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This week, Sheetz celebrated the grand opening of its new food preparation and distribution center in Findlay. The 500,000-square-foot facility represents a roughly $150 million investment and brings 750 jobs to Hancock County.

It will prepare food and deliver products to Sheetz stores across Ohio and into Michigan. The family-owned company now has 140 Ohio locations and is still growing in Toledo, Columbus, and Dayton. Findlay is the launchpad for its push into the Midwest.

Why Northwest Ohio? It has a thriving food and agribusiness industry with a complete end-to-end value chain, strong logistics advantages, and a skilled workforce ready to deliver.

The project is one of the largest in JobsOhio's Food & Agribusiness sector, made possible with our partners at the Regional Growth Partnership Northwest Ohio and Findlay Hancock County Economic Development.

When a company needs to move fast, the immediate availability of a high-quality, ready-to-occupy option can make all the difference.

With support from the JobsOhio Ohio Site Inventory Program (OSIP), which helps advance development efforts to spur local business investment, the City of Youngstown is adding move-in-ready industrial inventory that puts the Mahoning Valley in play as communities compete for the next major manufacturing or logistics project.

In collaboration with Lake to River, Top Property Holdings broke ground on a 50,000-square-foot class-A speculative building at Youngstown Technology Park, the first phase of a nearly $4.8 million project that strengthens the case for site selectors evaluating the region. By building to meet increasing demand, public and private partners are working together to deliver jobs to the community and keep the local economy growing and competitive.

World-class workers are moving to Ohio.

The state is attracting the skilled workforce companies need to compete. Since 2020, Ohio has gained more than 100,000 residents, including more than 80,000 prime working-age adults.

Through Find Your Ohio, employers can connect with experienced talent from across the country, and the JobsOhio Relocation Incentive helps companies accelerate hiring with $15,000 per qualifying out-of-state STEM or technical hire.

Named the top state for business by CNBC, Ohio has a robust public-private workforce system and hundreds of talent resources to help companies grow.

Dayton Development Coalition, Lake to River, Ohio SE, REDI Cincinnati, Regional Growth Partnership Northwest Ohio, Team NEO

Big news for Warren County: Walmart plans to invest more than $300 million in a new fulfillment center in Turtlecreek Township, which will create more than 300 new jobs.

The Encore Park facility will handle larger items like TVs and furniture, helping Walmart get products to customers faster. It adds to Walmart's current Monroe operation, which has more than 200 associates.

This new investment builds on Walmart's decades in Ohio. It brings new jobs to the region and adds to Ohio's reputation as a destination for logistics and distribution.

Governor Mike DeWine Ohio Department of Development Walmart REDI Cincinnati

For the second time in three years, OHLQ has been named “StateWays” magazine's Overall Best Practices winner, recognizing Ohio's leadership in consumer education, innovation, enforcement and partnership.

From the new OHLQ mobile app to special releases and events with Ohio's network of more than 480 independently operated liquor agencies, OHLQ keeps raising the bar for serving customers responsibly.

Congratulations to Lorraine Terry and the entire OHLQ team, along with our partners at the Ohio Department of Commerce. Profits from OHLQ's spirits business support JobsOhio's mission to create jobs and strengthen communities across Ohio.

Ohio Liquor Ohio Department of Commerce

With support from the JobsOhio Ohio Site Inventory Program (OSIP), vacant lots like the one at the corner of Joyce and Windor Avenues in Columbus can be transformed into magnets for business investment.

Community partners have come together to realize the potential of Central Columbus Commerce 71 for bringing economic growth to the South Linden area while improving a blighted site in the neighborhood.

The construction of two light manufacturing or industrial facilities, totaling nearly 625,000 square feet, will help meet strong tenant demand and accommodate a large range of user types and sizes. Already zoned for manufacturing and conveniently located within the I-270 loop, the property will be attractive to prospective companies while bringing jobs and investment to the community.

Once condemned and at risk of being torn down, the historic Masonic Lodge in downtown Niles is now on its way to a new future.

The $4.6 million redevelopment will transform the underutilized building in Trumbull County into the new headquarters for Cadence Care Network, a nonprofit organization providing behavioral health services for children and families, retaining and creating 180 jobs in the process.

The historic Masonic Lodge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. With help from a $750,000 JobsOhio Vibrant Communities grant secured by Lake to River, the revitalization is an example of public-private collaboration at the state and local level, preserving a piece of a community’s past while bringing increasing activity to its downtown neighborhood.

Governor Mike DeWine

Team Ohio celebrated a new chapter for downtown Cambridge yesterday with the grand opening of the Midtown Market.

What was once a shuttered car dealership is now a local gathering place, bringing food vendors, a business cooperative, office space, and indoor recreation — a bustling new hub of entrepreneurship and neighborhood activity.

Supported by a $450,000 JobsOhio Vibrant Communities grant, the Midtown Market shows what’s possible when a community rallies around a shared vision for its downtown, driving investment and creating opportunities for Ohio’s smaller communities and those who live in them.

Governor Mike DeWine, Ohio SE, Cambridge Guernsey County CIC, Cambridge Area Chamber of Commerce Ohio