The cultural assets and heritage of Ohio's Appalachian region are strengths that local leaders should strive to capitalize upon. Successful small town redevelopment is dependent upon integrating the arts and historic rehabilitation. During this session, learn how stakeholders in Ohio are working toward building vibrant communities that attract new businesses, new residents, and more visitors.

1. Creative Community
Revitalization
Village of Somerset

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Carlisle Building and downtown Chillicothe
Building Vibrant Communities w/Anchor Facilities
BEFORE:
AFTER:
Sources:
Cortland Bank $ 4,112,962
JobsOhio Revitalization Loan $ 1,500,000
JobsOhio Revitalization Grant $ 500,000
Community Foundation $ 500,000
New Markets Tax Credit $. TBD
Historic Tax Credit $ TBD
Tenant Payments $ 499,688
Deferred Developer Fee $ 50,000
$ 7,162,650
Uses:
Building Purchase $ 377,787
Renovation $ 1,635,068
Construction $ 4,716,158
Infrastructure $ 433,637
$ 7,162,650
2014 Revitalization Project inspired
JobsOhio’s new Vibrant Community Grant
Program

5. Millersburg

6. Village of Somerset
Rural Appalachian Ohio Town
1,500 residents
Limited Municipal Resources
Historic District
45 Minutes from Columbus
Infrastructure
Business Incubation
Community-Led Development

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JobsOhio Vibrancy Grant - Program Highlights
Program Description
Funding to help close the gap on catalytic development projects
that fulfill a market need and represent significant reinvestment in
the community.
• 5-year competitive grant program
• $6M budget for Year/Round 1, $10M for Year 2
• Maximum grant of $2 million, not more than 50%
 Fulfills a market need
 Catalytic investment
 Significant economic impact
 Strong community support
 Experienced developer/project owner
 Job creation and retention
 Solid anchor tenant
 Public-private partnership
 Construction ready
Key Project Characteristics
Downtown Bellefontaine

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JobsOhio Eligible Distressed Cities
For Vibrant Community Grant Program and Pre-Project Planning Grants
1. Ada
2. Alliance
3. Ashtabula
4. Athens
5. Barberton
6. Bedford Heights
7. Bellefontaine
8. Belpre
9. Bowling Green
10. Cambridge
11. Campbell
12. Canton
13. Cheviot
14. Chillicothe
15. Circleville
16. Cleveland Heights
17. Conneaut
18. Coshocton
19. Defiance
20. East Cleveland
21. East Liverpool
22. Eaton
23. Elyria
24. Euclid
25. Fairborn
26. Forest Park
27. Fostoria
28. Franklin
29. Fremont
30. Galion
31. Garfield Heights
32. Geneva
33. Germantown
34. Girard
35. Greenville
36. Hamilton
37. Hillsboro
38. Ironton
39. Jackson
40. Kent
41. Kenton
42. Lakewood
43. Lancaster
44. Lima
45. Logan
46. Lorain
47. Mansfield
48. Maple Heights
49. Marietta
50. Marion
51. Martins Ferry
52. Massillon
53. Middletown
54. Moraine
55. Mount Vernon
56. Napoleon
57. New Carlisle
58. New Philadelphia
59. Newark
60. Niles
61. North College Hill
62. Norwalk
63. Norwood
64. Oberlin
65. Orville
66. Oxford
67. Painesville
68. Port Clinton
69. Portsmouth
70. Ravenna
71. Rittman
72. Riverside
73. Salem
74. Sandusky
75. South Euclid
76. Springdale
77. Springfield
78. Steubenville
79. Struthers
80. Toronto
81. Trotwood
82. Uhrichsville
83. Urbana
84. Van Wert
85. Warren
86. Warrensville Heights
87. Washington
Court House
88. Wellston
89. West Carrollton
90. Whitehall
91. Willard
92. Wilmington
93. Wooster
94. Xenia
95. Youngstown
96. Zanesville
ALPHABET
ICAL
CRITERIA
o City Population:
5,000-75,000
o City Poverty Rate:
≥14.0%

11. Cambridge

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Hogrefe-Cooke Building, Sandusky
• $1MM VCP grant toward an $8.8MM project
• Construction of new 30,000 SF mixed-use building
in downtown Sandusky, including retail, office and
residential uses
• To date, $3 million has been privately invested by
the owners in site acquisition, remediation, and
demolition
• Reminger Attorneys at Law is the anchor office
tenant, retaining 16 jobs and creating 16 new jobs
• Project aligns with city’s recently adopted
Downtown Master Plan and will include a
significant public investment via a .41 TIF
Vibrancy Grant 1st Round Project

16. Highland County

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• $1.5MM VCP grant toward
$19.4MM Phase 1 project
• Multi-Phase project to redevelop
~48 buildings, estimated total
investment of $75MM
• Phase 1 includes the redevelopment
of 12 buildings, approx. 63k sq. ft.
of mixed-use space in the historic
district of downtown Van Wert
• Estimated start of construction in
late 2021, completion in late
2022/early 2023
Vibrancy Grant 1st Round Project

21. Mt Pleasant, Jefferson County

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• $690K VCP Grant toward $2.34MM project
• Renovation of a 3 story, 13,800 SF vacant
downtown building to serve as office –
incubator space, co-working space and maker-
space
• The Port Authority has letters of interest from
multiple private-sector businesses interested in
utilizing office, co-working and maker-space
areas of the facility
• The Coshocton County Port Authority will staff
the facility. Other partners providing services
and programming include the Small Business
Development Center at Kent State Tuscarawas
and Our Town Coshocton.
538 Main Street, Coshocton
The Coshocton Collaborative
Vibrancy Grant 1st Round Project

25. Portsmouth

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JobsOhio Pre-Project Planning Grants
Eligible Planning Costs Include
• Market and industry studies
• Building or site due diligence
• Capacity planning and stakeholder coordination
• Capital or budget planning
• Advising on local economic development tools
• Development timeline planning
• Marketing and prospectus development
Pre-project planning support to provide technical assistance to help move
promising development projects from concept to implementation.
V
Eligibility
• Same eligible cities as the Vibrant Community Grant Program
• Grants up to $20,000, not more than 50% of total planning costs
• Should be a project that could be eligible for the Vibrancy grant
• Community must demonstrate gap in completing the plan
• Services provider selected by city/applicant with JobsOhio approval
• Applicant can be the city or local economic development organization

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Aerial view of former Howden Buffalo site now owned by the Economic
Development & Finance Alliance of Tuscarawas County
• Market and financial feasibility analyses in support of
attracting private redevelopment activity to the 18-acre
former Howden Buffalo Site in the city of New
Philadelphia
• Total Project Costs: $32,000
• The underutilized former Howden Buffalo industrial site
sits on the edge of the central business district and
offers a unique opportunity to increase economic
growth and private investment, which is a key tenet of
the New Philadelphia Master Vision Plan 2030.
• Target goal: a market and financial feasibility analysis
study, inclusive of the development of an RFP/Q for the
site, leading to the identification and selection of an
experienced master developer.
338 Broadway Avenue, New Philadelphia, Ohio 44663
JobsOhio Pre-Project Planning Grants
Funded Project – Former Howden Buffalo industrial site

34. Somerset’s Partners to Build
a Better Future
Creative Partners
Heritage Ohio
Ohio Arts Council
Design Professionals
Funders
Appalachian Regional Commission
USDA Rural Development
Economic Development Admin
Ohio State Capital Funding
Greenspace Conservation Fund
National Endowment for the Arts
Foundation for Appalachian Ohio
EPA
Ohio Department of Transportation
Ohio Department of Development

35. Frances Jo Hamilton Director of Revitalization
Fhamilton@heritageohio.org
www,Heritageohio.org

36. Vibrancy Grants: https://www.jobsohio.com/vibrant-community-program/
Planning Grants: https://www.jobsohio.com/project-planning/
Kristi S. Tanner
Senior Managing Director, JobsOhio
tanner@jobsohio.com
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37. Amanda Terrell
Director, State Historic Preservation Office
Ohio History Connection
www.ohiohistory.org
aterrell@ohiohistory.org

40. www.oac.ohio.gov
614-466-2613

41. Mayor Tom Johnson
Email: tom.johnson1367@gmail.com
Phone: 740-621-3580