelines on the practice. The legislation would allow Ohioans to invest directly in startup businesses through an online portal, known as the OhioInvests Portal. This portal will provide the intermediaries with a means to offer and sell the securities to investors. Proponents also said that more than 30 states have adopted similar legislation and that Ohio, North Dakota and South Dakota are the only Midwestern states that lack an intrastate crowdfunding program.

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