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Full RFP can be viewed via the following link: Request for Proposals CARES Muskingum River Plant Redevelopment – NC

Muskingum River Industrial Park Property Card This former American Electric Power coal-fired power plant has been fully demolished, remediated, and prepped for redevelopment. It features a 96-car unit-train rail loop […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – BELPRE, OHIO – March 23, 2021 City of Belpre Reveals Economic Development Strategy  – View Full Report Here New economic development plan will guide economic development activities […]

Southeastern Ohio Port Authority Partners with the Belpre Industrial Parkersburg Railroad to Acquire Former AEP Muskingum River Site in Waterford, OH for Rail-Centric Development  Rail-served site provides access to abundant […]

To our valued stakeholders: In light of everything that has transpired this year, it should come as no surprise that 2020 has been a year of transformational change for the […]

Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at 7:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, or as soon as practical thereafter, in accordance with the provisions of Section 147 […]

Over the course of the last month, the topic of Land Banks has been a hot one. The reason behind that can be found in Episode 3 of the My […]

“Have you seen the article in the Times about the schools?” By the time this text came through late Wednesday morning, I’d read the article and knew it was time […]

If you think economic growth is only derived from flat spots out of the floodplain with all utilities, you’re wrong. Well, not entirely wrong. Just partly wrong.  Economic development in […]

If I only had a dollar for every time I heard that in my first few months on the job, I’d probably have my third Jeremiah’s Big R of the […]