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Clean-coal projects land state grants
Columbus Business First - March 12, 2010
Battelle and Ohio State University will receive a combined $773,107 from the state for projects aimed at advancing clean-coal technologies.

Cincinnati Wine Entrepreneur Finds Inspiration In Heritage
Soapbox Cincinnati - March 11, 2010
While she was still an intern at Procter & Gamble in 2002, Selena Cuffe began building relationships and experiences that would serve her well one day as the President and CEO of Heritage Link Brands.

Forecast: Apartment rents headed down, vacancies up
Columbus Business First - March 11, 2010
Multifamily property owners and investors should expect decreased rents and higher vacancies for some time, unless their properties are Class A and located in the trendy urban core. Across Central Ohio, the average apartment vacancy rate is expected to peak at 10 percent in the third quarter of 2010 without dropping back down substantially until 2014, Hogan said.

Ohio's foreclosure troubles ease, report says
Columbus Business First - March 11, 2010
Foreclosure filings in Ohio ticked up marginally in February, when the pace of housing troubles nationwide slipped to its lowest level in four years, according to a new report from RealtyTrac Inc.

Interns do more than make coffee in partner companies
examiner.com - March 10, 2010
Interns do more than make the coffee these days. In fact, interns are becoming a critical part of the effort to move businesses forward.

Travel Solutions acquires Twin Horizons
Columbus Business First - March 10, 2010
One of Central Ohio's largest travel agencies is getting even larger. New Albany-based Travel Solutions Inc. on Wednesday announced it has acquired Twin Horizons Inc. of Dublin. Financial terms of the transaction weren't disclosed, but the companies said Twin Horizons will operate as a division of Travel Solutions and continue to be independently managed.

21 Top Time-Saving Cities
Real Simple - March 8, 2010
According to our survey, the living is surprisingly easy in these urban areas.

Best Affordable Suburbs in America 2010
Bloomberg Business Week - March 8, 2010
Marysville, Ohio named one of the best affordable suburbs in America 2010 by Business Week.

Ohio reports 10.8 percent unemployment rate for January.
Associated Press - March 5, 2010
Officials report that the state had unemployment of 10.8 percent in January, unchanged from the revised December rate.

pdf icon Ohio Wins Site Selection Magazine's Governor's Cup Award for 2009
Conway Data - March 3, 2010
Atlanta, March 3, 2010: Ohio has won the 2009 Site Selection Governor's Cup, which the 56-year-old Atlanta-based magazine has awarded annually since 1978 to the U.S. state with the most new and expanded corporate facilities as tracked by Conway Data Inc.'s New Plant Database. Conway Data publishes Site Selection, the oldest publication in the corporate real estate and economic development field, and the official publication of the Industrial Asset Management Council (IAMC, at www.iamc.org). Site Selection's yearly analyses are regarded by corporate real estate analysts as "the industry scoreboard." The magazine's circulation base consists of 44,000 executives involved in corporate site selection decisions, most at the CEO/President/COO level.

Queen City Angels group flying higher
The Circuit - March 1, 2010
Angel investors are high-net worth individuals who purchase shares of stock in startup companies. Typically, they invest alone. But increasingly, angel investors are forming groups to jointly evaluate investments and provide management guidance to the companies in which they invest.

Loans power growth, local solar firms say
Toledo Blade - February 27, 2010
Chief executives from two local solar panel companies thanked Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and Huntington Bank for lending their firms millions in cash.

Ohio River Could Create Green Energy
WTOV - February 26, 2010
Two companies are interested in using the Ohio River to create electricity by building a hydrokinetic plant at the New Cumberland Locks and Dam.

How I... Dreamed Big in Ohio
The Wall Street Journal Online - February 26, 2010
Everyday, loads of people have great ideas that could potentially become a profitable business venture. The real challenge is what to do next: how do you make an idea into a marketable product? (As Thomas Edison famously said, "Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.")

ProjectONE to Create Jobs and Benefit Columbus
OSU Medical Center News & Notes - February 24, 2010
Yesterday, President E. Gordon Gee, Mayor Michael B. Coleman, Dr. Steven Gabbe, and other community leaders announced a partnership between Columbus and The Ohio State University Medical Center which will help personalize health care and improve the city. ProjectONE, Ohio State's $1 billion expansion project, will benefit the city of Columbus including the neighborhood around University Hospital East.

GM will add 1,200 jobs at Lordstown
The Columbus Dispatch - February 23, 2010
General Motors will resume the overnight shift at its Lordstown assembly plant this summer, adding 1,200 jobs, the company said today.

Early voting lends sense of urgency to backers of Third Frontier issue on Ohio's May 4 ballot
Cleveland Plain Dealer - February 23, 2010
A handful of Third Frontier advocates addressed 150 business leaders in a support-building session today at the Holiday Inn in Independence.

2 projects win tax credits; will add 57 jobs
Cincinnati Enquirer - February 22, 2010
The Ohio Tax Credit Authority approved tax credits for two local projects that are expected to create 57 jobs, state officials said Monday.

Cincinnati a real estate 'steal'
U.S. News & World Report - February 18, 2010
Cincinnati is one of the Top 10 cities in the country in which to get a real estate "steal."

Express plans major expansions
The Columbus Dispatch - February 17, 2010
Apparel retailer Express is preparing to go public and begin expanding both domestically and overseas.

Is Ohio the next destination for flying car company Terrafugia?
Boston.com - February 16, 2010
Ohio's license plates boast that the mid-western state is the "birthplace of aviation pioneers," including the Wright Brothers and John Glenn.

Group has been telling Ohio's story widely and often
Dayton Daily News - February 15, 2010
Ohio has a great story to tell, and the state coalition is telling that story.

Ohio best in Midwest for small businesses
The Columbus Dispatch - January 11, 2010
Ohio was ranked first in the Midwest and No. 11 nationally in 2009 by the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council based on the state's public-policy climate for small businesses and entrepreneurs.

Ohio ranks No. 11 for small businesses
Dayton Business Journal - January 7, 2010
Ohio rates as the 11th-best state for small businesses, according to the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council's "Small Business Survival Index 2009."