Posted February 8, 200619 yr http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060208/NEWS11/602080471/-1/NEWS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Article published February 8, 2006 Counties seek ways to attract industry By JENNIFER FEEHAN BLADE STAFF WRITER FINDLAY - After decades of waiting for the state to widen U.S. 30 from a two-lane to a four-lane highway, officials in several northwest Ohio counties want to see how they might work together to entice industrial development along the east-west corridor. Representatives of six counties met in Findlay yesterday to talk about the possibilities for the rural highway, though their ideas may not come to fruition for 20 years or more. "It's taken I-75 some 40 or 50 years to develop to where it currently is," Hancock County Commissioner Ed Ingold said. "If we can develop something jointly and use that leverage, multiple jurisdictions would have to encourage economic development - even if we could push that to 25 or 30 years, he said. More at link above:
July 28, 200618 yr U.S. 30 coalition narrowing down consulting firm search By MICHELLE REITER STAFF WRITER The multi-county coalition that's looking at potential economic development along U.S. 30 narrowed its search for a consulting firm during a meeting Wednesday. Representatives of six counties met, and Hancock County Commissioner Ed Ingold said the group decided to interview two firms at a later date, and eventually select a firm they hope will be able to show the counties what they can gain from the economic union. The relocation and expansion of U.S. 30 into a four-lane highway across Ohio, which has been ongoing for many years, has prompted the counties to look into development potential along the new highway. Currently under construction is a 26.4-mile section of the highway beginning at Ohio 235 in Hancock County and extending into Wyandot County. More at: http://www.thecourier.com/Issues/2006/Jul/ar_news_072006.asp#story4
August 25, 200618 yr Counties continue track to market new U.S. 30 for development BY TIM RAUSCH - Aug. 17, 2006 FINDLAY — A multicounty effort to market U.S. Route 30 for economic development took more steps up the ladder Wednesday. Commissioners and economic development personnel from five counties along the east-west highway heard presentations from two potential consultants. The group has been meeting since March on the idea that the new highway could spark new economic development and should be marketed as a region to get that development. More at: http://www.limanews.com/story.php?IDnum=28604
May 25, 200718 yr Counties working together to market U.S. 30 Bart Mills | [email protected] - 01.11.2007 FINDLAY — The improvement of U.S. Route 30 could mean big things for the communities through which it passes. Now leaders of those communities have committed to working together to make sure those big things happen. Commissioners and economic-development leaders from the nine counties that border U.S. Route 30 from Richland County to the Indiana border, including, Van Wert, Allen and Hancock counties, met on Wednesday to discuss their plan for marketing the newly improved corridor to businesses and industry. At the heart of the discussion was an agreement that the communities have a better chance of attracting business together than they do alone. “I hope we begin to get beyond the provincial nature, the attitude that we are all apart here, because collectively we can help one another. That’s the mission here,” said Allen County Commissioner Sam Bassitt more at: http://www.limanews.com/story.php?IDnum=34042
May 25, 200718 yr Counties work together through U.S. 30 group Bob Blake | [email protected] - 05.14.2007 DELPHOS — The future for the U.S. Route 30 corridor in northwest Ohio is uncertain. One thing that is certain is the communities bordering the expanded route are seeking as many avenues as possible to spread the word about the region’s assets. Work began in earnest on the U.S. 30 Corridor Economic Development Group more than a year ago. Seven counties — Allen, Crawford, Hancock, Hardin, Richland, Van Wert and Wyandot — are all part of the effort. The aim is simple: regionalize their message about the work force and economic development opportunities in this area to benefit all the member communities. “We’re not opposed to it at all. We have an interest in Route 30, obviously, with two exits of it,” Gregory Berquist, the safety-service director for Delphos, said. “One of the concerns I have is why don’t we go all the way to Fort Wayne, [ind]. My point is it should go all the way over because there are people over there who commute here to work and vice versa.” More at: http://www.limanews.com/story.php?IDnum=38472
May 25, 200718 yr Leaders meet to discuss U.S. 30 Coalition plan Bart Mills | [email protected] - 05.23.2007 LIMA — Leaders of the communities along the newly improved U.S. Route 30 know they want to work together to draw business and attention to the region. Now they just need to decide how they’ll do that. Business and community leaders from the seven counties that make up the 30 West Corridor Coalition have been meeting in a series of roundtables this week, hoping to come to some consensus on the goals and purpose of the newly formed organization. More at: http://www.limanews.com/story.php?IDnum=38786
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