Local Business & Economic Development News
4/28/2010
Wyandot County Career Expo
The Wyandot County Career Expo will be held on Wednesday April 28th. At this workshop you will Learn……
- How to post your job openings
- How to post your employment events
- How to access 8 million resumes
- How to customize your resume searches
- How to increase recruitment speed and efficiency
For more information on this event and registration please
click here.
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3/18/2010
$8 million in Recovery Act Energy Efficiency
Resources Mobilized in Ohio
Making Efficiency Work seeks eligible applicants for energy efficiency improvements in multi-family, commercial, and institutional buildings located in Ohio. Eligible activities include the installation of energy efficiency equipment and measures, including more energy efficient lighting such as LED and day-lighting techniques, HVAC upgrades, weather sealing, more energy-efficient windows and doors, ENERGY STAR appliances, and geothermal heat pumps. Funding is also available for energy audits and commissioning projects that result in energy efficiency upgrades within 12 months and exceed energy code pilot projects within existing buildings.For mor details on this funding announcement
click here.
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01/2010
Wyandot Solar: The Project So Far
This video shows the progress of the Wyandot Solar project so far.
Wyandot Solar from the Ground!
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1/28/2010
Ohio Receives $6 million for Worker Training
These funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be used primarily for "green job training" to help Ohioans become employed in the clean energy industry. This grant from the US Department of Labor was applied for and will be administered by the Ohio Governor's Workforce Policy Board.
To find out what was included in the project, download a copy of the grant application HERE.
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01/13/2010
Rural Energy for America Program
The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) is here to help again. REAP is designed to promote rural small business and agricultural producers in their efforts to install renewable energy systems or make energy efficient improvements. Successful projects in the past have been the replacement of antiquated grain dryers with more energy efficient ones. This program can aid in paying up to 75% of the eligible costs, 25% through the grant portion and 50% through the guaranteed loan portion. Apply for the Fiscal Year 2010, which began October 1, 2009! The funding will be available the first part of 2010.
The requirements for
REAP as well as the application form for both the
grant and the
guaranteed loan are available. Also included is some information on replacing
grain dryers with more energy efficient ones. Please submit your application before incurring costs for the project, because REAP only covers costs incurred after submission. Send your application to USDA, Rural Development 200 North High Street, Room 507 Columbus, OH 43215. If you have any questions please contact Randy Monhemius at Randy.Monhemius@oh.usda.gov.
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08/11/2009
Wyandot Solar Pre-Bid Meeting Information
A Pre-Bidders Conference for contractors interested in bidding on the 10.08 MW solar energy project will be held on August 19 starting promptly at 1:00 p.m. in the Masters Building at the Wyandot County Fairgrounds in Upper Sandusky.
Construction on the solar energy project will begin in October 2009. For more information, please read the following PDF file on the
Wyandot Solar Pre-Bid Meeting.
Wyandot Solar LLC, a subsidiary of juwi solar Inc., will be the largest solar generation facility in Ohio. The 10.08 MW solar generation facilities will be located next to the Wyandot County Airport. The generation facility will be operational in the summer of 2010.
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07/14/2009
Project HIRE Initiative Set to Go
Employers looking to gain well-trained employees and a tax credit should watch out for the Project HIRE Initiative. This program enables employers to receive a federal tax credit and funds for employee training.
Project HIRE is a mutual effort between the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS), the Ohio Department of Development (ODOD), the Ohio Board of Regents (OBOR), and the local Workforce Investment Areas.
The program is set to start in August 2009. For more information read the
Project HIRE overview or contact
Eric Romich.
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07/13/2009
Custom Agri Systems Inc. Branch Now In Upper Sandusky
A new branch of Custom Agri Systems Inc. has opened at 1289 N. Warpole St. in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Custom Agri Systems Inc. sells and services equipment primarily within the agriculture industry.
The branch is a 40,000 square-foot facility on a 7.25-acre property. They have approximately 22 employees.
Some of the products and services available through Custom Agri Systems are farm and commercial grain dryers, material handling equipment, new and used electrical motors and commercial electrical work. Rental equipment is also available including, a 23-ton crane, 33-ton crane and Vac-u-vator.
According to Custom Agri Systems’ website, there will be company representatives at the Wyandot County Fair. For more information visit:
http://www.casindustries.com.
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6/16/2009
AEP OHIO SIGNS LONG-TERM PACT TO PURCHASE
SOLAR ENERGY FROM WYANDOT SOLAR
AEP Ohio Press Release
Solar energy farm slated between AEP, county
By BRANDON DRAKE
Daily Chief-Union
Staff writer
Wyandot County will be on the "cutting edge" of alternative energy after plans were unveiled for a solar energy farm to be constructed on approximately 80 acres of county-owned land in Salem Township. American Electric Power of Ohio announced Monday it had signed a long-term power purchase agreement for solar energy with Wyandot Solar LLC, a subsidiary of juwi solar Inc., a Boulder, Colo.-based company.
Through the 20-year agreement, AEP Ohio will purchase all of the output, including renewable energy credits, from the 10.08-megawatt Wyandot Solar facility to be located adjacent to AEP Ohio's north Upper Sandusky substation located off of CH 44 and Ohio 199, according to an AEP Ohio press release. The Wyandot County Commissioners and Wyandot County Economic Development director Eric Romich affirmed the project Monday morning. "For the first time, you're going to have people looking at Wyandot County as being the leader in something," Romich said. "This is the first solar generation facility of this size in the Midwest. "When you think about Wyandot County and using the word cutting edge technology, your research and development-based technologies, having a project of this magnitude is obviously advantageous to the reputation of this county from outsiders looking in both at the state and national levels," he said.
Construction for the project will begin in November and the facility is expected to be in commercial operation by mid-summer 2010, the press release stated. The project will consist of 160,000 modules that are being supplied by First Solar Inc., a Perrysburg company that manufactures solar modules. "From our point, where we're enthused about it is the potential for the future," Commissioner Mike Wheeler said. "The bottom line is we're trying anywhere we can to generate some good."
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06/2009
Ohio Cat Agri Business Division Moves to Wyandot County
Upper Sandusky will be the new home for the Ohio CAT Agri Business Division.
Ohio CAT purchased a six acre site with three buildings, which was formerly the Carter Lumber facility. This area will be the headquarters for the division's sales, rentals, parts and service departments.
Ohio CAT's Agri Business Division sells and services equipment including Ag-Chem application equipment, Lexion combines, Massey Ferguson tractors for governmental applications and Sunflower tillage tools. For more information visit
Ohio CAT's website.
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