by Office Manager | Jan 12, 2023 | Jobs, PCED Office, Workforce
We are excited to announce a new opportunity to address the critical labor shortage and promote a sustainable talent pipeline for your business. Our school districts and career center are committed to providing the talent we need to support economic and business development in Paulding County.
To support student awareness of employment opportunities in our community, they have employers register with
YouScience.
YouScience offers an innovative, aptitude-based career guidance system that helps aligns students to career paths. Registration is free and takes only 5 minutes to complete:
Through this partnership, students will have access to the Employer Connections platform for the next TEN years. Students will be more engaged in career exploration if they see a variety of employers from our LOCAL community. Please take a few moments to add your company to the employer directory for our local students! If you have additional questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the PCED Office at
office@pced.net or
Cayla O’leary at YouScience.
Cayla.oleary@youscience.com#PauldingCountyStrong
by Office Manager | Jan 12, 2023 | PCED Office, Workforce
Paulding County Economic Development Press Release
January 10, 2022
Fred Manz joins PCED Board
PAULDING – The Paulding County Economic Development Board hosted their 2023 organizational meeting this week. During the meeting Fred Manz, Sales and Marketing for InSource Technologies, was introduced as a new board member. Manz will fill the open Business and Industry position that was vacated with the resignation of Larry Manz at the end of last year.
Economic Development Director Tim Copsey shared many current project updates against the established 2022 strategic plan goals. A plethora of information was shared with the board including: updates on the county brownfield cleanup and residential blight removal, commercial properties and buildings that continue to change hands, workforce development projects and updates to municipal and township zoning maps.
Dates were shared for upcoming County Mayors meeting (January 11), presentation to Paulding County Vantage students (January 13), regional Ohio Means Jobs meeting in Van Wert (January 23) and Rhodes State Manufacturing Consortium (January 30).
Vice-President Jim States opened the meeting and brought forward a nomination slate of 2023 officers for vote. President for 2023 will be township representative Mike Kauser; Vice President will be Lapham-Hickey Plant Manager Ryan Whitaker; Secretary will be OSU Extension Representative Sarah Noggle; and Treasurer will be Jeff Mumma with Antwerp Exchange Bank. Kauser presided over the rest of the meeting. All 2023 committee roles were then filled and dates established for the 2023 meetings.
All board members updated the group with the current open projects for the organizations they each represent. The balance of the meeting was discussion about general board business. The next scheduled board meeting will be March 14, 2023. For information about Paulding County Economic Development and programs they offer call 419-399-8295.
by Office Manager | Jan 5, 2023 | Paulding County Business Weekly Radio Broadcast
Hear it here! In this episode of PCBW, you’ll hear from owner, Bret Busch. Bret shares the history of how Al-Co got its name, business trends, and the challenges and successes of being a small business owner in northwest Ohio. Located in downtown Latty, Ohio, Al-Co Products has been creating quality products at an affordable price for over 50 years. With a large selection of designs, colors and customizable options for bathroom countertops, shower/wall panels, window sills, backsplashes and more, Al-Co has what your home needs!
Thanks to OhioMeansJobs, you can tune in Tuesdays & Thursdays at 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. or listen online at my1027.org/paulding-county-business-weekly. Paulding County Business Weekly is also available in podcast form through Apple, Google & Spotify. #pauldingcountystrong
by Office Manager | Dec 19, 2022 | Paulding County Business Weekly Radio Broadcast
This week on PCBW we sit down with Dusty Sonnenberg. You know Dusty as the radio show host for MyFarm, the weekday morning Ag program on My102.7. In this interview, Dusty will share his background, and how he has settled in as one of the premier Ag business voices for Ohio agriculture! Listen in on Tuesday and Thursday at 8 am and 5 pm on MY102.7 FM. Thank you to Tiffany Goings with Paulding County OhioMeansJobs for making this program possible. You can find all PCBW episodes online and on Spotify, Google and Apple Podcast.
by Office Manager | Dec 6, 2022 | Paulding County Business Weekly Radio Broadcast
Hear it here! This week we welcome Matt Adams and Kendra Heffelfinger from AgCredit, one of northern Ohio’s lenders for farmers, rural homeowners and agribusiness. Matt and Kendra share their background and their direct ties to northwest Ohio farming. AgCredit is dedicated to serving our rural community through services, programs, grants and outreach that supports their members and agriculture nationwide.
Thanks to OhioMeansJobs, you can tune in Tuesdays & Thursdays at 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. or listen online at
my1027.org/paulding-county-business-weekly. Paulding County Business Weekly is also available in podcast form through Apple, Google & Spotify. #pauldingcountystrong
