Ohio Tops Site Selection’s Top Micropolitan Communities

Mar 27, 2024News, Newsletter

Site Selection Magazine has highlighted Ohio as the top state in the nation in its recent Top Micropolitan communities listing, published in March. Ohio communities Recognized in the listing are Findlay (ranked #1 nationally), Greenville, Defiance, Wooster, Chillicothe, Tiffin, Bucyrus-Galion, Fremont, New Philadelphus-Dover, Sandusky, Jackson, Van Wert, Norwalk, Salem and Point Pleasant. Five Ohio communities ranked in the Top 10 nationally.

Tim Mayle, executive director of the Center to Advance Manufacturing and an OEDA board member, was quoted in Site Selection’s Analysis saying “… it’s a real thing that people in the Midwest want to work hard and take great pride in their communities. How people grow up within those communities leads to how they handle themselves at work and to their willingness to work hard and get the job done.”

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