Four area businesses were presented with the Wyandot County Distinguished Contribution to Economic Development Award at the Wyandot County Office of Economic Development’s 11th Annual Dinner. The event was held at Moreno’s Vault on the evening of November 6th. This years honorees and related projects were: AEP Ohio – In recognition of its new 34,000 […]
Wyandot County holds a new record as the county creating jobs at the fastest pace in the state of Ohio. A recent Ohio State University study compiling U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data revealed that during the period from 2010 – 2018, Wyandot County delivered the highest job growth rate in the state of […]
The ongoing expansion of Hanon Systems USA in the Village of Carey is set to bring hundreds of new jobs to the growing community. In early 2018, Hanon Systems executed an Enterprise Zone agreement with the community that was facilitated by the Wyandot County Office of Economic Development. Due to Hanon Systems’ increasing production demand, […]
The Wyandot County Office of Economic Development held its 10th Annual Dinner on Thursday, November 8th. The organization celebrated 10 years of local impacts along with a record crowd of nearly 150 individuals. Recapping the past year, WCOED Executive Director Greg Moon welcomed 7 new members to the economic development board, and noted the organization’s […]
The Wyandot County Office of Economic Development again posted record organizational metrics for projects worked in 2017. The combined figures along with other programmatic efforts can be seen in the infographic released by the organization today:
At the Wyandot County Office of Economic Development (WCOED) 9th Annual Dinner on Monday, Nov. 13th, the organization shared the past year of project metrics, which included new annual records in many categories. Led by the major attraction project of the Smith Drug Company, a major U.S. medical distribution company, the WCOED executed a combined […]
A relatively new Wyandot County manufacturer is already undertaking expansion plans that will bring new jobs and investment to the the Village of Sycamore, Wyandot County, and NW Ohio community. Creative Plastic Concepts (CPC) will add 25 new jobs to support its growing operations and invest roughly $3.7 million for a physical expansion of its […]
The Wyandot County Office of Economic Development is seeking local business input for its annual Business Retention & Expansion (BR&E) Program. BR&E informs the directives of the local economic development organization in a number of ways, and is in large part one of the WCOED’s most important efforts. Click here to participate in the 2017 […]
The Wyandot County Office of Economic Development (WCOED) hosted a gathering of economic development leaders from Northwest Ohio last Wednesday. The quarterly Regional JobsOhio Network meetings are facilitated by the Regional Growth Partnership (RGP), an organization that serves as Northwest Ohio’s network partner for JobsOhio. The RGP offers a fullrange of traditional business development services, […]
The Columbus-Toledo Midway Industrial Park, in Wyandot County, is an economic development project focused on business expansion. Located midway between Columbus and Toledo, the Columbus-Toledo Midway Industrial Park project in Wyandot County has secured multiple businesses and plans to expand in the forthcoming years. The Columbus-Toledo Midway Industrial Park is a primary location in the Midwest. […]