by Isabella Carwile | Apr 8, 2025 | Community, Membership, Paulding County Business Weekly Radio Broadcast, Shoutout
This week on Paulding County Business Weekly we hear from Nutri-Plus team member Taylor Reichert. Nutri-Plus is a local, family-owned business that includes fertilizer and nutrient application, GKS Farms, GKS Sow Farms, and Ebel’s Butcher Shop and Store. Learn how this business has grown from a family farm into a thriving regional business. Thank you to the Paulding Eagles Aerie 2045 for sponsoring this program! You can tune in on Tuesdays & Thursdays at 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., or listen online by clicking here! Paulding County Business Weekly is also available in podcast form through Apple, Google & Spotify. #pauldingcountystrong
by Isabella Carwile | Apr 8, 2025 | Business Expansion, Community, Events, Jobs, Membership, PCED Office, Shoutout, Workforce
Paulding County Economic Development Press Release April 7, 2025
PAULDING – The Paulding County Economic Development (PCED) office recently hosted their annual Business, Industry & College Showcase event at the Paulding County OSU Extension Building. The building buzzed with energy as students explored promising career pathways and learned more about Paulding County business as they connected with industry leaders.
Junior and senior students from Antwerp, Paulding, Wayne Trace, and county homeschool students were invited to attend. These students engaged with 52 exhibitors representing businesses, colleges, and non-profit organizations from across the region, discovering exciting opportunities to shape their futures.
This year, the event added a “touch-a-truck” type atmosphere. The Paulding County Sheriff’s office showcased a patrol unit SUV, drone demonstration, and tactical gear. The Paulding County Engineer’s office displayed a pick-up truck inside and a county snow plow truck outside for students to get close to and offering hands-on insight into local government operations. These exhibits added to the showcase filled with engaging and interactive presentations at 52 booths this year.
Paulding County students benefitted from YouScience, a self-assessment tool that helps them uncover their unique career potential. Color-coded career paths, based on their assessments, linked students with matching industries at the event. Equipped with passports, students were required to get a minimum of five business signatures as they journeyed booth to booth, exploring opportunities. Those who completed their passports entered a drawing for a $25 Marathon gift card, compliments of Love-Heitmeyer Funeral Home. One winner was drawn for each attending school. The YouScience assessment tool is provided by Vantage Career Center to each of their participating schools.
Jessica Stechschulte, PCED Administrative Assistant, praised the students’ enthusiasm: “Seeing the engagement of the students and fostering partnerships between local businesses and young talent to bridge workforce gaps is what makes this event a great success. We’re already excited to see what next year holds!”
In addition, the PCED office would like to thank Love-Heitmeyer Funeral Home for their generous donation, which contributed to the event’s resounding success.
by Isabella Carwile | Feb 11, 2025 | Business Expansion, Community, Membership, New Business, Paulding County Business Weekly Radio Broadcast, Property Development, Shoutout
As we share information from around the county on Paulding County Business Weekly, let’s check in with the new Grover Hill Hardware House. Leslie and Rob Moser have purchased and totally renovated the former hardware building and created a beautiful VRBO space upstairs (that sleeps 10 comfortably) and an outstanding commercial/retail space downstairs. Listen to how this whole project came about and how it will benefit the community as several other projects in the community transpire. You can tune in to Paulding County Business Weekly on Tuesdays & Thursdays at 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Listen to this episode or catch up on past ones online by Clicking the Link Here or on many podcast platforms including Apple, Google & Spotify.
by Isabella Carwile | Jan 29, 2025 | Community, Membership, Shoutout
Big shoutout to our third and final investment member with whom we celebrated 20 years of partnership, Dooley Funeral Home! Huge thank you from PCED for your continued investment, support, and partnership!
#ourmembersarethebest
by Isabella Carwile | Jan 22, 2025 | Community, Membership, PCED Office, Shoutout
We want to give a massive shoutout to Natural Design & Graphics, another one of our 20-year investment members! Thank you for your wonderful partnership, fantastic collaboration, and continued investment over the years! We look forward to what our partnership brings in the years to come!
by Isabella Carwile | Jan 17, 2025 | Community, Jobs, Membership, PCED Office, Property Development, Workforce
Paulding County Economic Development Press Release January 17, 2025
PAULDING – The Paulding County Economic Development Board recently hosted their first meeting of 2025. The business part of the meeting was entirely devoted to the forward progression and strategic plan development for the group. The short agenda meeting was long but impactful.
Prior to the business discussion, a presentation was made by Premier Bank. Local Paulding branch CEO Nicole Robinson, Business Loan Officer Danielle Fowler and VP of Treasury Sales Doug Blackwood shared the full line of business banking options and accounts available with Premier Bank. They then answered questions about the upcoming purchase of Premier by the WesBanco Bank. Although WesBanco is already established in Ohio, this would be their northernmost branch. Board members and the banking team discussed opportunities for potential growth in the county.
Business then turned to strategic planning. The board last did an in-depth dive into the Paulding County economic development strategic plan in 2022. The two-year plan has guided the office in a positive direction over that time. Since then, many things have changed in economic development, within the board and around the county.
The January 2025 meeting was dedicated to reviewing the many goals of that previous plan. Director Tim Copsey shared the goals and results with the board. Based on the reported results, the board is now tasked with developing an immediate plan for 2025 and early 2026 and a 2-3 year plan for the future. This generated great conversation as it was discussed what might be more beneficial to now add to the plan, and what certainly needs to come off. An example that may be added to the list, that wasn’t even noted in 2022, was the great need for residential housing. The adhoc strategic plan committee will convene again before the next official board meeting in March to put together a final plan to present to the full board for approval.
