Economy
Springfield site to house new stores
A stalled development at the former Simon Kenton Elementary School site will likely begin construction this fall after five years of waiting for the economy to bounce back in Springfield.The 12.6-acre Village Greene Development, 1221 E. Home Road, will include retail stores, office buildings and a residential area, according to ...
Food aid helps 400 families
For Barbara Rhome and her family, a box of food from the local pantry means one less week a month she has to worry about her family going hungry. “I just need food,” said Rhome, who said she has health problems. “We go to different pantries and it does help.” ...
$2.3M spent on East Main corridor
The city of Springfield’s eastern edge corridor has seen at least $2.3 million invested there in the past 18 months.The changes — including new businesses and buildings, renovations to aging structures, improvements to parking lots and installation of a new gateway sign — are invigorating one of the city’s oldest ...
67K new businesses in Ohio could launch with health care law
Ohio could add as many as 67,000 new entrepreneurs as a result of the federal government subsidies made available to aspiring business owners through the Affordable Care Act, according to a new report from the Urban Institute. The number of newly minted entrepreneurs in Ohio would rank fourth nationally behind ...
Clark jobs 3,000 short of pre-recession levels
Clark County still lags behind its pre-recession employment levels by more than 3,000 jobs, U.S. labor data shows.And the sluggish return of jobs appears to line up, at least partially, with ongoing population declines in Clark County.While the county hasn’t seen jobs return at a fast rate, local economic officials ...
Dog competition brings in hundreds
More than 700 dogs converged on the Clark County Fairgrounds on Friday for a dog-gone good time in the Canine Performance Events National Championship.It’s the first time the event has been held in Clark County, and event co-chair Kent Bromagen said people from across the U.S. and Canada are participating ...
Ohio’s economy grew by 2.2% in 2012
Ohio’s economy in 2012 grew for the third consecutive year, but once again the growth lagged the national average, according to preliminary data released Thursday. The state’s real gross domestic product increased 2.2 percent last year, compared to a 2.9 percent increase in 2011, according to new and revised data ...
Bob Evans opens $5M center
Bob Evans is adding jobs and already considering expansion at its new $5 million transportation center here. An open house Saturday will allow business leaders a look at the new 26,000-square-foot facility off Green-Field Drive in Airpark Ohio. The company employs 117 people there, and 44 of those are new ...
Military, jobs and cleanup top priorities
Springfield leaders see an annual trip to the nation’s capital as a chance to push for their most important issues and biggest employers, from drones to more local military missions to cleaning up a hazardous waste dump.The Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce’s Vice President of Economic Development Horton Hobbs said ...
Distressed home sales rise in Clark County
Clark County and Ohio bucked a nationwide trend of declining foreclosure sales, indicating the local market has yet to fully recover from the widespread housing crisis. The number of U.S. homes sold in some stage of foreclosure declined 22 percent year-over-year, from one in four properties a year ago to ...
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