Orrville Ohio
This is either one smart or lucky community.
Small but growing Orville, the home of Smuckers jams and jellies is not really feeling the recession at all.
Smuckers spending 220 million on a new plant facility
Scotts/ Miracle -Gro moving into town
http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/61320377.html
And now another factory coming...
http://www.the-daily-record.com/news/article/4697229
Why can't Crawford County get any of these companies to take a look at the area ?
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Permalink Reply by Anthony on -
And of course the job openings that go with the growth.
http://www.indeed.com/q-Smuckers-l-Orrville,-OH-jobs.html
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Permalink Reply by KeithR on -
What you need are two things:
1. Opportunity.
2. Marketing.
Galion has opportunity in the form of location, workforce, currently empty buildings. What Galion lacks is a comprehensive, consistent and effective economic development effort.
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Permalink Reply by Anthony on
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I'm talking county wide.
What have the county officials been doing over the last couple of years besides take and cash paychecks ?
http://www.growcrawford.org/about/staff.html
http://www.growcrawford.org/about/board.html
Until Galion has utility rates that are competitive, company after company will bypass Galion. Small mom and pop firms may come in, but major employers, highly unlikely. I wish I could say differently, but it wont happen.
KeithR said:What you need are two things:
1. Opportunity.
2. Marketing.
Galion has opportunity in the form of location, workforce, currently empty buildings. What Galion lacks is a comprehensive, consistent and effective economic development effort.
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Permalink Reply by Anthony on
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Quality of the schools also plays an important factor.
Orrville
http://www.ode.state.oh.us/reportcardfiles/2008-2009/DIST/044610.pdf
Galion
http://www.ode.state.oh.us/reportcardfiles/2008-2009/DIST/044024.pdf
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Permalink Reply by Anthony on
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Just a partial list of companies that have left.
http://theglobalrealm.com/2010/05/14/flood-of-california-businesses...
Anthony said:It appears that the stategy that the 20/20 Economic vision team is going to solely rely on existing county businesses to grow and prosper in the future. The problem with this thinking is Crawford County does not have the financial people like Cobey and such of as in the past. Those days are long gone.
This is a huge mistake and Crawford County is missing the great exodus out of California. Businesses there can not load up the moving vans fast enough to get out of high taxes, utilities and regulation that is choking them to death.
http://jan.ocregister.com/2010/02/24/list-names-100-companies-leavi...
http://jan.ocregister.com/2010/07/16/84-companies-added-to-leaving-...
On average now, every week, 8 firms employing 50 or more employees leave California.
Dave Williamson more than three years ago was advised to look at this approach and has done absolutely nothing.
This is the California Gold Rush in reverse and if you have to pan for it.
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Permalink Reply by Anthony on
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And hundreds of many more....
Not a single contact even attempted by those that run the economic development in Crawford County ?
Why is that ?
Anthony said:Just a partial list of companies that have left.
http://theglobalrealm.com/2010/05/14/flood-of-california-businesses...
Anthony said:It appears that the stategy that the 20/20 Economic vision team is going to solely rely on existing county businesses to grow and prosper in the future. The problem with this thinking is Crawford County does not have the financial people like Cobey and such of as in the past. Those days are long gone.
This is a huge mistake and Crawford County is missing the great exodus out of California. Businesses there can not load up the moving vans fast enough to get out of high taxes, utilities and regulation that is choking them to death.
http://jan.ocregister.com/2010/02/24/list-names-100-companies-leavi...
http://jan.ocregister.com/2010/07/16/84-companies-added-to-leaving-...
On average now, every week, 8 firms employing 50 or more employees leave California.
Dave Williamson more than three years ago was advised to look at this approach and has done absolutely nothing.
This is the California Gold Rush in reverse and if you have to pan for it.
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Permalink Reply by Anthony on
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California loses another 550 jobs to lower cost Oklahoma.
http://www.kimt.com/business/story/Boeing-announces-program-move-to...
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