Economic Development

Richland County Ohio is the home of many world class industries and there are reasons for that!

Richland County has been a center of industrial production and technical innovation for over a century. The area is home to one of America’s most productive electric furnace steel mills, and our metal fabrication and plastic component production companies supply U.S. and foreign automakers. For decades the county has been the worldwide center for pump production. Today, Richland County holds a significant position in the sensor and plastics industry, and we even have one of the leading developers of hydrogen fuel cells for power production. Many highly specialized advanced manufacturers making pipeline valves and controllers for oil and gas transmission are located here.

Target Industry Clusters

• Metal Fabrication & Machining • Fluid Movement • Polymers • Automotive

Largest Employers

• 179th Airlift Wing • Arcelor Mittal • Avita Health Systems • Charter Next Generation • Cleveland-Cliffs • Jay Industries • Mansfield Engineered

Components • Nanogate North America • Newman Technologies • MTD • OhioHealth • Startek • Stoneridge, Inc. • The Gorman-Rupp Company • Therm-O-Disc, Inc • Vitro

County Population = 124,936

Cost of Living = 88.7% of National Average

Laborshed = nearly 900,000 people with 445,000 workers

Transportation:

AIR: Mansfield Lahm Airport is a general aviation facility servicing business aircraft as well as the home of the 179th Air National Guard Airlift Wing. The airport has a 9,000 ft runway and FAA air traffic control tower. Richland County is also within 65 miles of three major commercial airports: Cleveland Hopkins Intl. (CLE) , Port Columbus Intl. (CMH) and AkronCanton Regional Airport (CAK).

Also in Richland County is the Shelby Community Airport, a privately owned public use airport featuring two runways on 50 acres. ROAD: with 7 interstates within an hour drive, the community’s road access makes it a choice location for logistics and business. RAIL: 2 Class 1 railways have tracks here as well as an excellent short line railway. We have several railyards, a railport transloading facility and multiple available rail served sites for future development. BUS: Richland County Transit (RCT) operates 14 fixed routes for work, school, appointments or shopping. Greyhound Bus Lines also has a stop in Mansfield.

Drive Times

25 metropolitan areas with a population of 1 million or more within 500 miles.

Detroit, MI .........................3 hrs Pittsburgh, PA ................. 3 hrs Indianapolis, IN ................4 hrs Louisville, KY.....................4 hrs Buffalo, NY ........................4 hrs Chicago, IL ........................6 hrs Toronto, ON.................. 6.5 hrs Baltimore, MD ..................7 hrs St. Louis, MO.....................7 hrs Washington, D.C. .............7 hrs Philadelphia, PA ..............8 hrs New York, NY....................8 hrs Atlanta, GA..................... 10 hrs

Workforce

Richland County has an extremely vibrant and competitive job market. We have a high demand for Registered Nurses, Medical Assistants, Manufacturing Data Analysts, and Engineers. Industrial and Construction Labor demand continues to climb as capital projects develop statewide.

Chamber Economic Development Team

Staff

Barrett Thomas – Economic Development Director 419.755.7234 | bthomas@chooserichland.com Jessica Gribben – Economic Development Manager 419.342.4159 | jgribben@chooserichland.com

Clint Knight – Workforce Development Director 419.755.7234 | cknight@chooserichland.com Sandy Messner – Marketing & Communications Director 419.522.3211 | jperry@richlandareachamber.com Jodie Perry – President and CEO 419.522.3211 | jperry@richlandareachamber.com

55 N. Mulberry Street | Mansfield, OH 44902

Board

Beth DeLaney, Board Chair President/Owner, Spherion of Mid Ohio Carl Fernyak, Past Chair Founder & CEO, Richland Source Vinson Yates, Treasurer President, OhioHealth Mansfield & Shelby Hospitals Paul Boggs, CEO, Nanogate North America Steve Cummins - Vice President, Mansfield Engineered Components David Eichinger, Senior Vice President, Merrill Lynch Jay Goyal - President, Goyal Industries Chris Hiner - Director of Home Lending, Park National Bank Kristine Lindeman - Owner, Alumni Roofing Mark Masters - President, Mechanics Bank Jake Penwell - Owner, Penwell-Turner Funeral Home / President Shelby CIC Sam VanCura - CEO, Total Performance Mike Whisler - CFO, Adena Corporation

Airport West I Building (Mansfield)

160,000 square feet, tilt up construction with 32 ft clear ceilings is move in ready. 6 inch concrete floors and 17 dock doors, great access to State Route 30 and I71 as well as Mansfield Lahm Airport. Infrastructure is built out and incluldes 3 phase, 480 V, 2000 KVA service, natural gas on site, and ample water and waste water capacity. Ontario Commerce Park is a large 220 acre industrial reuse site. It is environmentally clean with an OhioEPA CNS in place. The site has plenty of acreage for new development as well as very large electric capacities (138kV line on site) and rail assets (large rail yard adjacent to serve this site).

ASSET Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport is located in the heart of North Central Ohio. It is a general aviation airfield with a FAA controlled tower that operates 6am-11pm, 7-days a week. The airport has demonstrated capability to handle large commercial and military aircraft including the USAF C-5 and the Antonov 124-100. Mansfield Lahm Airport is just an hour drive to downtown Cleveland or Columbus; near Interstate I-71, US Rt 30, State Rt. 13; has a 9,001 ft. x 150 ft. primary runway and has a crosswind runway of 6,795 ft. x 150 ft.; plus overruns. It offers a precision instrument approach (ILS), plus VOR, NDB, RNAV and ASR approaches; has a full service Fixed Base Operator (FBO), and encompasses over 2,400 acres with immediate access to a number of adjoining industrial parks. Although commuter or commercial flights are not currently offered, Charter Services are made available from their Fixed Base Operator (FBO).