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2017 WEDCO
Annual ReportPresented at the 2018 Annual Meeting
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WEDCO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MEMBERSHIP
SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATE
COMMUNITY HIGHLIGHTS
2017 PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
WEDCO AWARDS
2017 WEDCO Board of Directors
City of Bryan - Doug Johnson, Dan Yahraus
Village of Edgerton - Andy Farnham, Dawn Fitzcharles
Village of Edon – Chad Ordway, Duane Thiel
Village of Holiday City - Gary Baker, Sean Rupp
Village of Montpelier - Kurt Roan, Kevin Motter
Village of Pioneer - Al Fiser, Katie Wells
Village of Stryker - Patsy Mealer, Beth Rediger
Village of West Unity - Dave Colon, Joshua Fritsch
Williams County - Dan Clum, Lew Hilkert
Williams Co. Labor - Al LaCombe
First Energy - Gary Keys
Bryan Municipal Utilities - Jackie Perry
Ohio Gas - Bob Eyre
North Western Electric Co-Op - Darin Thorp
2018 WEDCO Board of Directors
City of Bryan – Carrie Schlade, Mari Ivan
Village of Edgerton - Bob Day
Village of Edon – Chad Ordway, Dave Loughborough
Village of Holiday City - Gary Baker, Sean Rupp
Village of Montpelier - Kurt Roan, Kevin Motter
Village of Pioneer - Al Fiser, Katie Wells
Village of Stryker - Patsy Mealer, Beth Rediger
Village of West Unity - Dave Colon, Joshua Fritsch
Williams County - Dan Clum, Lew Hilkert
Williams Co. Labor - Al LaCombe
First Energy - Gary Keys
Bryan Municipal Utilities – Kevin Maynard
Ohio Gas - Bob Eyre
North Western Electric Co-Op - Darin Thorp
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Executive Board Serving 2018-2020
Past President – Dan Clum, Williams County
President – Kevin Maynard, Bryan Municipal Utilities
1st Vice President – Beth Rediger, Village of Stryker
2nd Vice President – Katie Wells, Reifel Industries, Village of Pioneer
Secretary – Kurt Roan, Village of Montpelier
Treasurer – Josh Fritsch, Village of West Unity
WEDCO BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2017/2018
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2017 WEDCO MEMBERSHIP
Tier 1 Members
2017 WEDCO Membership continued
Tier 3 Members
A. Schulman, Ferro Corp.
Advanced Rehabilitation Technology
Bryan Systems/Best Way Motor Lines
CK Technologies
Daavlin
Decorative Paint, Inc.
One Energy Enterprises LLC
Pioneer Industrial Systems
Ravago/Trinity Specialty Compounding
Rupp Enterprises
The Farmers & Merchants State Bank
Unique Chardan
Tier 4 Members
Allied Moulded Products
Andres, O'Neil & Lowe Agency
A-Stamp
Bryan Metals
Conversion Technologies International
Current Office Solutions
Current TEK Solutions
Dyco Manufacturing Inc.
Edgerton Forge
Elwood Staffing
First Federal Bank
Job1USA
Kidston Family Companies
Matcor-Matsu
Newcomer, Shaffer, Spangler, & Breininger
Northwest State Community College
Pioneer Area Chamber of Commerce
Professional Polymer Consulting
Rimm-Kleen Systems
Stryker Welding
Sudden Service Expediting, Inc.
The Mosser Group
Titan Tire
Universal Industrial Products
VRT
Waterford Bank
Individual Patron - Travis Gilcher
Associate Members
Bryan Chamber of Commerce
Bryan Publishing Co.
Gallagher & Rohrs, Ltd.
Indigo Sandblasting
Isaac Property Company
Montpelier Chamber of Commerce
Siebenaler Construction
Signature Associates
Trilogy Wealth Advisors5
Tier 2 Members
Bard Manufacturing
Huntington National Bank
Kamco Industries
North Star Blue Scope Steel
North Western Electric Co-Op
Ohio Gas Company
Powers and Sons LLC
Rassini Chassis Systems
Reifel Industries
Rudolph/Libbe Companies
Saneholtz McKarnes
Sauder Manufacturing
The State Bank
Winzeler Stamping
20/20 Custom Molded Plastics
First Energy
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Workforce & Marketing Subcommittee Update
Announced during the 2017 Annual Meeting, the newly formed WEDCO subcommittees would begin meeting on a quarterly
basis. Now, the committees have been combined and meet on a bi-monthly basis.
The subcommittees consist of approximately 10-20 participants from a variety of backgrounds
including government, education, manufacturing, health, insurance, and construction.
The subcommittee is pursuing several initiatives and is currently in the planning and fundraising
stages of executing a Williams County Housing Study.
The anticipated release of the Housing Study is Fall 2018.
Workforce Development continues to be our priority.
WEDCO continues to partner with Williams County schools, Ohio Means Jobs, manufacturers, and other organizations in a collective effort to
educate the public and the future & current workforce about manufacturing career opportunities and improve public perceptions of manufacturing.
• Northwest Ohio Manufacturing Day now serves
over 500 students from the four-county region.
• Williams County Bus Tour participation has increased.
• WEDCO continues to host bimonthly round table events to highlight local business, school & business partnerships, and connect local
businesses to state, regional, and local resources.
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COMMUNITY HIGHLIGHTS
Village of Holiday City 20th AnniversaryIn 2017 the Village of Holiday City celebrated the 20th anniversary of the incorporation of the
Village.
“Holiday City has given us a lot to demonstrate what Williams County has to offer,” Matt Davis
said. “It’s a great location with access to the turnpike and railroad and they have lots of land
to develop. This gives us an opportunity to throw our hat in the ring as business leads come
in…The impact of the Village of Holiday City has been huge, fifteen-hundred jobs easily, not
counting the hotels and small businesses.”
Village of Edgerton – Release from Fiscal Emergency
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COMMUNITY HIGHLIGHTS
Village of Pioneer – Clark Street Extension Project
Project includes:
• Extending Clark Street about 0.75 mile north, then about half mile west, to hook in with Core Way Drive
• Extending Industrial Avenue east to the entrance to the industrial park.
• New curbs, gutters and all other necessary street infrastructure.
The Village of Pioneer received the following grant funding, totaling just over $2 million, for the project:
• $500,000 from a Community Development Block Grant.
• $500,000 from a Roadwork Development grant.
• $1,002,128 from a federal Economic Development Public Works grant.
Village of Montpelier – Residential Tax Abatement Program
The tax abatement program (effective 1/1/18) applies to all parts of the Village not already covered by a Community Reinvestment Area
(CRA). Residential projects over $5,000 will enjoy 100% abatement on real estate tax (on improvements) for 15 years. While commercial
properties must continue to negotiate with the school board for tax abatement, residential projects only need apply with the Village.
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PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
20/20 Custom Molded Plastics
Menards Distribution Center
Busche Performance Group
RLF&CRA Projects
Bryan North Industrial Park - Site Ohio Authentication
Abandoned Gas Station Clean Up Grant
“With this expansion, we will have doubled in size, and it all starts with the people who work here,” said company President Ron Ernsberger said. “We have good, hard-working people, and they are the reason for our continued growth.”
100 125 $200,000 $15.5MJOBS CREATED JOBS RETAINED JOBS OHIO ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
GRANT
INVESTMENT
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INDIANA DETROIT TECH CNTR SOUTHFIELD ALABAMA RAMOS MEXICO EDON, OHIO
COMING SOON…
125 $16.3M $900,000 16THJOBS CREATED FIXED ASSET
INVESTMENT
JOBS OHIO
REVITILIZATION
GRANT
BUSCHE FACILITY
TO OPEN
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100 963 $200,000 $23.7MJOBS CREATED JOBS RETAINED JOBS OHIO ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT GRANT
INVESTMENT
Menard, Inc., a leading home improvement center,
has begun construction of a new facility at the
Holiday City location. The company will build a
production line to manufacture interior and exterior
pre-hung doors.
RLF Project Highlights
Located in Bryan, The Upper Cut utilized $15,000 of revolving loan funds to acquire and invest in the business.
Located in Montpelier, Delta Juliet Tactical utilized $20,000 of revolving loan funds to acquire the business and invest in the business
Rupp Enterprises invested $250,000 and constructed a 10,047 sq. ft. addition at 600 Oak Street, West Unity.
The addition was critical to retaining both Trinity and Vision Color.
CRA Project Highlight
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Bryan North Industrial Park: Site Ohio Authenticated
The City of Bryan and BMU began the authentication process in
April 2017, and is the first site to be authenticated in Wave II of the
program.
The seal indicates a site is ready for immediate development on day
one, guaranteeing that all utilities are on site with adequate
capacities and that due diligence studies have been completed.
Learn more about Bryan North Industrial Park by visiting any of the
following:
http://ohio.zoomprospector.com/
https://www.cityofbryan.net/economic-development-industrial-parks/
https://www.wedco.info
Abandoned Gas Station
Clean Up Grant
Williams County, WEDCO, and the City of Bryan partnered together to obtain a
$100,000 grant from Ohio Development Services Agency to fund cleanup of the
former AP Gas Station at 303 S. Main Street, in Bryan. The project included
removing the canopy, demolishing the storefront, removing the gas islands and the
underground gas tanks with the goal of bringing the property back to a tax
producing status.
The Abandoned Gas Station Cleanup Grant provides funding to assess and clean
up BUSTR Class C sites (underground storage tanks with documented petroleum
releases).
This program is made possible by Ohio Development Services Agency, in
partnership with Ohio EPA and the Department of Commerce, Bureau of
Underground Storage Tank Regulations (BUSTR).
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WEDCO AWARDS
The WEDCO Awards were designed to recognize outstanding business and communities in Williams County.
Awards are based on investments in employees and/or training programs, facility expansion and/or capital investments, exceptional leadership and staff engagement, company size and length of time in business, and community engagement in 2017.
New Business of the Year
In 2017 Indigo Sandblasting invested
approximately $75,000 to relocate the
corporate headquarters to Montpelier, Ohio.
Founded in 1998, Indigo Sandblasting
provides blasting services in Ohio, Indiana and
Michigan in automotive, manufacturing,
fabrication, welding, powder coating, e-
coating, food service, food production and
other industries.
By expanding to the larger location in
Montpelier Indigo Sandblasting is now able to
offer large vehicle and equipment blasting and
painting and now can accommodate heavy
earth moving equipment, cement mixers, semi
tractors and trailers of all sizes.
Learn more about Indigo Sandblasting by
visiting http://www.indigosandblasting.com/
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Business of the Year
Winzeler Stamping is a leading independent
manufacturer of proprietary and custom-designed
stamped and machined metal products and
components. They are a privately held 4th generation
family-owned company in their 99th year, with two
business divisions operating from two separate facilities
located in Montpelier, Ohio.
In 2017 Winzeler Stamping recognized the need and
responded to the local manpower shortage by
partnering with community entities such as Montpelier
High School, WEDCO, and Northwest State Community
College to attract and retain talent and build
relationships with other local manufacturers and school
districts. The company created a unique “community”
classroom to deliver technical training topics for skilled
trades. The availability of the college classes in skilled
trades local to the clients has been received very well
by the manufacturing companies in Williams County.
Learn more about Winzeler Stamping by visiting
http://www.winzelerstamping.com/
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Community of the Year
Over the past year the Village of Montpelier has begun establishing a
new vision for the community. In the past year, the Village council has
established an Economic Development & Strategy Committee,
residential and commercial real estate tax abatement programs, pursuit
of funding for the Iron Horse River Trail, CDBG funding for park facilities,
a new K-9 program, and renovation of the waste water treatment plant
among many other critical and visionary efforts. The leaders of
Montpelier are working to position the community for new development,
progress and growth.
The most recent unveiling of the $1.5 million Iron Horse River Trail
involved community participation in the formation of a steering
committee and two public meetings. These meetings have encouraged
a more robust and thoughtful project and generated enormous
enthusiasm in the community.
The nearly $1 million waste water treatment plant renovation is intended
to provide Montpelier with even more reliable service and consistent
capacity for many years to come.
The tax abatement program (effective January 1, 2018) applies to all
parts of the Village not already covered by a Community Reinvestment
Area (CRA). Residential projects over $5,000 will enjoy 100%
abatement on real estate tax (on improvements) for 15 years. While
commercial properties must continue to negotiate with the school board
for tax abatement, residential projects only need apply with the Village.
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Megan Puehler, MBA
Assistant
@WilliamsCountyEconomicDevelopment
Williams County Community Offices
1425 East High St.
Bryan, Ohio 43506
Phone: 419-636-8727
Fax: 419-636-5589
www.wedco.info
Matt Davis, AICP, EDFP
Executive Director