December 3, 2025 Greater Chillicothe & Ross County Development highlighted partnerships and planning at the annual Celebration Breakfast held at the Chillicothe Country Club on December 3, 2025. Keynote Speaker Kristina Clouse, JobsOhio Managing Director of Talent, and Matt Abbott, President & CEO of OhioSE, topped the morning’s agenda. Since 2011, OhioSE and JobsOhio have partnered with Ross County to create over 1,215 new jobs …
Hauling the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree from the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in Nevada to the Washington DC, this Kenworth T-680 made a stop at Kenworth Chillicothe where it was manufactured, giving local employees an opportunity to send Christmas wishes to the Capitol. Southwest Airlines will transport handmade ornaments from the people of Nevada. A formal tree lighting ceremony will take place in early December …
October 13, 2025 OEDA News Item: From Paper to PPE: Chillicothe Mill Gets New Life A shuttered paper mill in Ross County is being reborn as a domestic manufacturing hub for medical gloves—bringing jobs, hope, and a model for industrial reuse. Congratulations to Tammy Eallonardo and Tiffany Lemaster at the Greater Chillicothe & Ross County Development, OhioSE, JobsOhio, as well …
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — Fluor-BWXT (FBP) and the Joint Economic Development Initiative of Southern Ohio (JEDISO)recently provided an economic development grant in the amount of $18,750 to the Rost Coffee Company in Chillicothe. The grant will support hiring additional employees at the growing business. “We have begun to outgrow our current location with all of the requests that we get from …
CHILLICOTHE, OH – Nestled on the corner of Paint and Fourth Streets in Chillicothe, Ohio, sits a quaint little coffee shop that continues to be the focal point for socialization among area residents. Paper City Coffee offers a wide variety of coffees and lattes with a valuable mentoring program for local teens on the side. Owners Lance & Mackenna Harper and Cade & Madisen Harper purchased the shop …
R L Waller Construction, in collaboration with JobsOhio, OhioSoutheast Economic Development (OhioSE), and Greater Chillicothe & Ross County Development, todayannounced expanding their operations in Ross County, creating four new jobs.Based in Chillicothe, Ohio, R L Waller Construction began with new high-end residential construction,additions, and remodeling and now specializes in historic restoration. They also provide custom trim,stairways, cabinets, decks, and furniture. …
CHILLICOTHE, OH – TYKMA Electrox has been providing industrial laser engraving systems worldwide for more than 50 years. The permanent marking distributor, located in Ross County, is hoping to expand their business and add six new positions through the purchase of a hand-held 3D scanner and measuring machine. Fluor-BWXT (FBP) and the Joint Economic Development Initiative of Southern Ohio (JEDISO) support small businesses in the …
Chillicothe- December 11, 2024 Nearly ninety (90) business leaders attended the 2024 GCRCD Celebration Breakfast held at the Chillicothe Country Club. Greater Chillicothe & Ross County Development hosts the event each year to share projects which were completed in the current year and promote plans for the coming year. The theme for the meeting was “Partnerships”. During Director Eallonardo’s Annual Report she …
ROSS COUNTY, Ohio — Fluor-BWXT (FBP) and the Joint Economic Development Initiative of Southern Ohio (JEDISO), in an effort to support small businesses in the four-county region, presented a grant of $22,000 to Hughes Restoration in Chillicothe, OH. The grant will aid in the expansion of ServPro, an emergency restoration service, currently located in Jackson County. “This grant will allow an additional location for this …
Sept 25, 2024 — Kenworth Truck Company held a groundbreaking ceremony to officially announce the start of construction on a new $89 million, 45,825 square-foot plant expansion that will include a new state-of-the-art chassis paint system to its Class 8 truck assembly plant in Chillicothe. The expansion represents a roughly 7% increase to the current 622,000-square-foot plant, which is located …
