Traditional economic development tends to focus on investments made and jobs created. For this year’s group of most innovative companies—or in many cases, foundations or governments—the key ...

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A new report issued by the city of Salem sets forth a path for the community’s development over the next five years.

The decision to slash the Economic Development Committee budget came as the Town was expecting a much tougher fiscal year, ...

SHARON TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Medina County’s top economic development official says a recent manufacturing closure could signal growing pressure on the industrial sector, even as overall development ...

Parkersburg’s historic Civil War-era hospital building is nearing the end of a top-to-bottom renovation that will soon house ...

If a job is about more than the title or even the pay—but also a chance to find a deeper meaning and sense of purpose—the honorees in the inaugural class of most innovative companies in economic ...