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Table of Contents
Wilmington/Clinton County
Chamber of Commerce
Community Profile & Membership Directory
Inside
Letter from Mark Rembert, Executive Director. . . . . . . . . . 4
Clinton County Demographics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Economic Development of Clinton County . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Clinton County Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Clinton County Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Clinton County Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Clinton County Aviation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Clinton County Publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Clinton County Shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Clinton County Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Clinton County Recreation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Clinton County Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Clinton County Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Members Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Photos
Mark Rembert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
WC Students Timmy Wiederhold and
Rachel Beck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
The South Street Gallery . . . . . . . 13
Hometown Holidazzle . . . . . . . . . 15
The Murphy Theatre Marquee . . . 15
Sunflowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Buckley Brothers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Rob Jaehnig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Randy Litwiller and Connie Surber
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Brandon, Bryant and
Brady Bergefurd . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Clinton County Farmer’s Market. . 22
Marcia Bergefurd . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Students At Laurel Oaks . . . . . . . 24
Southern State Community College
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Class of 2014, Wilmington College
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Wilmington Air Park
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 31, 32, 33,
Airborne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 32
Kevin Carver & Beth Huber. . . . 33
Wilmington News Journal Editor
Dan Liggett and Staff Writer
Gary Huffenberger . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Orange Frazer Press . . . . . . . . . . 36
Marcy Hawley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Ray Storer and Maggie Williams
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
McCarty Gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
John Hottinger, Ferno . . . . . . . . . 42
Troy Monroe, Ferno . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Susan Marquec, New Sabina
Industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Dax Bennington, TimberTech . . . 45
Annual spring regatta . . . . . . . . . 46
Main Street Yoga Center owner
Jane Newman and co-instructor
Sue Hanna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Cowan Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 48
YMCA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Jen Purkey, General Denver . . . . . 50
South Street Coffee House . . . . . 51
Donatos owner Doug DeVilbiss . . 52
Generations Pizzeria . . . . . . . . . 52
Donatos Pizza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Foster J. Boyd Regional Cancer
Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Clinton Memorial Hospital . . . . . . 56
Serving the communities of Wilmington,
Blanchester, Sabina, New Vienna, Clarksville,
Martinsville, Midland and Port William
Produced for the Wilmington-Clinton County Chamber of
Commerce by the Wilmington News Journal. WNJ is pleased
to partner with the Chamber on this project.
© 2012 Wilmington News Journal, Wilmington, OH.
All rights reserved.
Wilmington/Clinton County Chamber of Commerce
40 N. South Street, Wilmington, OH 45177
Tel: (937) 382-2737 Fax: (937) 383-2316
www.wccchamber.com • info@wccchamber.com
Wilmington–Clinton County
Chamber of Commerce Board
Chad Beam, Marty Beaugard, Dave Bizarri,
Doug DeVilbiss, Bill Marine, Terry Scherz, Beth Shunk,
Pam Stricker, and Kent Vandervort
Credits
Cover Photo.....................................................Randy Sarvis
Cover Design & Layout .................Tina Murdock, Art Director
Pamela Stricker, Publisher and Peg Hensley,
Graphic Designer
Advertising Sales .................Sharon Kersey, WNJ ad director
and account executives Misty Dalton, Billie Powell
Barb VandeVenter, and Sonja Koehler
Editorial Content......................................Dan Liggett, Editor
Audrey Ingram, Staff Writer, Gary Huffenberger, Staff Writer
Andrea Chaffin, Staff Writer, Maribeth Uralrith, Contributing
Writer, Maggie Cogar, Contributing Writer, Mark Rembert,
Executive Director of the Wilmington-Clinton County
Chamber of Commerce, Pam Stricker, Publisher
Advertisers Index
Ferno Washington Inc.
Deb's Health Den
C C Works
Swindler & Sons Florists
Cc Convention & Visitors Bureau
Smith Feike Minton
Carpets Of America
Timber Tech
Patterry
Clinton Memorial Hospital
Naylors Furniture
Beauty Bar Salon & Spa
WTS/Wilmington Transit System
Shoppes At The Old Mill
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Great Oaks Institute
Ace Hardware/Wilmington
Clinton County Port Authority
Kratzer's Pharmacy
Donatos
Southern State Community College
Wilmington Iron & Metal
Grade Co Paving & Excavating
Bourgraf, Brian Chamber
Citizens For Riley For Mayor
Bush Auto Place
Holiday Inn Express
Abx Air
Wilmington Church Of God
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25
29
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29
35
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Curless Printing Company
Community Care Hospice
John Stanforth Construction
National Bank & Trust Co.
Bill Marine
On Time Media
Buckley Miller & Wright
Wilmington News Journal
Babb Sheet Metal
Wilmington College
Salt Market Place and Cook Show
Frontier Communications
Servicemaster Clean
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OHIO COUNTY PROFILES
Prepared by the Office of Policy, Research and Strategic Planning
Clinton County
Established:
2010 Population:
Land Area:
County Seat:
Named for:
Act - March 1, 1810
42,040
410.9 square miles
Wilmington City
George Clinton, Vice President under James Madison
Taxes
Taxable value, real property
Residential
Agriculture
Industrial
Commercial
Mineral
Ohio income tax liability
Average per return
$811,688,710
$507,342,770
$119,882,250
$53,961,180
$130,502,510
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$23,096,152
$1,156.60
Land Use/Land Cover
Percent
Urban
(Residential/Commercial/Industrial/
Transportation and Urban Grasses)
Cropland
Pasture
Forest
Open Water
Wetlands (Wooded/Herbaceous)
Bare/Mines
Largest Places
2.13%
71.01%
10.21%
16.14%
0.38%
0.00%
0.13%
Census 2010 Census 2000
Wilmington city
Blanchester village (pt.)
Sabina village
New Vienna village
Clarksville village
Martinsville village
Midland village
Port William village
Lynchburg village (pt.)
12,520
4,243
2,564
1,224
548
463
315
254
2
11,921
4,220
2,780
1,294
497
440
265
258
2
Total Population
60,000
Census
1800
1810
1820
1830
1840
1850
1860
1870
2,674
8,085
11,436
15,719
18,838
21,461
21,914
1880
1890
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940
24,756
24,240
24,202
23,680
23,036
21,547
22,574
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
25,572
30,004
31,464
34,603
35,415
40,543
42,040
Projected
2020
2030
49,810
53,730
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
0
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030
OHIO COUNTY PROFILES
Population by Race
ACS Total Population
White
African-American
Native American
Asian
Pacific Islander
Other
Two or More Races
Hispanic (maybe of any race)
Median Age
Total Minority
Educational Attainment
Persons 25 years and over
No high school diploma
High school graduate
Some college, no degree
Associate degree
Bachelor's degree
Master's degree or higher
Families with no own children
Family Type by
Employment Status
Household Income
Total Households
Less than $10,000
$10,000 to $19,999
$20,000 to $29,999
$30,000 to $39,999
$40,000 to $49,999
$50,000 to $59,999
$60,000 to $74,999
$75,000 to $99,999
$100,000 to $149,999
$150,000 to $199,999
$200,000 or more
Median household income
Percent
42,820
40,485
927
109
247
0
3
6
584
3
100.0%
94.5%
2.2%
0.3%
0.6%
0.0%
0.9%
1.6%
1.4%
2,555
6.0%
Number
Percent
27,920
4,054
2,440
5,448
1,887
2,516
1,575
6,204
100.0%
14.5%
44.6%
19.5%
6.8%
9.0%
5.6%
Number
Percent
11,688
100.0%
5,048
43.2%
1,803
15.4%
752
6.4%
1,401
12.0%
846
7.2%
183
1.6%
1,253
10.7%
402
3.4%
Number
Percent
16,411
1,020
2,206
1,860
1,752
1,775
1,569
1,761
2,402
1,547
298
221
100.0%
6.2%
13.4%
11.3%
10.7%
10.8%
9.6%
10.7%
14.6%
9.4%
1.8%
1.3%
$47,842
Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding.
Population by Age
ACS Total Population
Under 5 years
5 to 17 years
18 to 24 years
25 to 44 years
45 to 64 years
65 years and more
Median Age
Number Percent
42,820
2
7
4
11,295
11,242
5,383
100.0%
6.8%
18.3%
9.7%
26.4%
26.3%
12.6%
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Family Type by Presence of
Own Children Under 18 Number Percent
Total Families
11,688
Married-couple families
with own children
3,727
Male householder, no wife
present, with own children
593
Female householder, no husband
present, with own children
1,164
Families with no own children
6,204
100.0%
31.9%
5.1%
10.0%
53.1%
Poverty Status of Families
By Family Type by Presence
Of Related Children
Number Percent
Total Families
11,688
Family income above poverty level 10,3998
Family income below poverty level 1,289
Married couple,
with related children
245
Male householder, no wife
present, with related children
292
Female householder, no husband
present, with related children
480
Families with no related children
722
Ratio of Income
To Poverty Level
Population aged 1 year and older
Same house as previous year
Different house, same county
Different county, same state
Different state
Abroad
19.0%
22.7%
37.2%
1.1%
Number Percent
Population for whom poverty status
is determined
41,966
Below 50% of poverty level
2,058
50% to 99% of poverty level
3,376
3,043
4,411
200% of poverty level or more
29,078
Geographical Mobility
9.0%
11.0%
100.0%
4.9%
8.0%
7.3%
10.5%
69.3%
Number Percent
42,046
35,144
3,598
2,594
458
252
100.0%
83.6%
8.6%
6.2%
1.1%’
0.6%
Total Families
Married couple, husband and
wife in labor force
Married couple, husband in
labor force, wife not
Married couple, wife in labor
force, husband not
Married couple, husband and
wife not in labor force
Male householder,
in labor force
Male householder,
not in labor force
Female householder,
in labor force
Female householder,
in labor force
Number
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Ohio County Profiles
Travel Time To Work
Number
Percent
19,070
6,456
6,577
2,661
1,806
1,570
100
33.9%
34.5%
14.0%
9.5%
8.2%
Workers 16 years and over
Less than 15 minutes
15 to 29 minutes
30 to 44 minutes
45 to 59 minutes
60 minutes or more
Mean travel time
24.8 minutes
Housing Units
Number
Percent
18,023
16,411
11,550
4,861
1,612
100.0%
91.1%
70.4%
29.6%
8.9%
Number
Percent
18,023
551
1,523
3,583
1,541
2,554
1,783
1,740
1,214
3,534
100.0%
3.1%
8.5%
19.9%
8.6%
14.2%
9.9%
9.7%
6.7%
19.6%
Total housing units
Occupied housing units
Owner occupied
Renter occupied
Vacant housing units
Year Structure Built
Total housing units
Built 2005 or later
Built 2000 to 2004
Built 1990 to 1999
Built 1980 to 1989
Built 1970 to 1979
Built 1960 to 1969
Built 1950 to 1959
Built 1940 to 1949
Built 1939 or earlier
Median year built
1973
Value for Specified OwnerOccupied Housing Units
Clinton County
Specified owner-occupied housing units
Less than $20,000
$20,000 to $39,999
$40,000 to $59,999
$60,000 to $79,999
$80,000 to $99,999
$100,000 to $124,999
$125,000 to $149,999
$150,000 to $199,999
$200,000 to $299,999
$300,000 to $499,999
$500,000 to $999,999
$1,000,000 or more
Number Percent
11,550
348
265
356
1,084
1,665
1,929
1,735
1,957
1,508
557
97
49
100.0%
3.0%
2.3%
3.1%
9.4%
14.4%
16.7%
15.0%
16.9%
13.1%
4.8%
0.8%
0.4%
Median value
$126,800
House Heating Fuel
Number Percent
Occupied housing units
Utility gas
Bottled, tank or LP gas
Electricity
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc
Coal, coke or wood
Solar energy o rother fuel
No fuel used
16,411
5,997
3,095
5,470
1,343
348
123
35
Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding.
Gross Rent
Number
Specified renter-occupied housing units
Less than $100
$100 to $1991
$300 to $399
$400 to $499
$500 to $599
$600 to $699
$700 to $799
$800 to $899
$900 to $999
$1,000 to $1,499
$1,500 or more
No cash rent
Median gross rent
100.0%
0.5%
3.8%
6.0%
10.1%
16.9%
12.9%
13.7%
13.3%
3.6%
5.7%
0.6%
8.0%
Number
Percent
$654
Median gross rent as a percentage
of household income
29.3
Selected Monthly Owner
Costs for Specified OwnerOccupied Housing Units
Specified owner-occupied housing units
with a mortgage
Less than $400
$400 to $599
$600 to $799
$800 to $999
$1,000 to $1,249
$1,250 to $1,499
$1,500 to $1,999
$2,000 to $2,999
$3,000 or more
Median monthly owners cost
7,947
23
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845
1,307
1,654
1,450
1,438
824
110
100.0%
0.3%
3.7%
10.6%
16.4%
20.8%
18.2%
18.1%
10.4%
1.4%
$1,227
Median monthly owners cost as a
percentage of household income
23.6
Vital Statistics
Number
Births/rate per 1,000 women aged 15-44
Teen births/rate per 1,000 females 15-19
Deaths/rate per 100,000 population
Marriages/rate per 1,000 population
Divorces/rate per 1,000 population
529
61
352
321
171
Rate
58.9
42.0
817.3
7.4
3.9
Migration
Persons
100.0%
36.5%
18.9%
33.3%
8.2%
2.1%
0.7%
0.2%
Percent
4
23
85
290
490
821
625
665
647
176
279
28
387
In-Migrants
Out-migrants
3,500
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1995
1993
2000
2002
2004
2006
2009
Clinton County
Communications
Agriculture
Land in farms (acres)
Number of farms
Average size (acres)
Total cash receipts
Per farm
213,000
790
270
$111,242,000
$140,812
0
0
1
7,000
Crime
Education
Total crimes reported in Uniform Crime Report
Students (Average Daily Membership)
Expenditures per student
Student-teacher ratio
Graduation rate
Teachers (Full Time Equivalent)
Non-public schools
Students
4-year public universities
Branches
2-year public colleges
Private universities and colleges
Public libraries (Main/Branches)
8,106
$8,243
18.7
94.8
478.0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3/
Transportation
Registered motor vehicles
Passenger cars
Noncommercial trucks
Total license revenue
Television stations
Radio stations
Daily newspapers
Circulation
5
29,612
10,172
$1,390,331.36
Interstate highway miles
Turnpike miles
U.S. highway miles
State highway miles
County, township, & municipal road miles
Commercial airports
15.39
0.00
48.65
143.05
657.42
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Number of precincts
Number of registered voters
Voted in 2010 election
Percent turnout
38
26,722
12,395
46.4%
Health Care
Physicians (MDs & DOs)
Registered hospitals
Number of beds
Licensed nursing homes
Number of beds
Licensed residential care
Number of beds
Adults with employer-based Insurance
Children with employer-based insurance
62
1
173
4
283
1
51
60.8%
57.4%
Finance
FDIC insured financial institutions (HQs)
Assets (000)
Branch offices
Institutions represented
4
$1,985,391
16
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Transfer Payments
Total transfer payments
$273,047,000
Payments to individuals
$265,748,000
Retirement and disability
$95,893,000
Medical payments
$123,669,000
Income maintenance (supplemental SSI,
family assistance, food stamps, etc)
$21,228,000
Unemployment benefits
$6,291,000
Veterans benefits
$5,956,000
Federal education and training assistance
$8,272,000
Other payments to individuals
$4,439,000
Total personal income
$1,447,826,000
dependency ratio
18.9%
Federal Expenditures
Direct expenditures or obligations
Retirement and disability
Other direct payments
Grant awards
Highway planning and construction
Temporary assistance to needy families
Medical assistance program
Procurement contract awards
Dept. of Defense
Salary and wages
Dept. of Defense
Other federal assistance
Direct loans
Guaranteed loans
Insurance
$264,032,423
$119,290,057
$72,634,696
$54,774,502
$11,134,240
$2,599,636
$30,023,149
$3,362,834
$944,310
$13,970,334
$0
$108,922,894
$626,822
$38,287,477
$70,008,595
Per Capita Personal Income
35,000
30,000
25,000
State Parks, Forests, Nature Preserves,
And Wildlife Areas
Areas/Facilities
Acreage
3
2,271.41
20,000
15,000
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Voting
955
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Clinton County
Civilian Labor Force
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
22,600
21,400
1,200
5.4
24,200
23,000
1,100
4.7
24,400
23,200
1,200
4.7
23,400
22,000
1,400
6.0
21,100
18,100
3,100
14.6
Establishments, Employment, and Wages by Sector: 2008
Number of
Average
Industrial Sector
Establishments
Employment
Private Sector
Goods-Producing
Natural Resources and Mining
construction
Manufacturing
Service-Providing
Trade, Transportation and Utilities
Information
Financial Services
Professional and Business Services
Education and Health Services
Leisure and Hospitality
Other Services
Federal Government
State Government
Local Government
764
128
6
75
48
636
218
12
83
89
82
82
70
Total
Wages
Average
Weekly Wage
21,811
$942,430,139
$831
4,305
$191,733,216
$856
36
$1,155,886
$622
285
$10,262,352
$693
3,985
$180,314,978
$870
17,506
$750,696,923
$825
12,328
$606,868,299
$947
295
$10,332,928
$673
785
$29,152,326
$714
958
$29,152,326
$617
1,475
$50,297,621
$656
1,340
$15,879,012
$228
324
$7,400,591
$439
176
$11,183,811
$1,221
190
$9,466,009
$960
3,127
$114,315,928
$703
Private Sector total includes Unclassified establishments not shown.
Change Since 2003
Private Sector
Goods-Producing
Natural Resources and Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Service-Producing
Trade, Transportation and Utilities
Information
Financial Services
Professional and Business Services
Education and Health Services
Leisure and Hospitality
Other Services
Federal Government
State Government
Loca Government
3.7%
-15.2%
20.0%
-21.1%
5.9%
8.3%
11.2%
9.1%
2.5%
3.5%
15.5%
6.5%
7.7%
5.7%
-9.9%
12.5%
-17.2%
-9.4%
10.4%
18.3%
-17.4%
-17.5%
-24.1%
26.3%
2.9%
-16.3%
8.6%
50.8%
8.1%
30.8%
9.6%
72.8%
6.6%
9.5%
37.6%
48.0%
-16.5%
-6.0%
-8.5%
30.5%
24.0%
1.5%
46.8%
73.9%
28.5%
Change Since 2003
Business starts
Active businesses
Residential
Construction
111
913
89
921
122
961
80
904
73
870
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Total units
264
Total valuation (000)
$35,146
Total single-unit bldgs
264
Average cost per unit
$133,128
Total multi-unit bldg units
0
Average cost per unit
$0
178
$25,355
168
$149,050
0
$31,500
136
$15,362
78
$148,414
58
$65,276
39
$6,937
35
$196,058
4
$18,750
21
$2,878
21
$137,024
0
$0
23.7%
21.6%
54.7%
28.8%
20.8%
24.6%
25.3%
0.9%
14.1%
20.5%
3.3%
20.6%
21.3%
34.6%
15.1%
19.0%
Major Employers
Ahresty Wilmington Corp
Mfg
Alkermes Inc
Mfg
ATSG/ABX Air
Serv
Clinton Memorial Hospital
Serv
Ferno-Washington Inc
Mfg
Nippon Seiki/New Sabina Industries Mfg
R&L Carriers
Showa Corp/American Showa
Trans
Mfg
Wilmington City Schools
Govt
Wilmington College
Serv
Economic Development
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hether you are expanding your current business,
an entrepreneur looking to start a business, or
exploring an opportunity to bring new investment
to Clinton County, this community has a team of economic
development professionals ready to help you achieve your
business goals.
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Please contact a member of the Wilmington/Clinton
County Economic Development Work Group for more
information on support for your business:
Clinton County Economic and
Business Development Office
Bret Dixon, Director
(937) 302-6704
Bret.Dixon@clintoncountyadmin.com
Focus Areas: Commercial property; federal issues; local,
state, federal incentives/abatements; small business
development; state economic development
Kevin Carver, Executive Director
937-536-1783
kcarver@ccportauthority.com
Focus Areas: Wilmington Air Park development, Air Park
commercial property; federal issues; local, state, federal
incentives/abatements; local tax issues; state economic
development; public financing; revolving loan fund;
marketing
Clinton County Regional Planning Commission
Chris Schock, Executive Director
(937) 382-3582
cschock@clintoncountyrpc.org
Focus Areas: Commercial property; downtown
development; planning; economic/market research;
utilities and infrastructure
Wilmington-Clinton County Chamber of Commerce
Mark Rembert, Executive Director
(937) 382-2737
mrembert@wccchamber.com
Focus Areas: Business retention and expansion, small
business development; marketing
Clinton County Convention and Visitors Bureau
Debbie Stamper, Executive Director
(937) 382-1965
dstamper@clintoncountyohio.com
Focus Areas: Tourism projects; conventions and meetings;
marketing
Center for Innovative Food Technologies
Rob Jaehnig, Project Coordinator
(937) 728-6298
rjaehnig@ciftinnovation.org
Focus Areas: Agricultural and food business development,
commercial property, planning
Clinton County Commissioners
Pat Haley, Mike Curry, and Kerry Steed
Mark Brooker, County Administrator
937-382-2103
commission@clintoncountyohio.us —
mbrooker@clintoncountyadmin.com
Focus areas: Federal issues; local, state, federal
incentives/abatements; local tax issues; state economic
development issues; utilities and infrastructure;
marketing
City of Wilmington
Randy Riley, Mayor
(937) 382-5458
rriley@ci.wilmington.oh.us
Focus Areas: Local, state, federal incentives/abatements;
local tax issues; state economic development; utilities
and infrastructure; downtown development; revolving loan
fund; federal issues; marketing
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Arts
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t’s been said that arts and cultural activities bring a
community together. Wilmington is no exception.
Ranging from choreographed performances, spur-of-themoment jam sessions, and articulate paintings, Wilmington
businesses and organizations, through promotion of the arts
and entertainment, have shown that expression can come
in any form, but usually shares one aspect: creating a
cohesive community.
Hometown HoliDazzle, what some would call the official
start to the holiday season in Clinton County, the Farmer’s
Market, cruise-ins and festivals are just a handful of the
activities Main Street Wilmington produces.
MAIN STREET WILMINGTON
If there’s an event happening in downtown Wilmington, you
can bet that Main Street Wilmington played a part in
producing it.
“On a big scale, when businesses, corporations and
manufacturers are looking at Wilmington as a prospect for
their business to move to, the place they go to is downtown
to get a pulse on the community,” he said. “We believe
downtown is very important to show who we are as
Wilmington.”
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Pete and Ginette, played by area
WC students Timmy Wiederhold and
Rachel Beck, in Wilmington College
Theatre’s 2012 production of
“Almost, Maine.”
Designed to improve all aspects of the downtown or central
business district, the organization’s mission is to cultivate
downtown as a center of activity for commerce, culture and
social activities, said Executive Director Steve Brown.
That includes helping small businesses find everything from
the perfect location to the perfect partnership.
“We’re concentrated on entrepreneurship,” Brown said.
“People are going into creating their own jobs and so we
offer educational opportunities and work with getting them
into a building at a good rate or as a co-op.”
Improving economic management, strengthening public
participation, and making downtown a fun place to visit are
as critical to Main Street’s future as recruiting new
businesses, rehabilitating buildings, and expanding parking,
Brown said.
A small community’s festival, where people can come
together boosts economic development and job creation in
its own way, he said.
THE MURPHY THEATRE
When The Murphy Theatre opened on a warm evening late
in July 1918, it quickly became the heart of Wilmington.
Although much has changed the last 94 years, many argue
the Murphy has retained its special place in the hearts of
Clinton County residents and visitors.
Built by Charles Webb Murphy, the owner of the Chicago
Cubs, to the tune of $250,000, the theater soon became
the actual, as well as the symbolic, heart of the downtown.
Productions from plays, vaudeville, lectures, minstrel shows,
movies and graduation reunions took place at the luxurious
venue in the country community.
“It enhances downtown by just being what it is,” said Board
President Carol Camp, pointing to the old-fashioned marquee that
still throws light over the center of town.
The theater is now featuring 37 shows a year, inviting those
living outside the county to downtown more often. It offers
concerts by renowned artists, theatrical productions and
classic films. Each Christmas season, the Clinton County
community looks forward to the Christmas production staged
at the Murphy, featuring many local residents.
“Everybody likes music and they’re looking for someplace
different. Wilmington is that thing.”
The hotel often books musicians from the open mic night to
perform Saturday evening, Dullea said, adding that a happy
atmosphere is attractive to outsiders and makes people
comfortable.
“They don’t have to drive to Dayton, Cincinnati or Columbus,
they can come down the street in Wilmington,” Camp said,
adding that at one particular show, more than half of the
audience indicated they were from outside Clinton County.
“We’re not surprised because we’ve known for a long time
that we can’t survive on Clinton County. We’re a regional
theater.”
The theater’s business also affects other area business,
said Board Vice President Leslie Keller-Biehl. When people
come for a show, they stop for dinner at local restaurants
beforehand.
The community commitment to the Murphy has been strong,
Keller-Biehl said. Between businesses sticking with the
theater to get paid, and donors reinvesting their memories
into contributions, it’s evident the Murphy is “our theater.”
“They do see that there is great value in us staying here.”
she said.
Held every Wednesday evening for the last four years, Open
Mic Night is welcome to anyone who wants to sign up online
or on the board, grab a guitar, microphone or kazoo and play
a 20-minute set.
“It’s well attended and cross generational — it’s not one type
of music only,” Dullea said. “And it’s fostered a really good
atmosphere for people to get together for their love of
music.”
During winter, the jam session starts around 8 p.m. in the
pub, whereas during the summer heat the musicians go
outside and pick-up at 9 p.m. Usually, the night goes until 11
p.m., but people always hang out afterwards.
“It forms a community itself — a cohesiveness — and it’s
something we can all rally around,” Dullea said, adding that
some come from Dayton to Cincinnati to listen. “It brings
people in from outside and highlights Wilmington.”
“People have a tendency to live where they like it, where they
know people and feel cared about. When it’s obvious a
community is happy and people enjoy being there, other
people want in on that,” she said. “They might think man, we
ought to move here, and at the end of the day, quality of life
is what really matters.”
THE SOUTH STREET GALLERY
The South Street Gallery — where people can receive
instruction in stained glass, sculpture and painting with
acrylics — is located at 39 N. South St. in downtown
Wilmington. It’s recognizable by its stained-glass awning.
The venue began about three years ago by John Schum, a
stained-glass artist.
There are monthly exhibits of local artists at the gallery. For
example, the May 2012 exhibit will feature acrylic and
painting for flowers; June 2012 Mary Beth Thorngren and
sculptor Jeff Becker; July 2012 a juried show; August 2012
Wilmington artist Elena Clair; September 2012 Blanchester
artist Ron Keith; October 2012 photographer Chip
Donaldson; November 2012 watercolor artist Constance
Barrett; and December 2012 a mixed assortment of works.
Schum is proficient in lead, zinc, brass, steel and copper
framing as well as the fabrication of the “Tiffany” style of
glass creations.
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The soft-spoken Schum not only does commissioned
stained-glass work but offers stained-glass instruction to
students. With Schum’s guidance, stained-glass projects
GENERAL DENVER OPEN MIC NIGHT
Created in conjunction with Clinton County Live, the General
Denver’s Open Mic Night was conceived after realizing that
there is a lot of musical talent in Clinton County. The
downtown hotel would give these people their start, said
General Denver co-owner Molly Dullea.
The South Street Gallery
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WILMINGTON COLLEGE THEATRE
Among the Wilmington College Theatre Department
programming open to participation from residents are
Clinton County Kids and Company and community
summer theatre.
Nearly 20 years old, Kids and Company is dedicated to
providing quality arts experiences for the children and
youth of Clinton County regardless of their economic level
or special need. The mission is to involve and educate
young people through the arts so they develop creativity,
cultural awareness, team-building skills, and self-esteem.
The organization provides live theatrical performances
with local children and youth, as well as professional
artists who teach workshops for children. Many children
and their parents participate in the construction and
painting of the settings for the plays.
The Wilmington College Community Summer Theatre will
observe its 40th anniversary in 2012.
Key organizer Steven Haines said, “My real desire for this
season is to honor the ability of the college community
summer theater to wonderfully perform shows that are
driven by gorgeous choral work, an ability to create epic
theater in a small space, and a love of multi-generational
collaborations that welcome an upcoming generation of
performers into our midst.”
For those people who like live theater from an auditorium
seat, the college produces three shows during the
academic year, in addition to a community summer
theater production.
Wilmington College Theatre’s 2011
presentation of “Violet: The Musical” on
stage in the Hugh G. Heiland Theatre.
Another opportunity for residents to participate in the arts
at Wilmington College is the Wilmington College
Community Chorus which shares the stage in Music
Department concerts in December and April. No audition
required.
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G R E AT C O M M U N I T Y. G R E AT H O S P I TA L .
Making a Healthier Community
December 1, 2011 marked the one-year anniversary since CMH Regional Health System/Clinton Memorial
Hospital joined RegionalCare Hospital Partners (RCHP). Since that time, CMH has renewed efforts to
provide our physicians and clinical staff with new and better tools to do their jobs and serve patients. CMH
is investing more than $10 million on capital improvements, much of that investment going to the surgery
center, patient units and diagnostic areas.
CMH has an established and well respected medical staff that continues to serve our community. But
also thanks to RCHP, CMH is back on the frontlines of physician recruiting in order to bring needed new
and additional specialists on staff. In the past year, CMH has added specialties that have not been offered
recently or ever, such as plastic and reconstructive surgery, rheumatology, and gynecologic oncology.
A number of new oncologists have been added at the Foster J. Boyd, MD, Regional Cancer Center, which
observed its fifth anniversary in February 2012. In partnership with the Ohio Heart and Vascular Center,
the hospital has expanded cardiac services and Sleep Care has added a new pulmonologist.
Meanwhile, other CMH services such as home care, wound treatment and inpatient rehabilitation continue to serve their populations in exceptional ways. Home Care Services has been ranked as one of the top 100
agencies in the country, the CMH Wound Treatment Center healing rate is in the highest percentile and
Inpatient Rehabilitation’s average length of stay is short enough to be ranked with the industry best.
Physician faculty and physician residents at the CMH Family Health Center/Family Medicine Residency
treat more than 15,000 patients a year, the majority of them with limited or no insurance.
Clinton Memorial Hospital Emergency Services, which treats more than 30,000
patients each year, has a wait time below the national average.
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griculture has been a major component of Clinton
Countys economy with deep roots of farming planted
firmly in the lives of the locals, agriculture in some
way or another affects local residents either through the
food eaten as consumers, as farmers and growers, or in
job creation.
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Locally, agricultural businesses have contributed to job
creation in the surrounding area in either new technology,
bringing in new businesses to the community or with
unconventional ideas are growing beyond the fields and
looking past the economic hardships to celebrate job
creation in Wilmington and Clinton County.
CIFT (Center for Innovative Food Technology)
The Center for Innovative Food Technology (CIFT) has
provided technical innovations and solutions to the food
processing, agribusiness, and agricultural sectors since
1995. These services have been designed to enhance the
economic performance of the food processing
and agricultural sectors and create new jobs within the
industry.
Wilmington College is the only private college in Ohio
which has a four-year agriculture degree program. It is
one of only two institutions of higher learning in Ohio
to offer a degree in agriculture. The other is The Ohio State
University.
CIFT’s ultimate goal is to create jobs in Wilmington and the
county. They plan to do this in three ways:
• By working with new businesses in non-traditional ways
to get up and running and assisting them to grow and
expand mainly with new technologies.
• Operating as a food incubator — food incubators are
offshoots of business incubators programs that are
designed to support the successful development of
entrepreneurial companies through an array of business
support resources and services with food incubators
concentrating solely on food processing and
agribusinesses.
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Wilmington College and CIFT entered into a partnership in
2010 as one of seven Edison Centers for the state of Ohio.
CIFT and Wilmington College are a great fit. As Wilmington
College pursued a food development incubator with the
Ohio Department of Development, CIFT came on board to
help create and expand food processing businesses and/or
agricultural businesses in the area.
Agriculture remains the top industry in Clinton County.
Nationally, more than 16 million Americans have jobs
because of agriculture, and America’s farmers keep
growing more jobs.
Originally established in Toledo, CIFT operates as a satellite
office on the Wilmington College campus.
• By traditional economic development such as new projects as in
the case of Tolliver Fields in Wilmington.
Tolliver Fields is a 282-acre tract of land between Davids Drive and
State Route 134 South. It is a projected zoning-friendly industry park
for food-processing and baking industries. Because of the
agriculture connection in Clinton County and the unique
arrangement of the park — it sits on two electric grids
and has access to the abundant supply of water offered
by the City of Wilmington — CIFT has worked to help bring
new businesses to locate at the park thus creating new
jobs for area residents.
As Ohio officials began to concentrate on luring food
processing businesses because of the amount of
agriculture produced and the importance of agriculture to
the state, CIFT came to Clinton County to help develop
one of three new Ohio industrial parks. Working with Ady
International and Austin Consulting, CIFT worked to locate
areas that would best fit the needs of this type of
industry. Seeing the economic need and then the huge
advantages of the electric grid and water abundance, CIFT
has been integral component of the development of
possible new businesses as well a future job creation.
Currently three companies are looking at the site.
Rob Jaehing, CIFT program coordinator in Clinton County,
believes that the potential for Tolliver Fields is significant.
“Currently three interested parties are evaluating the
Tolliver Fields site for possible future relocation,” he said.
“If this site is developed to its potential that could mean
possibly between 1,200 to 2,200 new jobs created in
Clinton County. With this potential, the food world is now
focusing on Wilmington. The advantages to the Tolliver
Park are significant to job creation. With the port authority
Buckley Brothers Inc. is still going
strong through a long history in
the Wilmington community. Pictured
(left to right) are Corey Buckley,
Mark Buckley’s son; Steve Fricke,
general manager; Bruce Buckley;
and Mark Buckley, Bruce’s son.
Rob Jaehnig, CIFT program coordinator in Clinton
County, stands beside a map of Tolliver Fields.
it is possible to export food like cattle and import food for
other countries. National food distributors are looking to
Clinton County as a prime site for new distribution sites.
Wilmington is also very unique in transportation. From
Wilmington a business can reach over 60 percent of the
United States population in less than one day. Because of
this there is a large interest from West Coast distributors
looking to cut cost in transportation and as a result of
that aspect they are looking to Wilmington to enhance
their own businesses.”
BUCKLEY BROS. INC.
At the turn of the 20th Century, George and Parker
Buckley owned and operated a wheat buying station in the
village of Kingman until 1904 when they moved the
business to 320 E. Main St. in Wilmington after they
purchased an elevator at that current location. The
elevator, which was built in 1899 can still be seen across
the city and still stands today as a reminder of a business
that has survived not only through the ups and downs or a
volatile economy, but also weathered the true test of time.
Buckley Bros. once consisted of buying and shipping
wheat by rail or trading wheat for bran, middlings, and/or
flour as well as providing large animal feed supplies to
customers with horses. Today, Buckley Bros. Inc.
continues serving the local area with their agriculture
products as one of the longest running family owned and
operated businesses in the area.
With A. Bruce Buckley as the chairman of the board, Mark
Buckley as vice president, and help from Mark’s son
Corey, the Buckleys are assisted by Steve Fricke as
president and general manager. Still located at 320 E.
Main St., Wilmington, Buckley Bros. Inc. has through the
years witnessed an ever-changing myriad of events
including seeing the city of Wilmington grow through good
times as well as the hardships of economic turmoil and
the DHL pullout. Whether good economic times or bad,
Buckley Bros. Inc. remains a beacon and constant
reminder that there is stability in the American agriculture
business.
At the original Wilmington location,
Buckley Bros. Inc. provides a unique
service to accommodate the
customer who needs fast and friendly
service. The drive-thru allows
customers to never leave their car for
those occasions when there just isn’t
enough time in the day. The drive-thru
is conveniently stocked with pet food,
livestock and horse feed, bird seed,
water softer salt, and grass seed.
Apart from pet and livestock feeds,
Buckley Bros. Inc. assists area
farmers with a competitive grain
market. With two grain facilities in
Wilmington that now has a combined
storage capability of over 630, 000
bushels and another elevator located
just outside of the city that provides
an additional 65,000 bushels,
Buckley Bros. Inc. grain merchants
offer marketing strategies and a fleet
of semi trucks to accommodate
customers with moving grain at
harvest time and throughout the year.
“Locally,” Fricke said, “we employ
over 35 people in our six retail
stores. How we contribute further to
local job creation is that through
contracting grain haulers, hiring
millwrights to maintain the feed mills
and grain elevators, using fuel
suppliers, as well as being a resource
for 4-H and the local horse industry,
when you combine all these different
areas it has a scaffolding effect that
trickles down to supporting the local
economy and creating jobs for
others.”
Buckley Brothers can be reached at
937-382-2566.
The business has drastically changed
in the past 12 years. Originally a
grain, feed and fertilizer company,
today the company has grown and
developed into now being under the
umbrella of Premier Solutions a group
of companies and services with the
motto of “helping the farmer feed the
world.”
“When we bought the company,” said
John Surber, “we served three
counties. Today, 12 years later, we
serve the globe. Our services and
products end up in Mexico, Canada,
China, Vietnam, Turkey, Russia and
Poland just to name a few.”
STOKES BERRY FARM
Stokes Berry Farm is the largest
black raspberry grower east of the
Mississippi, with over 40 acres of
black raspberries as well as
additional acreage that grows red,
purple, and yellow raspberries along
with strawberries. The farm is owned
by Dale and Jane Stokes along with
son, Mark, and Mark’s wife,
Stephanie.
Located at 2822 Center Road outside
of Wilmington off State Route 73, the
Stokes fruit farm was first
established in 1962 with the planting
of two acres of black raspberries and
later in 1975 strawberries. Today, the
entire farm encompasses more than
230 acres used not only for
raspberries and strawberries but also
rye, wheat, soybeans and field corn.
In the early 1960s Dale Stokes
wanted to make a few extra dollars
and with an agricultural as well as an
educational background decided to
begin planting black raspberries
mainly because of his knowledge of
black raspberries being cultured in
Europe for medicinal properties. He
saw that in this area a lot of red
raspberries were being grown and
black raspberries weren’t and felt his
opportunities would be with the
Randy Litwiller, manager of Feed The World (FTW)
in Sabina, and Connie Surber, wife of John
Surber, who is president of Premier Solutions in
Clinton County. The John and Connie Surber
family are hog farmers.
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Moving from a smaller operation to
a company that reaches around the
world, Sabina Farmers Exchange
helps enhance local farmers by
moving agricultural products around
the world. “What we do is provide
services and products for farmers,”
John Surber said. “Products we
produce today for example are the
raising of breeding pigs
that are shipped
throughout the United
States, Canada, and
Mexico. We buy
soybeans off farmers to
ship to the Pacific Rim,
China and other
countries. We utilize the
byproducts of the
ethanol plant in Fayette
County and ship to the
Pacific Rim. Since we
took over we have
doubled our employee
count due to growing new markets.”
Agriculture continues to play a
significant role in economic
development and job creation and
Sabina Farmers Exchange is on the
forefront of the industry. For more
information on the Sabina Farmers
Exchange Inc. call
937-584-2411.
Currently, Buckley Bros. Inc. employs
35 and operates six retail stores in
Wilmington, Washington Court House,
Circleville, Monroe, Morrow and The
Plains. It also has more than 33
independent distributors which sell
their Betr-Bilt feeds at their own
locations. They offer constant support
to the local community and
surrounding areas through
contracting local grain haulers, fuel
suppliers, millwrights, and by
supporting the local horse industry
and 4-H breeding operations.
SABINA FARMERS EXCHANGE
Established in 1896, the Sabina
Farmers Exchange began with the
DeWine family, ancestors of Ohio
Attorney General Mike DeWine. At the
same location since its founding at
292 N. Howard St., Sabina, and three
families later, the Exchange is now
owned and operated by John and
Connie Surber who purchased the
business in 1999 after John began
working there in 1997.
black. As time went by he decided to add strawberries to
his fruit farm. Later in 1986, Stokes began reading of the
work of Dr. Gary Stoner who was doing important cancer
research with the medical properties of the black raspberry.
Stokes decided to contact Stoner at Ohio State University.
“I contacted Dr. Stoner offering my black raspberries for his
research. We began working together and formed a
professional relationship. Basically we provide the berries
and he does the research,” said Stokes.
Stokes credits Joseph Haines, Dave Hobson, as well as the
Clinton County Republican Party for making possible the
funds for this very important research.
“This research has the possibility to save so many lives and
will prove to be one of the greatest things the federal
government has done. So many people will benefit from this
research,” Stokes said.
Stokes employs close to 25 seasonal workers to currently
help harvest the fruit. With the cancer research going on
now with the black raspberry, the demand for the fruit has
skyrocketed.
“Oregon is the largest grower for the black raspberry,” said
Stokes. “They are also involved with the research going on
the fruit. Because the demand is so great to start making
black raspberries supplements and drinks, the Oregon
farms can’t keep up with the demand and are looking to us
to help supplement the demand. Right now, not enough
black raspberries are being grown in the United States. The
Oregon farms are looking to other farms to supply 20
million more plants to produce the black raspberry. With the
demand so high that could mean for my farm adding an
additional 20 to 30 workers to help harvest the berry.”
Dale Stokes Raspberry Farm, LLC, as it is now known,
offers consumers a superior product as well as well the
local economy by providing jobs to the residents.
“From the agricultural perspective here in Clinton County,
there is a tremendous potential if people are willing to work
together. We have wonderful soils here, a great location, two
colleges that are leading in agricultural education. The
opportunities exist but it’s the people who make the
opportunities successful. This is where our work lies ahead
of us here in this county,” said Stokes.
For more information on Dale Stokes Raspberry Farm, LLC
or the cancer research the farm is participating in call Dale
Stokes at 937-382-4004.
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now known as Clinton
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County/Clarksville area. In 1823, Andrew Branstrator
purchased approximately 400 acres of the allotment near
what is now the Clinton-Massie School. Through the years
the farm has remained in control of Andrew’s descendents
until today with the current owner being Jon Branstrator.
Located at 885 N. George Road near Clarksville,
Branstrator Farm is one of the most unique farms in the
county by offering area residents a diverse selection of
fruit and vegetables to consume as well as entertainment
events to attend such as the Strawberry and Asparagus
Festival in the summer and the Harvest Festival in the fall.
Jon Branstrator has a unique story of his own. Living on
the family farm Jon began developing his work ethic with
the help of his father. He had perfect attendance at
school until he was 14 when his father fell sick with
pneumonia and he became responsible for planting over
200 acres of farmland by himself. While at home on the
farm, he developed a love for listening to broadcasts from
different parts of the world and as he grew he took it
upon himself to learn as much about geography as
possible which played a major part in his life. Scientist
Jacques Cousteau became an important role model for
Jon who inspired him to become naturalist. In the late
1980s he moved to Central America where he spent the
next ten years traveling back and forth to Ohio.
While in Central America, Jon worked primarily in
agriculture, developing his skills in seed production and
being exposed to harsh weather. When he returned to
Ohio, he worked at building ropes course and construction
projects. Sixteen years ago, Jon returned to the family
farm. The land degradation that he was exposed in
Central America inspired him to become more
environmentally conscious and he decided to begin to
transition the family farm from a grain monoculture
operation to one of a mixed fruit and vegetable farm in
which he used methods such as crop rotation that help
maintain a healthy ecosystem. With all of his knowledge
and experiences in agriculture, Jon began applying his
skills to making a one of a kind farm that would not
compete with his neighbors for production but offer the
community a diverse supply of agriculture and
events that would not only help with the
economy but also by pulling the
community together.
Branstrator Farm, although
smaller than some farms in
Clinton County, provides
job opportunities on the
farm.
A wide assortment of
breads at the Clinton
County Farmers’ Market.
“Being smaller,” comments Jon, “we don’t have a lot of
workers but we do provide youth with seasonal jobs, I also
hire people to go with me to the farmers markets to sell
produce. During harvesting season, I always need help
with the strawberries, pumpkins, and asparagus. Our jobs
are mostly seasonal. Another way we help in the
community is we work with non-profit organizations with
fundraisers. Many times we will have non-profits sell their
items at our festivals which gives them an opportunity to
sell more.”
Jon Branstrator and Branstrator Farm have a rich family
history and is an essential part of the community
especially when considering that his farm has been
established in the county for almost 200 years. Jon, with
his positive attitude, the farm with its diverse selection of
fruits and vegetables, and the farm’s job creation is a
much needed asset to the community of Clinton County.
Jon Branstrator can be reached at 937-725-5607.
Clinton County Farmers’ Market
Close to 14 years ago, Tony Nye, Clinton County OSU
Extension educator for agriculture and natural resources,
along with Rick Stanforth, Clinton County commissioner at
the time, united to see if there would be an interest
locally in the organization of a local farmers’ market. Nye
and Stanforth called for a community meeting to
determine interest in the idea.
As a result of the support found at the meeting, efforts to
organize a Clinton County Farmers’ Market emerged and
in 1999 the original Clinton County Farmers’ Market was
held in the parking lot of the Clinton County Extension
Office at 111 S. Nelson Ave. in Wilmington. The Clinton
County Farmers’ market is under the direction of aboard
of directors that help manage the market and who have
set up bylaws.
Later in the first season the market moved to what is now
Cassano’s Pizza parking area where it remained for the
next three to four years. It wasn’t until almost four years
ago that the market moved to its current location at the
Mural Parking Lot, 81 W. Main St., Wilmington,
next to the General Denver Hotel.
Clinton County Farmers’ Market
consists of individual vendors,
mostly farmers, who set up
booths outdoors to sell
produce, fruits and
some non-edible
products such as
homemade soaps,
hand-crafted jewelry
and other artisan
products. The
Clinton County
Farmers’ Market
adds value to Wilmington because farmers sell directly to
consumers, minimizing profit loss and eliminating the
need for the middle man. Consumers can buy directly
from the farmer or artisan and have the opportunity to
purchase organic fruits and vegetables and may enjoy
fresh, seasonally-grown food that was produced close to
where consumers live. Farmers’ Markets allow money to
remain in the local area and the Clinton County
community. The Clinton County Farmers’ Market opened
its spring market on March 10, 2012, at the summer
location, the Mural Parking Lot, 81 W. Main St.,
Wilmington. The Market will continue to be opened every
other Saturday leading up to the summer season which
will start on June 2. Spring market dates include March
10 and 24, April 7 and 21, and May 5 and 19 from
9 a.m. to noon.
The market not only provides the community with options
to buy home-grown healthy food but also helps with the
local economy by the adding of jobs through product
demand. As a result of the Farmers’ Market, local farmers
have the opportunity to produce more therefore adding to
job creation as well as providing farming families with the
venue to add to their existing income during these tough
economic times. Due to the economic situation in the
area, the market has implemented a new “EBT” program
which is a card that holds a monthly food allowance. Once
the allowance is deposited into the cardholder’s account
from the state, it may be used much like a debit card from
a bank to purchase food from participating venders.
For more information on the Farmers’ Market, contact
Market Director Dessie Buchanan at
dessie@clintoncountyfarmersmarket.com
or 937-728-7075, or visit
www.clintoncountyfarmersmarket.com.
Summer days and times will be posted on the website.
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tending the raised
bed 2009 winter
crops in the
“tunnel” or unheated
greenhouse.
“There has been some speculation that with the success
we currently are having with the market that me may
expand and add to it therefore giving more opportunities
to more farmers to join in when we see the need
develop,” he said. “Our market is currently open to not
only Clinton County farmers and artisans but also to
framers and artisans in the counties that surround
Clinton, such as Highland, Green, Fayette, Warren,
Clermont and Brown.”
The Clinton County Farmers’ Market features returning
local vendors, such as Kent and Nancy Pickard from
Pickard Farms who offer broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage,
cucumbers, zucchini, summer squash, green onions,
sweet onions, tomatoes, peppers — sweet and hot,
potatoes, peas, Quick Breads, cookies, whole chickens,
green beans, and other vegetables in season. Bob and
Shirley Webb from Bob Webb Farms offer broccoli,
cabbage, cucumbers, zucchini, summer squash, green
onions, sweet onions, tomatoes, peppers — sweet and
hot, potatoes, peas, whole chickens, green beans, and
other vegetables in season. And John Sharp offers two
types of sweet, succulent corn in season — Jackpot and
Ambrosia. Both types produce a bicolor cob which is
exceptionally sweet with large kernels. John’s philosophy
is to “do one thing and do it really well, and bring a good
quality product to the consumer”. With the current set up
of the market, 16 vendors have the opportunity
participate. Venders pay a yearly rental fee in order to
cover insurance cost and advertising.
The future holds promise, according to Nye.
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ome to four local school districts, two colleges and
one technical school, Clinton County’s educational
history tells a story of cooperation, not only between
institutions, but with area business and industry as well.
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At the local level, a key strategy of school districts is the
utilization of technology to expose students to life beyond
their immediate rural communities. Wilmington, Blanchester,
East Clinton and Clinton-Massie school districts all boast
desktop classroom computers, multiple computer labs and
smart boards, an interactive, computerized version of the
traditional whiteboard. Other technologies include
responders, online course supplements and programs,
streaming audio and video elements, mobile labs, laptops
and document cameras.
“Technology opens up so much of the world,” said Bev
Carroll, director of instruction at Blanchester. “We’re
preparing students for jobs that haven’t even been
created yet.”
Another way local high schools work with the community is
through partnerships with area businesses. For example,
Alkermes, a pharmaceutical manufacturing company in
Wilmington recently announced its partnership with
Wilmington High School to create an internship program for
outstanding seniors who plan to major in science in college.
Tom Hitesman, senior trainer at the Wilmington Alkemes
facility, said that the students rotate around different
departments at the facility, “shadowing” real hands-on
activities. By the end of the internship, each student will
have been paired up with 30 or 40 Alkermes workers,
gaining an experience of a science-based workplace that
gives them a clearer idea of what may lie ahead in a
science-related career.
The four districts also work with the local colleges,
Wilmington College (WC) and the Wilmington branch of
Southern State Community College (SSCC), and Laurel Oaks,
the Wilmington campus of the Great Oaks Institute
vocational program, to prepare students to take the next
step after graduation, be it secondary education or job skills
training.
One of the largest vocational programs in the country, Great
Oaks covers 2,200 square miles, the largest district area in
the state of Ohio. The Institute as a whole has about 2,800
students enrolled on its four campuses, as well as about
11,000 high school students who attend programs at their
home schools and about 40,000 adults who attend short
seminars, offered at various times throughout the year.
Since opening in 1972, over 10,000 students have passed
through its halls, completing training in programs ranging
from aviation repair, agricultural mechanics, meat
processing, park and wildlife programs, auto and building
technology to machine trades, electronics, cosmetology,
sports rehabilitation therapy and dental hygiene.
“We’re very connected to business in the area. Each of our
programs has a business advisory council composed of
people actually in the field who review our programs and
make sure students are learning the skills they will actually
need that the businesses seek,” said Jon Weidlich, director of
community relations at Laurel Oaks.
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area businesses, usually working half-days. The programs
also provide certifications that allow the students to begin
working with those credentials as soon as they graduate.
“The goal of most students is to stay in the area or go on to
college and come back,” said Weidlich. “We try to offer
programs really in demand in the area. We recently started
a biotechnology program at Laurel Oaks because the field is
picking up. Our programs are designed to serve the area we
serve.”
Laurel Oaks also has articulation agreements with local
colleges including SSCC and WC in which students at
Laurel Oaks can earn college credits if the college has a
similar field of study.
Southern State Community College offers 27 two-year
associate degree programs in the arts and sciences, as
well as technical education and two-year programs for
transfer to four-year schools and bachelor degree programs.
The $6 million, 35,000-square-foot Wilmington branch,
located on Davids Drive, opened in May 2000. The north
campus facilities are unique from the other locations,
featuring a child care center, a learning center and an
emergency medical services program.
Terri Limbert, director of the SSCC north campus, said that
community colleges are known for developing the work
forces in their communities.
“Our location is particularly significant now,” she said.
“We’re working to stay close to the community. We’re also
trying to be available for any training, and we’re open to any
companies seeking to build a workforce.”
Limbert said that another unique feature of the school is its
working relationship with Wilmington College.
“We have a lot of students complete introductory business
classes and general education requirements before
transferring to Wilmington College to complete a bachelor’s
program,” she said.
Wilmington College was originally known as Franklin
College, chartered by Quakers in 1870. In 1875, the first
class graduated with a total of four students. Today, about
1,100 students attend Wilmington College, engaged in 24
areas of study ranging from communications, business and
political or social science to agriculture, sports
management, chemistry, biology and theatre.
An active internship program at the college has placed
students in 53 different local organizations in the last five
years. Examples include communications majors at the
Wilmington News Journal or Clinton County-Wilmington
Chamber of Commerce, agriculture majors at Buckley
Brothers, accounting majors at Emsar, finance majors at
National Bank and Trust, criminal justice majors at the
Wilmington Police Department, political science majors in
the Clinton County Juvenile Probation system, psychology
majors in local school districts (guidance counselors), and
student teachers in local school districts.
“An internship is an extremely valuable asset on a resume.
We appreciate the willingness of the community to give
workplace experience to our students,” said Barb Kaplan,
director of career services at WC. “The feedback from the
businesses has been very very positive. Our students
generally do a wonderful job and are beneficial to the
businesses, often allowing them to tackle projects they
would not have been able to get to without the extra
hands.”
According to Randy Sarvis, director of public relations at
the college, an independent economic impact survey
conducted by the University of Cincinnati last summer
showed that Wilmington College contributed nearly $30
million to the local economy in 2010.
Employees and alumni of the college are also very active
in the community. Alumni can be found in leadership
positions throughout various local industries including
banking, financial services, retail, agriculture, medicine,
non-profits and education. Employees can be found on the
boards of local organizations and non-profits such as the
Clinton County Leadership Institute, Rails-to-Trails and the
Lytle Creek Greenway.
Employees have also logged more than 20,000 hours of
voluntary community service.
“That doesn’t even include the thousands of hours logged
by student volunteers,” said Sarvis. “Add the cultural and
athletic offerings and such areas of outreach as Grow
Food, Grow Hope, and one can see that Wilmington
College is a pillar of the community.”
Individual classes also interact with area businesses. An
example of this cooperation can be seen through
Professor Angela Mitchell’s marketing research class.
Every spring students are paired with an area business.
The business chooses a topic and the students conduct
background research, observe and compare similar
businesses, conduct focus groups and surveys and
present the information.
Area businesses have included small operations such as
Swindler and Son’s Florist to restaurants such as
Damon’s or Skyline Chili, to large institutions such as the
college itself, addressing topics from how to improve
sales to decisions on expanding menus.
“It’s a win-win situation,” said Mitchell. “The businesses
get information, and the students get a significant project
to add to their resumes.”
Clinton County Chamber of Commerce 2012
Members of the Class of 2014 engage in
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Wilmington Air Park poised for the future
ears from now, when people review the aftermath of
the DHL departure, it will be noted that the first
positive job-related news at the Wilmington Air Park
was the formation of AMES. The business venture started
out with 300-plus employees, many of them aircraft
mechanics and engineers who had been working for ABX
Air.
ABX Air President John W. Graber spearheaded the effort
to develop a viable new business in the wake of DHL’s
changes in its U.S. operations.
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The impetus for the new company, said Graber at the time,
came from an attempt to devise a way to lever the “core
group of highly experienced, highly trained technicians and
professionals” already working at the air park and
determine whether there was, what amounted to, the
makings of a viable company already there, just waiting to
be developed.
The conclusion was yes, indeed, there’s a viable business
that can be built from available workers.
Airborne Maintenance & Engineering Services, Inc.
(AMES) is a one-stop aircraft maintenance, repair, and
overhaul provider operating out of Wilmington Air Park and
at line maintenance stations at the Greater Cincinnati
Airport and Miami International Airport.
AMES’ maintenance heritage dates to 1980, when it
began life as the in-house aircraft maintenance operation
for Airborne Freight Corporation, more commonly known
as Airborne Express. During this period, the organization
developed a reputation for unmatched reliability in the
industry, a legacy that continues to this day.
In 2003, DHL Worldwide Express acquired Airborne Freight
Corporation, and its airline and aircraft maintenance
operations were restructured as an independent public
company.
In May 2009, AMES was reorganized into its current form
as an independent maintenance, repair, and overhaul
provider.
AMES provides heavy maintenance, line maintenance,
material sales and service, component repair and
overhaul, and engineering services to aircraft operators.
Within three large hangars at the Wilmington Air Park
totaling more than 200,000 square feet of space, highly
trained technicians overhaul aircraft, perform routine
inspections and repairs, and schedule maintenance
services.
The hangars also house several shop areas and offices for
support of the aircraft, customers, and staff. A fourth
hangar is planned for completion in 2013.
AMES also operates a 100,000-square-foot Base Shops
facility at the air park with extensive component repair
capabilities.
ABX Air, Inc. (ABX) is an all-cargo airline headquartered
in Wilmington. The airline began when Airborne Freight
Corporation acquired Midwest Air Charter, a regional cargo
operation, in 1980. Operating as Airborne Express, it
quickly became the third-largest express freight company
in the United States, as ABX developed the expertise
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“I’m very excited for how the Chamber of
Commerce has progressed recently. They
have been an inspiration for
economic development.
If you would like to participate
in our community’s economic
development, please visit the
Clinton County Chamber of
Commerce.”
- Randy Riley
Wilmington Air Park
It was no small matter when in June 2010 DHL donated
its air park in Wilmington to the community. The
Wilmington Air Park, which had been the largest privately
owned airport in the United States, now is held by a
public body, the Clinton County Port Authority.
This 1,900-acre air park includes almost 3 million square
feet of offices, warehouses and hangars. That’s in
addition to two aircraft fueling centers and its two
runways at 9,000 and 10,700 feet long. Altogether, there
are more than 40 structures on the air park. Completed in
2005, the largest unoccupied two-story building boasts
almost 1.1 million square feet of space.
needed to move millions of pieces of freight every night in
and out of its national air hub in Wilmington.
When Airborne Freight Corporation was acquired by DHL
Worldwide Express in 2003, ABX became an independent
public company. DHL remains the airline’s largest
customer.
ABX operates a fleet of more than two dozen Boeing 767
freighters flying express cargo routes for customers in the
United States and around the world.
ABX also offers FAA-certificated flight crew training. It
operates three flight simulators at the air park.
LGSTX Services, Inc. (LGSTX) is an established provider of
aviation-related support and facility services. The
company’s heritage is built on three decades of
experience maintaining a fully functioning, 1,900-acre
airport.
In addition to servicing, leasing, and selling a large
inventory of aircraft ground support equipment such as
power units, airstarts, deicers, and pushback vehicles, the
LGSTX team handles HVAC, janitorial, building repair,
lighting, grounds keeping, electrical, plumbing, roofing,
generator service, aircraft fuel services, and ground
vehicle fleet maintenance.
ABX, AMES, and LGSTX are all part of Air Transport
Services Group, Inc. (ATSG), also headquartered at the air
park in Wilmington.
In addition to the aircraft maintenance services, air cargo
lift, and airport ground services already described, ATSG
companies provide aircraft leasing, dispatch and flight
tracking, specialized transportation management, sort
center management, and air charter brokerage services.
ATSG companies employ about 2,000 people worldwide,
with about 750 of them working in Wilmington.
The company’s common shares are publicly traded on the
NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol ATSG.
Special business-friendly features of the air park are its
inclusion in a federally designated Hub Zone and having
a Foreign Trade Zone. The air park complex has
convenience features including a fitness center, cafeteria,
numerous conference rooms, training rooms and plentiful
on-site parking.
The former package-sorting buildings could be easily
adapted to manufacturing with their heavy-duty concrete
floors, high ceilings and their original design to
accommodate a large workforce.
The Wilmington Air Park presents value opportunities in
logistics and aerospace, along with other sectors. The air
park offers the infrastructure of a major airport without
the congestion and is located 30 minutes from WrightPatterson Air Force Base at Dayton.
Strategically located within a one-day drive of 60 percent
of the U.S. population, the air park is within a 60-mile
radius of Cincinnati, Dayton and Columbus regions. A new
State Route 73 four-lane bypass opened for traffic in fall
2011, providing enhanced access from the air park to
Interstate 71. I-71 is a major north-south connector
between the Great Lakes and the Southeast.
Educational and training facilities are in close proximity to
the air park. Those include a community college, a
vocational school — including adult programming — and
a four-year liberal arts college. Another local asset very
near the air park is the National Weather Service office in
Wilmington.
Space in the air park is available for lease, with
neighboring land available for build-to-suit development
projects. Interested firms can contact David Lotterer,
senior associate with Jones Lang LaSalle (513-252-2166,
or david.lotterer@am.jll.com).
The air park’s genesis was in 1929 when a group of local
aeroplane enthusiasts initiated flying activities at what
decades later would become the home of ABX Air
(successor to Airborne Express) and DHL, according to the
ABX Air website.
In 1933 American Airlines invested the first private money
at the site because the airline wanted the governmentapproved landing strip as an emergency landing spot for
its flight route from Columbus to Cincinnati.
The Civil Aeronautics Authority took over the Wilmington
Airport in 1940 as an emergency landing field. In 1942,
the Army Air Corps assumed control of the field and laid
the first coat of concrete paving on the runway of what
they called Clinton County Army Air Field, says the ABX
website. During World War II, gliders soared over the area
as The Air Material Command used Clinton County Air
Field for glider research, training and development until
the end of the war. The air base was “put in mothballs” in
1949. However, as a result of the Korean War, the base
was reopened by Continental Air Command in 1951. In
1958, the 249th Air Reserve Training Wing was created
and assigned to Clinton County Air Force Base (CCAFB).
The U.S. Department of Defense closed CCAFB in
September 1971. As of March 1971, there were 1,530
people, including 600 civilians, at the base.
A group of concerned citizens went to Washington, D.C.
seeking reversal of the closure order, but the base
remained closed. Then, a community group — the
Community Improvement Corporation — petitioned the
U.S. Secretary of Defense with plans for an industrial air
park in an effort to keep the base active. In early June
1972, the air base was decommissioned by the military
and the community started to develop an industrial park.
In 1972, Ferno-Washington became the first tenant at the
Wilmington Industrial Air Park. Kurz-Kasch began
construction in July 1974 for a facility at the industrial
park. It was September 1975 when Southern State
College opened for classes using the old barracks
buildings for classrooms.
In 1978, Midwest Air Charter located at the site. And in
April 1980, Airborne Freight Corporation acquired Midwest
Air Charter and the surviving corporation was Airborne
Express, Inc. It would become the largest tenant at the
airport and would form the Airborne Air Park.
Air Park Redevelopment Plan
Excitement has begun to build around the advent of
testing unmanned aerial systems (UAS) at the Wilmington
Air Park.
Apart from a natural intrigue at the possibility of seeing
something with a five-foot wingspan fly over their house
or farmland, residents are even more interested in the
As of first quarter 2012, plans call for 28 different
models of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to be flown at
the air park. “Activity is picking up significantly (regarding
UAVs at the air park),” said Kevin Carver, executive
Director of the Clinton County Port which owns the Air Park.
In December 2011, David Lotterer of Jones Lang LaSalle
said the air park had drawn “significant interest” from
contractors in the UAS industry. “The contractors we’ve
talked to are interested in having a presence here,”
Lotterer said in response to a question whether local jobs
would result from UAS testing at the air park.
The U.S. Air Force Research Lab likes the Wilmington site
as a test bed for flying UAVs. The lab is involved in UAV
development for the U.S. military. What’s more, the
Dayton Development Coalition is working with the Port
Authority to explore utilization of the air park as a flight
test bed for Air Force Research Laboratory research into
UAVs.
U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-Centerville) is a strong advocate
for the air park being used for UAS testing. His
congressional district includes Wright-Patterson Air Force
Base, where the Air Force Research Laboratory is
headquartered. Congressman Turner is a member of the
Armed Services Committee, from which he assists WrightPatterson Air Force Base, located in adjacent Greene
County. Assuredly, the Wilmington Air Park is wellpositioned to be a key site in UAS operations.
Because of the above reasons and because of the air
park’s under-use, it’s also a strong contender for a future
testing program to integrate UAVs into the national
airspace. The FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act, now
signed into law, includes language for a program to study
the effectiveness of allowing UAVs to share airspace and
runways with commercial aircraft.
Jones Lang LaSalle was the lead firm in the consortium of
companies that worked on the Wilmington Air Park master
Through combined efforts of government representatives
and residents, the area would become the home of a
Great Oaks Joint Vocational School, Southern State
Community College and an industrial park. Eventually, it
became home to the Airborne airline.
prospects for local job creation within the growth industry
of UAS.
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plan, completed in December 2011. The master plan is
intended as a tool to help target recruiting efforts to
attract employers to the air park, where a few years ago
more than 9,000 people held jobs.
A major recommendation in the plan is to explore
partnership opportunities with the region’s largest
employer — Wright-Patterson Air Force Base — given the
air park’s proximity to WPAFB. In that connection, the
master plan urges pursuit of opportunities to
accommodate research and development for UAS, which
it describes as “a major strategic initiative within the
military.”
But UAS also have applications that aren’t military, and
the possibilities for growth of commercial and civilian UAS
is believed by many to be substantial. The Association for
Unmanned Vehicles Systems International estimates that
during the next 15 years, more than 23,000 UAS jobs
could be created in the United States as a result of
prospective UAS integration into the national airspace.
Among the various non-military UAS applications are
disaster response, search-and-rescue, public safety,
severe storm research, infrastructure monitoring, mining,
suspect tracking, agricultural surveillance, crop
monitoring, aerial news coverage, traffic monitoring, power
line surveillance, law enforcement, Arctic research, and
wildlife monitoring.
According to the master plan’s consultant team, the most
promising areas for redeveloping the air park are: 1)
Aerospace manufacturing and R&D, 2) aircraft
maintenance and repair operations (MRO), 3) pilot flight
training, and 4) international air cargo.
Future commercial aviation uses at the air park will likely
come from growth in international air cargo volumes over
the next 20 years, according to the master plan.
Consultants suggested outreach efforts with cargo
carriers based in Asia and South America looking to
expand their North American route networks. The plan
recommends identifying items produced in Ohio and
exported to Asia or South America by air
such as pharmaceuticals and medical
equipment, high-value agriculture,
aeronautical parts, and highvalue automotive parts and
electronics. Reaching out to
those producers would be
the next step.
“Engage with the local
producers of these
products to explore
opportunities to utilize
the property (air park)
as a distribution point
The world-class administration
building at the Wilmington Air Park.
for air shipments to Asia and South America,” the
document says. The consultant team continues, “Because
trucking will be the major ground linkage for the air park,
it is recommended the facility consider teaming with local
and regional trucking companies to explore potential
synergies, co-marketing and incentive-pricing structures —
as access to reliable ground transportation will be of
critical interest to overseas cargo carriers.”
More information and the plan document can be found at
www.wilmingtonairparkplan.com.
At a Clinton County Port Authority meeting in June 2010
prior to the news conference announcing that DHL had
deeded the Wilmington Air Park to the organization, thenPort Authority Chairman John Limbert said to his fellow
board members, “Congratulations, we now own an air
park.”
What is a port authority, anyway?
Ohio has amended its port authority statute numerous
times starting in 1982, primarily to provide port
authorities the powers to be used for economic
development activities and to be employed cooperatively
with state agencies and other political subdivisions.
The Clinton County Port Authority is a government agency
authorized under state code and created by Clinton
County in 2004.
In Ohio, there are 52 port authorities. The Clinton County
Port Authority is responsible for the day-to-day
management of the Wilmington Air Park as well
as its long-term redevelopment.
After DHL donated the massive
air park to the Clinton County
Port Authority, an Ohio
Department of
Development official
became the Port’s
executive director in
December 2010.
Clinton County Port
Authority Executive
Director Kevin J.
Carver is responsible for the overall management,
development and new business recruitment at the air
park. He received a new three-year contract starting in
January 2012.
Clinton County Port Authority Associate Director Beth
Huber is a former 20-year employee of Airborne Express
and ABX Air. She holds a master’s degree in aeronautical
science.
Carver’s career spans about 30 years in public service.
He worked as the executive director for community and
economic development in Montgomery County, and was
the regional economic development director for Ohio’s
west-central district encompassing nine counties,
including Clinton, at the Ohio Department of
Development.
There are nine Clinton County Port Authority board
members serving three-year terms, and they are
appointed by the Clinton County Commissioners.
Bank president and former Port Authority chairman
Limbert said of Carver, “His experience with development
work at the state, city and county level will be a
tremendous asset in working with companies that are
considering expanding or relocating to our area and the
air park.”
In Ohio, the three most common vehicles that
governments use for economic development are port
authorities, Community Improvement Corporations (CICs),
and nonprofit development corporations, Carver said.
“Local governments have chosen to establish port
authorities because of the broad powers vested in a port
authority organization under state law,” he said.
The Clinton County Port Authority is playing an
instrumental role in a $15.7 million new hangar project
that’s forecast to generate 259 jobs. “At the end of the
day, we will be the legal owner of the new hangar, and we
will lease it back to a corporation that will either be ATSG
or a corporation affiliated with ATSG,” said Carver.
The Port Authority will be the recipient of grant funds from
the Wilmington CIC, the City of Wilmington and from
Clinton County that will go into the project. The Port also
will be the recipient of the bond proceeds from the Ohio
Enterprise Bond Fund, as well as the state’s 166 direct
low-interest loan program.
The Port Authority and Carver’s background helped to
piece together all the financing parts of the hangar
project, which Carver has called the one of the most
complex financing packages he’s ever seen in his
decades of related work.
“Part of our mission is to hold onto the jobs that are here.
We work daily in maintaining that relationship with ATSG,”
said Carver.
The air park is expensive to maintain and the project to
redevelop it is challenging, but the air park is worth it,
Carver said.
Until the air park master plan was completed in late
2011, marketing of the air park was restrained. But now
that promising sectors have been identified through
professional research, the port authority is well-armed to
ramp up targeted marketing of the air park.
“We are pursuing the marketing and promotion of the air
park. That, in part, is what is going to get us more and
more leads (about prospective tenant-employers),” Carver
said. “The game changer is new tenants at the air park.
We need those jobs. We need a stable income base over
a long period of time, and that doesn’t happen without
companies moving in here,” he added.
For more information, contact Executive Director Kevin
Carver, 937-536-1783 and kcarver@ccportauthority.com
or contact Associate Director Beth Huber, 937-536-1776
and bhuber@ccportauthority.com.
ATSG is the acronym for Wilmington-based Air Transport
Services Group, a parent company that includes
subsidiaries ABX Air and AMES.
The board members are a talented group and bring
various expertise to the task. Members include people
with backgrounds in public school administration, agribusiness, city council, business (including international
business), public utilities executive, insurance, a current
college president and a farmer with a large-scale
operation.
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rom typeset to the Internet, the publishing industry in
Clinton County has to adapt quickly to keep pace
with changing technology.
Wilmington News Journal Editor Dan Liggett
(left) and Staff Writer Gary Huffenberger work
to finalize stories before layout begins.
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“We’ve maintained a niche, but now people nationally and
internationally have found us,” Hawley said. “It’s not where
you are, but how well you do what you do.”
ORANGE FRAZER PRESS
Orange Frazer Press (OFP) has been publishing
commercial and custom books in Clinton County for 25
years.
OFP’s recent customers have included the Museum of
Natural History in New York, sports figures such as Johnny
Bench and Chad Johnson, as well as a woman from as far
a distance as London.
The tale begins with two Ohio magazine editors who one
day realized they had collected more information than a
magazine could ever use. They decided to write a book
instead. It was titled it “Ohio Matters of Fact” and sold to
independent bookstores.
“We’re all about design,” she said.
Marcy Hawley and John Baskin continued to produce one
book a year for the next five years. As they began to win
award designs, they quit working for the magazine and
“started making more books.”
With an eye for detail, OFP also provides a high quality of
manufacturing. Hawley said the company has “reinvented
itself” several times throughout the years to keep up with
changes in technology. In 1987, typeset and film were the
newest mediums; now employees utilize both Mac and PC
programs and have recently began to produce e-books.
“We go where the industry goes, but we’ve maintained the
extremely high quality look, feel and reads,” said Hawley.
“I don’t know of any other publishers like this in our area.
We’re not in a big city on the east or west coast,” said
Hawley. “We’re very specific and regional with a focus on
nonfiction.”
OFP publishes an average of 20-25 books a year, and will
be hiring its eighth employee later this year. To see their
books, visit orangefrazer.com or orangefrazercustom.com.
The books are also available through Amazon.
Within its nonfiction focus, OFP has created custom books
for large companies such as Iams or Crayons, featuring the
histories of the companies. The company has now
published more than 450 titles and printed more than 1
million books.
WILMINGTON NEWS JOURNAL
The Wilmington News Journal, Clinton County's only local
daily newspaper, has been serving the community since
1838. It publishes five days a week, Tuesday through
Saturday, and is available both by subscription and in
newsstands. Its website, www.wnewsj.com is updated daily.
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The News Journal Star is a weekly paper distributed free
to more than 18,000 homes throughout the Clinton
County area.
Trip, a regional travel magazine, is published twice a year;
Salt, a regional lifestyle magazine is published quarterly;
and Acres, a regional agriculture publication, is mailed to
13 counties monthly.
The News Journal's parent company, Ohio Community
Media, LLC. OCM consists of 14 daily newspapers, 56
non-daily newspapers, a number of niche publications and
online applications that serve their respective local
communities throughout the state of Ohio.
"Our mission is to connect our community with as much
local news and information as we can. We have done that
for many years with the printed newspaper but we are
evolving. We connect with our readers and they connect
with each other through not only print, but all of our digital
delivery," said Pamela Stricker, publisher. "If it's going on
in Clinton County, we want you to be able to access that
information through the newspaper, our website,
Facebook, twitter, email. The audience decides how they
want to connect with us and we try to make that happen.
We consider ourselves the conduit of local news,
information and conversation for Clinton County."
The News Journal has 33 employees. Fourteen employees
make up a centralized graphics department that serves
five daily newspapers and 14 non-dailies, providing ad
layout and design for print and digital, commercial print
work and niche publications.
The economy has been challenging but News Journal's
success has been the result of loyal advertising
customers and subscribers.
The News Journal relocated in 2011 to 761 S. Nelson
Ave. in Wilmington.
CURLESS PRINTING
Curless Printing regularly prints brochures, catalogs and
newsletters, and has the capability to print anything that
is sheet-fed. It also produces small folding cartons. A
complete shop, the building includes pre-press machines,
the presses themselves and the bindery equipment that
can fold, finish, cut or di-cut the final product.
Curless employs 20 people and houses the largest
operation of its kind in the area.
Most people are surprised to find a company our size out
here,” said Parker Beebe, general manager. He said that
commercial printing is on the decline. Due to advances in
the digital world, businesses do not need as much to
market their product as they used too. Curless has seen
a decline in the quantities and types of its printing jobs.
Yellow Springs artist Jason Morgan (who
is also the son-in law of Marcy Hawley)
painted the mural on Orange Frazer’s
pre-Civil War building in 2004.
However, that decline has been countered by increased
contracts with various manufacturers.
Curless Printing prides itself on its relationships with
other local entities. It works with manufacturing
companies, such as Alkermes and Ferno-Washington;
educational institutions, such as Wilmington College; and
government offices, such as the Farm Bureau.
“We’re looking for new business opportunities to replace
the general decline in printing,” said Beebe. “We’re
looking for other items to sell that go with our current
business, as well as considering some digital options.”
Wilmington
Church Of God
Elizabeth J.
Looney,
Pastor
Sunday 10:00 a.m. Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Worship and Children's Church
7:00 P.M. Worship
Wednesday 7 p.m. Youth Group & Worship
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100 R. Gordon Drive Wilmington,Ohio
(937)382-1587
Elizabeth J. Looney, Pastor
Joe Looney, Associate Pastor
Marcy Hawley, co-owner and co-publisher, holds
a custom book that was published in 2006 by
Orange Frazer about Clinton County titled:
“A Place Called Home — The People and
Landscape of Clinton County, Ohio”
by Ty Greenlees, Robert A. Flischel,
Ronald G. Levi and Thomas E. Witte.
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rom designer handbags to homemade pottery, a
variety of products and atmospheres makes shopping
in Clinton County a unique experience.
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THE PATTERRY
The Patterry, an antique, collectibles and gift store housed
in a turn-of-the-century home, opened its doors in
December 2001. Located in Wilmington on the corner of
Locust and North Lincoln streets, owners Terry and Pat
Thompson felt the unique historical background of the
property would complement the unique products they
planned to feature.
One of the original 128 lots that established the city of
Wilmington, the original structure was built in the 1860s by
Dr. Dan Foland. The building stayed in the Foland family for
140 years and four generations before the Thompsons
purchased it for their store.
“We had been toying with the idea of starting a business for
some time. The location has been one of the more effective
features,” said Pat. “Located just two blocks from
downtown, on two busy corners, and in a historical home,
gives us a ‘different’ atmosphere which pulls our customers
in and keeps them coming back.”
Each room in The Patterry is themed, featuring a specific
product line. The Patterry is one of only 3,000 independent
retailers for the Vera Bradley Quilted Handbag line. A
second room features one of the most extensive collections
of Buckeye paraphernalia in southern Ohio, as well as
Ray Storer, “Grandpa” of Grandpa’s
pottery, (left) helps Maggie Williams
make a cereal bowl on the pottery
wheel at the Wilmington Art and
Pottery Festival.
licensed sports paraphernalia of other teams. Other
products include John Deere products, Troll Beads jewelry,
McCall and Swan Creek candles, antique walnut and oak
furniture and rare Sunu religious olive wood carvings, handcarved and shipped directly from Bethlehem, Israel.
“What you see today is not what we began with,” Terry said.
“We have listened to our customers and added products
lines to develop what we believe is a truly unique business.”
The Thompsons hope to continue expanding their product
lines as the economy picks back up and eventually utilize
all buildings on the property. The trick is to expand at a rate
the community can support, Terry said. As the store grows
and diversifies, the employees do as well, shifting from a
few full-time workers to more part-time workers, responding
to a need for flexible schedules and increasing the
knowledge available to help the customers.
“It’s all about supporting the community,” Terry said. “We
are actively involved to make it an economically developed,
attractive and unique place.”
SWINDLER & SONS FLORISTS, INC.
Swindler and Sons claimed its place in Clinton County
history about 90 years ago. Irvin Swindler of Xenia entered
a partnership with Morris Flowers in Wilmington in 1919,
opening the flower shop Morris and Swindler. Two years
later, the owner of Morris retired, and Swindler bought the
other half of the business.
Though the name changed in the 1940s when Irvin’s two sons
returned from World War II, the florist shop still stands in its original
location at 321 W. Locust St., glass greenhouses and all.
“Grandpa was a machinist who knew he wanted to own his
own business,” said Phil Swindler, grandson of Irvin and
current owner. “My guess is that he really enjoyed seeing
things grow.”
In addition to the cut flower portion of the business, the shop
has also made a commitment to offer edibles in its
greenhouse.
“With the economy what it is today, we really felt the need to
provide community members an opportunity to grow their
own food,” Swindler said. The shop offers several fruits and
vegetables, including 75 different varieties of tomatoes, the
largest selection in southwest Ohio, many of which are
featured at an annual “Tomadah Paradah” festival held
towards the end of summer.
The business also serves as a seasonal greenhouse
gardening center. May is one of the busiest times of year
because due to proms, Mother’s Day, Memorial Day,
commencements and graduations. May is also a popular
month for weddings. During the spring season the
greenhouse moves about 10,000 plants and hundreds of
hanging baskets through its doors.
Patch nursery in 1996 and began their own gardening center.
The business helps its customers with landscaping design
and planting. If the plants are purchased at the gardens, the
design is free.
The business also performs the duties of a full-service
florist. The exclusive florist to the Roberts Centre, McCarty
Gardens provide floral arrangements for weddings, special
occasion events and funerals. Though many commercial
florists transport plants from other states, everything at the
Sabina gardens is purchased locally.
“It makes a big difference in the quality of the annuals,”
McCarty said. “Buying locally means that your plants have
been acclimated to the local soil.”
Each of the seven employees at the gardens have at least
15 years of experience. According to McCarty, customers will
get the knowledge and skills they need to help with their
projects, and if someone wants a plant the gardens don’t
carry, an employee will work to find a local vendor that does.
He hopes to expand the business by opening a garden and
florist center in Wilmington, where he has many clients.
Currently, Wilmington falls in a five-county area that receives
delivery service from McCarty Gardens. This area includes
Clinton, Highland, Fayette and parts of Greene and Warren
counties.
According to McCarty, business grew between 10 and 12
percent for the first 10 to 12 years due to the
complementary nature of the business.
In order to be ready by May, seedlings must be planted as
early as March. This enables the greenhouse to provide
locally grown plants.
“We offer a quality product, we’re customer-driven and
believe in educating the customer,” he said. “We tapped a
need. Not a lot of places sell trees and shrubs, and we’re
doing the whole gambit with the floral, greenhouse,
landscape and nursery.”
“I get to start spring a lot earlier than most people, Swindler
said. “Every year we like to provide our customers with
something new. We have made a commitment to meet the
needs of our community, and that’s what we’ll continue
to do.”
McCARTY GARDENS
McCarty Gardens, a one-stop, full-service garden center
located at 10623 State Route 3 in Sabina, helps Clinton
Countians spend their portion of the $6 billion annually
spent across the nation on lawn care and gardening.
Mike McCarty, with landscaping experience, and Tim McCarty,
with a degree in agronomy and horticulture, wanted to work a
business together in a field they both loved.
“We wanted to find something that at the end of the day, we
could look back and see evidence of all of our hard work,”
said Mike McCarty. The two brothers purchased the old Daisy
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Employees at McCarty’s Gardens
line the rows of the greenhouse.
Like many other industries, this growth slowed and business
began to decline around 2008. However, McCarty still hopes
to move forward with a building in Wilmington once the
economy picks back up.
“There’s a lot more than meets the eye,” said Jen Swindler
of the period of high economic activity. The increase in
business allows employees to work extra hours or pass them
on to seasonal positions.
“I had my employee base set up to do that, but I have good
employees and we’ve worked together,” he said. “Instead of
laying someone off, we’ve each taken a cut in hours, myself
included, and we’ve weathered the storm.”
HOME AGAIN II
Home Again II is one of the largest country home decor
shops in the southwest Ohio area. Located at 315 E.
Sugartree St., the craft shop is also connected to an antique
mall, Shoppes at the Old Mill.
The craft store offers a variety of home decor items such as
curtains, pictures, tables and shelves. It also offers a wide
array of ladies’ handbags. Over the years, the offerings have
expanded, leading it to have more upscale products than
were originally on the floor.
“We’re the most complete dealer in small towns for things
like this,” said owner Bob Mead.
Home Again II originally opened about 15 years ago, but not
by Mead. Owner of the antique mall, he just rented the space
for the shop. After a few years, the original owners went
bankrupt. Rather than close the doors, Mead and his wife
decided to continue running the store themselves.
“It was about the same time that I retired, and I needed
something to do,” he said. They owned the building and
already had some dealers through the antique mall, an
advantage over the previous owners which helped the Meads
make the shop more profitable.
“We feel like we’ve been lucky, and we feel like we’ve done a
good job,” he said. The location of the store was also a
challenge for the new business. “We’re rather off the beaten
path,” Mead explained. “It has taken people a few years to
find us.”
Since the Meads took over operations, sales have grown and
the business has expanded every year, to the point that they
are almost out of room. The store serves customers
throughout Clinton, Fayette, Highland and Greene counties.
Though growth slowed through the period of 2008-2010,
Mead said that they finished off 2011 with their
best numbers yet.
There are currently about 32
dealers who rent space in the
craft shop. Mead estimates
that this number is four or
five times higher than it
was when he took over
12 years ago.
“We’ve been
continuing to grow
while others go out of
business,” he said.
One of the specialty rooms located at
the Patterry featuring antique furniture
and the McCall’s Candles product line.
“We take care of our customers.”
GRANDPA’S POTTERY
Both natives of Clinton County, Ray and Betty Storer returned
to Wilmington from the Cincinnati area about 20 years ago.
Self-taught, the Storers opened Grandpa’s Pottery.
“We had a studio in Cincinnati and taught occasional
ceramics classes, never thinking we would do it again,” said
Betty Storer with a laugh. “It just kind of happened.”
Grandpa’s Pottery, located just outside Wilmington on State
Route 73, offers handmade, wheel-thrown pottery, both
functional and decorative. The pottery is food, microwave,
dishwasher and oven safe, as well as collectible.
The pottery shop also holds classes and represents Clinton
County at art and pottery shows throughout the Ohio, Indiana
and Kentucky areas.
Each year, the Storers organize a show of their own, the
Wilmington Art and Pottery Festival, held at the Roberts
Centre at the Interstate 71-U.S. Route 68 interchange. This
festival contributes to the local economy, bringing in vendors
and patrons from out of state, as well as enhancing the local
culture.
“We have more out of town and out of state customers than
local customers. We’re a niche business,” said Betty. “Not
everyone needs a piece of pottery when times are tough, but
our pottery goes all around the world, is sent abroad. It’s
amazing.”
Grandpa’s Pottery also offers several options for big groups,
such as civic school or church groups. When Ray is away
presenting or speaking, the Storers’ son and daughter-in-law
help keep the doors of the family business open.
Betty said that a goal of the shop is always to expand and
increase walk-in business. However, they love attending the
art and pottery shows and will continue to invite the people
they meet to come visit Clinton County.
“We take booklets and brochures and constantly
talk about the Wilmington Art and Pottery
Festival,” said Betty. “We promote
Clinton County when we’re out
there.
ROME JEWELERS
Rome Jewelers has had a
presence in Clinton
County since the late
19th century. It has
been operated under
its current ownership
since 2008.
“We wanted to keep
that downtown, family-owned local business tradition going,”
Joseph Sodini explained. “It’s a personal business, an
opportunity to work one on one to serve the customers.”
A retail jewelry store, Rome Jewelers offers a variety of
product lines including fine jewelry of gold and sterling silver,
diamonds and gems, bridal and estate jewelry. It also carries
a line of Citizen watches and Natalie K. Bridal. Rome
Jewelers in the only store in the area to carry Pandora, a high
quality line of bracelets, charms, necklaces and earrings.
“Only certain stores are chosen to carry Pandora,” said
Sodini. “It is one of the unique features of our store.”
“We have been blessed by the support of the community,”
said Sodini. “People still get married, still have anniversaries
and graduations.”
Rome Jewelers currently employs five people. Sodini said
that, because the community has helped the store stay
profitable, he will be looking to expand when the economy
picks up. He hopes to expand product lines and possibly
stores.
“We will definitely need to hire,” he said.
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helped keep the jewelry store profitable, despite the recent
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Clinton County’s strong work force and central location have
captivated manufacturing companies for much of the
county’s history. Local residents are still engaged in the
manufacture of a wide range of products, ranging from
automobile parts to medical equipment and
pharmaceuticals.
FERNO-WASHINGTON, INC.
Ferno-Washington, Inc. started with plants in Greenfield and
Washington Court House. When the Air Force left its base in
Clinton County in 1971, county officials decided to convert
the facility into an industrial park. Ferno’s founders saw an
opportunity to consolidate their operations under one roof,
and became the the park’s first residents. “The timing was
perfect,” said Bob Ginter, vice president of human resources
.
Ferno manufactures emergency patient handling equipment
such as back boards, ambulance cots, neck immobilizers
and emergency stretchers. It also produces a line of
mortuary equipment including cots, embalming tables and
church trucks that wheel a casket down the aisle.
The company has wholly and partially owned subsidiaries in
several countries in Europe and Asia, with a more than 500
employees across the globe. The Wilmington facility
employs 261 people.
“People in Clinton County have a work ethic second to
none,” said Ginter. “They also have a resiliency, an ability
to bounce back.”
John Hottinger works on an
embalming table at Ferno.
Ginter said that the company has grown stronger during
the recession through innovation and creativity, expanding
its markets from Europe into Asia and developing a flexible
work force in which individuals are trained in multiple
areas.
“We emphasize quality and efficiency,” he said. “In the
emergency field, technology changes everyday. We try to
stay on the cutting edge.”
ALKERMES
Alkermes became a part of the Clinton County community
in 1994.
In 1992, local entrepreneur Ralph Stolle and DuPont
collaborated to develop a biodegradable polymer process in
a 13,000-square foot building. In 1994, Alkermes bought
that process, and began manufacturing its two main drugs,
Risperdal Consta, a treatment for schizophrenic and bipolar
patients, and Vivtrol, which treats drug and alcohol
addictions.
“The polymer creates a time release for the medication,”
explained Paul Dearing, director of engineering services.
This means that a treatment for schizophrenia which
usually must be taken twice a day can instead be
administered through a monthly or biweekly injection. The
warmth and moisture within the body slowly breaks down
the polymer, releasing the medication consistently,
eliminating the highs and lows from the traditional tablet application,
he added.
of the labor force and “good work ethic” in Clinton County.
“Wilmington is the one place in the world where either
Risperdal or Vivtrol are manufactured,” said Dearing. “The
polymer production in this plant is advanced. We may be
one of the world leaders.”
TimberTech employs 225 people in the county. This number
includes employees hired through a partnership with Orion,
a program for developmentally disabled adults. Each day, 8
to 10 people enrolled in the program go to TimberTech to
work cutting parts and labeling sample products.
Since production began 20 years ago, the Wilmington
facility has expanded regularly. Additional labs and
warehouses have increased the size of the building to
more than 200,000 square feet, representing a total
investment of more than $150 million. The Wilmington
plant currently employs 310 people.
The company displays a commitment to the environment as
well as the community. Green recycling bins line the
production area. According to Plant Manager Ralph Baker,
90 percent of the waste materials are recycled and nothing
is shipped to a landfill.
Unlike many other industries, pharmaceutical companies
are less affected by economic downturns, said Dearing.
Just last year, in September 2011, Alkermes purchased
Elan Drug Technologies and added about 23 more drugs to
its repertoire. In February, Alkermes partnered with Amglin
and Lilly Pharmaceutical companies to launch a new
diabetes medication that reduces injections from twice a
day to only once a week. In the purchase of Elan, Alkermes
also acquired LinkeRx technology, another process to
produce extended release medications that Dearing
describes as the “next generation of products.”
The industry is also trending toward contracting out
manufacturing. Dearing said that Alkermes is pursuing the
possibility of picking up some of this production, an
opportunity that could create more jobs in the county.
“One of the challenges of building in this area was
developing effective pharmaceutical training programs,” he
said.
TIMBERTECH
TimberTech manufactures composite decking.
This includes planks, railings and fencing
made of a combination of wood and high
density polyethylene or poly-vinyl chlorite
(PVC). The combination of raw materials
renders the structures more durable towards
wind and other natural elements, as well as
requiring lower maintenance on the final
projects.
Gramlich said he feels “bullish” about the economy.
Forecasts for the repair and remodel industries are high for
the second half of 2012 and all of 2013.
“We’re a privately-held company and we have aggressive
plans for growth in the next two to three years,” he said.
“We’re looking to sales to grow first, followed by jobs and
equipment and possibility an expansion in Wilmington. We
have the room here to expand if we need to.”
Like much of the state of Ohio, Clinton County also has a
place in the history of the automotive industry. The
expansion of the Japanese automobile market into the
United States gave rise to several local companies as the
Troy Monroe starts the process to create
an ambulance stretcher at Ferno.
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The company has been in Clinton County since
1999. Started as a new department of its
parent company Crane Plastics in 1997, the
operation quickly outgrew its Columbus
location, said Chief Operating Officer Tom
Gramlich. Crane Plastics purchased the
building formerly owned by Cincinnati Milacron,
and moved the plant south to take advantage
“We’ve been able to withstand and rebound with the
economy,” he said. “We aimed to be ‘right-sized,’ and a
continued focus on being the best decking and railing
company in the country has enabled us to grow our sales.”
These programs enable the company to train new
employees who have no previous experience, widening the
hiring pool. Company leaders hope to utilize this asset.
“We have an aggressive management team,” said Dearing.
“The company has no intentions of being static.”
Though forced to downsize in 2009, Gramlich said
TimberTech’s production is back up to its pre-recession
levels.
assembly plants sought to establish factories in the same
area to manufacture their parts.
NEW SABINA INDUSTRIES
New Sabina Industries makes and assembles the
instrumentation present in a dashboard, such as
speedometers, tachometers and fuel gauges. The company
began mass production in Sabina in 1987.
“Honda’s success made it important for suppliers in Japan to
open transplant operations here in the United States,” said
Jack Filkins, director of administration. “The people in Sabina
impressed the founders. They saw a good opportunity here
because of the hard working population.”
Filkins said the company founders were seeking a small town,
good relationship with the community, and a stable
employment base. They recognized the work ethic required to
survive in agriculture, and Sabina did not disappoint.
“Statistically, absenteeism is low here — well below the
industry average,” he said. New Sabina’s turnover rate is also
less than 10 percent, compared to an industry average of
about 30 percent. The average employee has been with the
company for 14 and a half years.
“Our work force is very stable. People have the knowledge,
ownership, pride in their jobs,” Filkins added.
New Sabina Industries now employs more than 430 people
from Clinton and surrounding counties. The 2008 and 2009
recession period was the first time New Sabina Industries
had a layoff. At its peak, the company employed more than
500. At its lowest point that number dropped to 350.
However, production is once again growing, and with this
growth comes jobs. The company recently added 15
employees.
“We’re slowly building back up,” Filkins said, “and we’re a
stronger company for having gone through that low.”
According to Filkins, diversification of customers helped New
Sabina Industries survive the economic downturn. The
company now serves not only Honda, but also Chrysler and
Subaru. When Chrysler took a hit during the recession, New
Sabina was able to lean on Honda. When Honda was
impacted from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, New
Sabina was able to lean on Chrysler.
Susan Marquec assembles a
dashboard at New Sabina Industries.
“We see manufacturers move to other countries for cheaper
labor, and it challenges us in Sabina to do everything better,”
said Filkins.
Though it can’t compete in direct labor costs, productivity and
technology have enabled the plant to remain competitive.
“We’ve not only held our ground, but have increased in size,
reverse of the trend of most American manufacturers,” he
said.
AHRESTY
Ahresty Wilmington Corporation has been operating in
Wilmington since 1989. The company does high pressure
aluminum diecasting, creating car parts often found in the
engine or transmission. It also assembles about 70 percent
of its cast aluminum parts.
When the company’s Japanese managing directors began
looking for a suitable factory site, Wilmington was the first
place they visited. After touring more than 60 other locations,
they returned to Wilmington.
The company recently began working with GM as well. Filkins
said that the company was proud to add GM to its list of
customers and has “high hopes” for the business
relationship.
“I think they had a gut feeling that Wilmington was good,”
said Justin Rummer, president of Ahresty Wilmington
Corporation. “They liked the overall look and feel of the small
town, the location between Dayton, Cincinnati and Columbus,
and the stable work force that was available.”
The three industry indexes are quality, delivery and cost.
While New Sabina has always led the field in terms of quality
and delivery, its greatest challenge is reducing costs.
Ahresty now employs 469 people in Wilmington. It is the only
Ahresty plant in the United States. Other plants are present in
Japan, China, Mexico, Thailand and India.
Ahresty, like many other companies in the automotive
industry, was hit hard in 2008. The company laid off 121
employees.
“We downsized, restructured, and now we’re back in a
growth phase,” said Rummer.
The company has added 80 personnel since March 2010,
and Rummer said that the industry forecasts look good.
Though many manufacturing companies are moving
factories to other countries, Rummer said this trend is not
an issue for Ahresty.
Rummer said that Ahresty wants to continue its growth in
the United States market, and, while not expecting a
production explosion, he definitely expects to see the
company return to its 2007 levels of production later this
year, and even hopes to exceed those levels in 2013.
“A lot depends on the economy, but we hope to continue
hiring,” he said.
“The parts we make are large. The shipping costs are
prohibitive across borders,” he said. “We locate where our
customers are.”
As the industry has evolved, customers have demanded
more machinery parts and the technology has had to grow.
As a result, Ahresty Wilmington Corporation is an “entity
that stands rather on its own,” according to Rummer. The
Wilmington plant has taken on the responsibility of
educating other subsidiary companies in how to manage
and run operations.
“We have been seen by our parent company as an equal
entity rather than another child company,” said Rummer.
“It’s rather rare and we’re rather proud.”
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decking from a machine at TimberTech.
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f you take your free time and recreation seriously,
Clinton County has lots to offer. Just four of the ongoing
options are the Clinton County Community Family
YMCA, two state parks, the Main Street Yoga Center, and
the Lytle Creek Greenway.
become something to throw your clothes on? People want
to come and work out with a friend,” he said.
CLINTON COUNTY COMMUNITY FAMILY YMCA
The Clinton County Community Family YMCA offers
something for infants to seniors, Director Greg Law said.
“I just came from the pool where we have 21 seniors down
there who are taking water aerobics. We do three of those
classes a week. We also have five different senior aerobics
classes in our aerobics studio a week,” he said.
There are seven adult basketball leagues, and six youth
indoor soccer teams.
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The Cowan Lake Sailing Association
holds an annual spring regatta on
Cowan Lake, bringing many sailboat
enthusiasts to Clinton County.
The YMCA offers nearly 20 cycling classes on a weekly
basis. There are about 30 group fitness classes a week, and
gymnastics for children beginning at age 4.
“We have karate, a wee warriors program for 3- to 5-yearolds and then that program graduates up to however old
you want to be. We have quite a few adults in our karate
program. We offer swim lessons for all ages,” adds Law.
In terms of a personal training package, every member
receives three complimentary personal training packages.
The YMCA has two certified personal trainers and members
can schedule those appointments at their convenience.
These are 90 minutes of one-on-one personal training, said
Law.
“People like to work out with groups, with people, with their
friends. We offer that. We’re a place you can go. Anyone can
have a treadmill in their house. But how often does that just
The local YMCA brought in $70,000 of new cardio
equipment in summer 2011.
In the summer, the YMCA holds a day camp where 50 to 60
youngsters do different things on a daily basis. The YMCA
has before- and after-school care at Holmes Elementary
School for parents who have to leave for work early or come
home late.
“Our goal and our mission is to be a community resource
for anyone who wants to feel better about themselves. The
YMCA is not just a gym. Our mission is different. We want to
address the entire person, address the whole person and
that is the mind, body, and spirit. We want to get you
healthy, but we want to make you feel better doing it,” said
Law.
He added, “I think there are places and niches for every
type of physical fitness facility and we have some really
great options here other than the Y for physical fitness, but
those places are never going to offer soccer, basketball,
swim lessons. That’s our niche — families. We do have the
wonderful weights and the cardio, but we have that for a
wide range of folks. Our services to families is what other
places just can’t provide.”
COWAN LAKE STATE PARK
CAESAR CREEK STATE PARK
Only five miles south of Wilmington’s downtown, Cowan
Lake State Park is one of the permanent attractions
located in Clinton County.
Six picnic areas with tables and grills are located in many
tree-shaded areas overlooking the lake.
Indeed, sailing is very popular. An annual sailing regatta is
held.The state park offers a peaceful setting. Swimming,
fishing, sailing and canoeing are popular on the lake.
An adventure camp for kids is held in June.
Another event is a Blue Moon Canoe Excursion during the
summer season, and in the springtime a morel mushroom
and wildflower hike.
In October, campers go all-out for an outdoors Halloween
decoration event, better than many haunted houses. It’s
open to the public for free.
The South Shore Marina offers boats, canoes, and motors
for rent.
If you’re into fishing, muskie, crappie, large mouth bass,
catfish and bluegill are plentiful. A fishing pier is located
near the pine tree picnic area.
There are six hiking trails. Meandering trails through
mature woodlands complement the natural features of
this scenic 1,075-acre park.
Winter conditions permitting, sledding and cross-country
skiing are allowed.
The 2,830-acre Caesar Creek Lake has an unlimited
horsepower designation.
There are four bridle trails that also allow hiking.
Naturalist programs are offered year round.
MAIN STREET YOGA CENTER
Main Street Yoga Center, 120 W. Main St. in downtown
Wilmington, opened in February 2009.
“We wanted to have a yoga center where we could really
develop a yoga community. I had a handful of people who
I knew at the time who are in love with yoga and the
benefits it brings,” says Jane Newman, an instructor at
the center. “So we wanted to have the opportunity to
develop that kind of yoga facility.”
“There’s a small but steady interest. We would love to
have more people in classes,” she said.
People are not required to buy a membership. They can
pay per class and thus drop in to check out a class. But if
they buy a class card, it brings down the cost.
There are different types of classes. There’s a chair yoga
class on Mondays, designed initially for senior citizens to
help them get the benefit of breath awareness, muscle
toning and stretching.
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“Anybody can start yoga. A lot of inflexible people who
start yoga discover they get more and more flexible as
they do yoga. That’s (chair yoga) a nice class for someone
who has health issues or who is recovering from an injury.
The Tuesday morning class is a mixed-level class for
A second state park, the Caesar Creek State Park,
straddles the Clinton-Warren counties border in northwest
Clinton County.
Main Street Yoga Center owner Jane
Newman (left) and co-instructor Sue
Hanna strongly recommend the health
benefits of of yoga.
beginners and intermediates. All the categories of poses
get introduced,” she said.
“People learn they can take time to relax, and that’s the
activity, relaxing. And that’s a new idea for most of us. It’s
very stress relieving,” said Newman.
Not only is it great for stress relief, yoga can relieve lots of
physical pain, too.
“Studies are showing more and more that yoga is a
wonderful way to deal with chronic back pain. It helps with
people who have cancer, auto-immune diseases,
hypertension, arthritis, asthma, it’s great for neck and
shoulder pain and other chronic conditions like that,” she
added.
Better breathing triggers the body’s relaxation response.
“That’s another reason why people come out of yoga
classes often just feeling completely different than when
they came in,” said Newman.
Yoga keeps the mind on particular things.
“If you’re like a type-A person and you’re always rushing
around, you might have a really sincere promise that ‘I’m
going to stop eating junk food or snacks,’ but after a busy
day you impulsively reach for the junk food. Well, people
who practice yoga find it more and more their habit to really
be mindful of what it is they’re doing.”
have already been developed near Lytle Creek, and the
long-term concept is to “really preserve the area” for future
generations of local residents.
Supporters also look for places to have public access to
the green corridor, and there are opportunities for habitat
restoration, she said.
Events held in the greenway include Lytle Creek Day on the
first Saturday in October, children’s programs, an owl hike
on the bike trail, prairie events, and now there’s a new
amphibian pond that’s been created.
The Wilmington Parks Board is charged with developing the
greenway; the Lytle Creek Prairie is owned by the Clinton
County Parks District.
The 4-C Bicentennial Bike Trail is regarded as part of the
greenway or along the corridor, as are a pavilion on Davids
Drive and the Luther Warren Peace Path, the Clinton County
Youth Council facility, the county fairground, Sugar Grove
Cemetery, a Lytle Creek Prairie near the college arboretum
and a 127-acre nature preserve off State Route 134
South.
Kayakers at Cowan Lake enjoy
the water on a sunny day.
Newman continued, “A lot of people say they come to yoga
because it gives them a sense of inner peace, and a nice
benefit is that I’m getting nice muscle definition.
“I hope it helps people cope with their life stress in a way
that’s effective and enjoyable to them. I hope our business
can offer people a community of support. People who
practice yoga are really cool people from all walks of life.
“A lot of people are stressed and we want this to be an
outlet where they can get healthy and feel supported —
that’s what we’re all about.”
LYTLE CREEK GREENWAY
Not every town has the attraction of a waterway. Lytle
Creek wends its way through the southern half of
Wilmington and is the spine of the Lytle Creek Greenway.
The Lytle Creek Greenway is both idea and reality. There
already is a green way along much of the creek, but the
idea and hope is to further create inside the city limits a
corridor of green earth alongside Lytle Creek.
Residents interested in the outdoors and nature and
beautifying their hometown can support the Lytle Creek
Greenway as befits them.
Lori Williams, vice president of the Lytle Creek League of
Conservators, noted that some hiking and biking trails
Photo by the Ohio Department
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Clinton County Community YMCA
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From pub food to coffee shop sweets, Clinton County has a
wide variety of dining options.
events that create excitement for a different food. Her
creativity creates that excitement.”
THE GENERAL DENVER
The General Denver offers “traditional pub fare,” said
Manager Sally Dullea. The menu includes steaks, salads,
sandwiches, burgers and pasta. The GD also boasts a
full bar.
These holiday-themed events have included Oktoberfest
and St. Patrick’s Day among others. The General Denver
also offers live music from local musicians every Saturday
night, and an Open Mic Night on Wednesdays that has
become a favorite haunt for the young locals, Dullea
added.
Originally completed in 1928, the hotel and restaurant sat
empty for several periods. The current owners began
remodeling it and reopened it eight years ago.
Since opening, the staff has more than doubled. Word of
mouth has increased business for the long-standing hotel
and restaurant.
The General Denver serves brunch on Sundays and has
daily lunch and dinner specials. The soups and desserts
are made from scratch, and the chef, Jen Purkey, buys local
whenever possible,
shopping at the Clinton
County Farmer’s Market
every weekend during the
summer.
“The support of the community has afforded us growth,”
Dullea said.
“Our chef, Jen Purkey,
makes our restaurant
unique,” said Dullea. “We
have a lot of holiday-themed
News Journal photo/Audrey Ingram
Jen Purkey, head chef at the
General Denver presents
“The Stack” — a double bacon
cheeseburger deluxe.
SOUTH STREET COFFEE
Located on South Street, this new coffee shop offers a
variety of coffees, teas and homemade baked goods.
Options include whole bean coffee from every growing
region in the world, including Central and South America,
Africa, Indonesia and Hawaii, the only place in the United
States where coffee is grown. The cafe promotes organic
and free-trade options. It also serves a variety of loose-leaf
teas, frappachinos and smoothies.
Baked goods and pastries also are on the menu. Although
the focus of the owner is the “coffee shop atmosphere,” a
light lunch is also served, such as taco, chicken or tuna
salad.
“This is the only true coffee shop environment in
Wilmington,” said owner Roger Walker. “It will always be,
first and foremost, a coffee shop. I wanted a nice
atmosphere where people can come in and sit, chat with
friends, or curl up on a couch with a book.”
The espresso is brewed
early at South Street
Coffee House.
South Street Coffee offers free WIFI. It also displays the
work of local artists, bringing in new pieces every month or
so.
The shop opened on May 20, 2010. Walker said that he
acted on instinct when he started his business in Clinton
County.
“I felt led to come to Wilmington,” he said. “I had looked in
places like Kettering, Vandalia, Engelwood, but I knew as
soon as I walked into South Street that it was where I was
supposed to be. The doors all opened and everything fell
into place.”
South Street Coffee House also recently initiated an inhouse “going green” program. Cups and plastics are
recycled, and even coffee grounds are reused for compost.
Walker said that he will continue to look toward growing the
business, and will continue to hire new employees as the
business expands.
BEAUGARD’S SOUTHERN BAR “B” QUE
Beaugard’s Southern Bar “B” Que offers customers
a true taste of the South. Serving Memphis,
Tenn.-style barbecue, everything at the
restaurant is cooked and smoked
outside.
Originally from Blytheville, Ark.,
Beaugard’s father opened the
restaurant in 2000. After 22 years
in the United States Air Force, Marty
took over business operations in
December 2005. He said that the
atmosphere is what makes Beaugard’s
BBQ unique.
“It’s the southern hospitality,” he said.
“The way we do our food — we never meet
a stranger. Everybody feels welcome. Or at
least we try to make everyone feel
welcome.”
“I don’t know anywhere else you can go and get everything
from homemade pies to fresh hamburger patties that we
make right here,” said Shari Sams.
Shari said that the restaurant also is very friendly, and the
employees try to get to know the customers by name as
well as order.
“We have a lot of regular customers,” she said
with a laugh.
The Sams have owned the restaurant
for about 11 years. Shari worked for
the previous owners for five years.
Her parents bought it right before
she graduated college.
“Mom always bakes and Dad
cooks on his days off,” she said.
As the economy has changed over
the years, Sams has adapted as
well. Employees have changed hours
and taken on more and more
responsibilities.
A cannoli available
at South Street
Coffee House.
Beaugard said that while the economy has hurt, business
has been able to hold on. He has still been able to employ
his five workers and give back to the schools. As the
economy recovers, he hopes to expand the building and hire
more employees.
“We do a lot of the work ourselves now. We
clean up our own trash, bought our own ice machines
and started baking our own cookies and pies,” Shari said.
Since purchasing the building, the Sams have expanded the
dining room to accommodate the growing lunch crowd. The
catering and deli helps balance business when the
restaurant slows down in the winter.
“We have time to do a lot of catering for Christmas parties,”
Shari said.
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Sams also sells meat packages that enable people to buy
in bulk.
“This is real southern, not imitated,”
said owner Marty Beaugard. “We’re
from down South.”
SAMS MEATS
In addition to its dining room, Sams Meats also serves the
community as a caterer and a deli. A family-oriented
restaurant, Sams serves fresh-cut meats, homemade baked
goods and a different hot plate meal every day.
“We have a lot of customers who do that through their foodstamps. Our ability to take that form of payment has helped
us as well,” said Shari.
LOCAL PIZZA KINGS
THE BUCKEYE LIVERY CAFE AND CASSANO’S PIZZA
Cassano’s Pizza has been located at the Buckeye Livery Café in downtown Wilmington for three years. It was started
by three area businessmen who felt compelled to open up a
pizza place in the community.
Shift Manager Eric Schaffer says that Cassano’s “is able to
accommodate larger groups with party rooms for rent, and
Cassano’s pizza, which everyone likes.”
Cassano’s is always accepting applications and looking for
fresh faces to add to their team. Because they opened up
after the economic slump hit hard, Schaffer says that the
business has “been up and up since opening.”
Cassano’s plans to continue thriving in its role as a reliable
provider of great service and food within the community.
with a consistent
place of work, and
no layoffs have
had to happen.
The restaurant is
hiring currently,
and hopes to
instill its
employees with a
sense of purpose
and skills which
they can take with
them.
Donatos owner
Doug DeVilbiss
presents one of his
restaurant’s pizzas.
As the business
in Wilmington
continues to thrive,
confidence grows in
its employees and by
others affected by
business growth.
According to DeVilbiss, “It’s all about taking things step by
step. 2009 was difficult, 2010 was slightly easier, 2011
was better, and 2012 is starting off even better!”
The store will continue keeping a positive attitude about its
future, and about what it can contribute to Wilmington.
DeVilbiss sais, “community support is to thank” for the
restaurant’s success and its promising future.
Generations Pizzeria has
established a 50-year
tradition in Wilmington.
DONATOS
Donatos has had its Wilmington location since 1992.
Before launching the location, owner Doug DeVilbiss had
been searching for a way to diversify his real estate
business, and after looking into different areas of interest, he felt that the philosophy of Donatos was something that
he could stand behind.
“Our philosophies aligned,” he said.
The mission statement makes Donatos the unique pizza
provider that it is. DeVilbiss says that, “We promote
goodwill through product, principle, and people. We try to
live that every day by delivering a quality product at a fair
price. We also try to be a good neighbor by giving back.”
Donatos also offers online and mobile ordering, which
allows customers the ease of ordering from anywhere.
In the wake of economic downturn, Donatos has been able
to control expenses without compromising its product
quality. The restaurant has been able to provide its workers
GENERATIONS PIZZERIA
Generations is preparing to celebrate its 50th year in
Clinton County. The business’ grand opening took place on
Halloween 1962. Mildred and Dick Waag had just
purchased a building in Wilmington, where their close
friends who owned a restaurant in Kettering had tried
expanding their business. Mildred had worked at the
restaurant, and when their friends said that they were going
to sell the new location, the hardworking Waags realized
that a great opportunity, actually owning their own business,
was lying before them. The Waags took the opportunity, and
built their business from the ground up.
Today, their grandson, Kerry Steed, serves as Generations’
president and owner.
With this rich history, Generations holds a close bond with
the local community. Also setting Generations apart is its
“willingness to do whatever is necessary to serve our
customers.”
Steed attributes the business’ ability to endure the
recession to “long-term, conservative fiscal decisions.
Planning for the cyclical nature of business and continuing
to support the community around us has endeared us in
the hearts and minds of those that live around us.”
Generations has been able to continue hiring new
employees, also due to these kinds of decisions.
Additionally, it continues to look for new hires who have
positive outlooks on their futures and jobs, who strive to
challenge themselves.
Generations plans to continue to build upon its communitybased foundation. Currently, it is seeking locations for
expansion. Steed also says that some of his company’s
goals include: “extending the reach of our delivery service,
expanding our menu options, catering to a diverse market
for parties and events, and lastly, developing a business
model that can be duplicated many times over.”
Although originally Generations never planned on hiring
interns, it is currently looking for a partner with a local
“fellows” program which will enhance the quality of the
business as well as the career path of the individual. This
is only one example of Generation’s ability to “adapt, alter,
and change” its business model, which Steed says is vital
to the company’s survival.
With half of a century under its belt, Generations hopes to
further itself through the tradition it has followed since its
beginnings.
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The Foster J. Boyd, MD, Regional Cancer Center is an $8
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range of advanced radiation and medical oncology services,
programs and staff expertise that is available five days a week.
Providing top-notch medical care
CLINTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
n Sept. 21, 1951, a new 64-bed, $950,000
“cathedral to healing” center was dedicated. More
than 60 years later, Clinton Memorial Hospital
(CMH) continues to provide the region top-notch medical
care.
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Now, CMH is a 95-bed acute care facility which operates
medical/surgical, intensive care, obstetrics, acute rehab,
sleep lab, wound care and emergency services. Services
include home and corporate health, family medicine
residency, and physician practices in family medicine,
obstetrics and gynecology and neurology.
The focus now is providing the patient-care model, said Dr.
Michael Choo, CMH president and CEO.
“There is a commitment to delivering care that is pushing
patIents at the very center,” he said.
Other goals include improving infrastructure, and acquiring
the best doctors, technology and equipment, he said.
So far in 2012, the hospital has continued its
advancement in the medical field.
Patient satisfaction remains high and referrals continue to
grow for plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr. Scott
Lindsay as he begins his second half-year on the CMH
medical staff. Lindsay did close to 40 cases in February,
which he considers two-thirds of the way to a full practice.
CMH has also been implementing information technology
and electronic health record, joining a small percentage of
hospitals nationwide that have progressed in the interests
of quality care, safety and efficiency.
The Diagnostic Imaging Services’ new digital
mammography system has been in operation for nearly
three months and examination times have been reduced
from 39 minutes to 15 minutes. During February, the first
full month since it went online, 376 mammograms were
performed.
“I am so glad that we have this new technologicallyadvanced tool for our patients in the battle against breast
cancer,” Choo said.
Orthopedist and sports medicine specialist Dr. Michael J.
Griesser will be joining the CMH medical staff in the fall,
an advancement which will bring a new line of work to the
hospital, Choo said.
There have also been more than $10.5 million in capital
improvements over last year in addition to digital mammoCT scanner, MRI, other diagnostic and surgery center
upgrades.
Additionally, the average wait time for patients in CMH
Emergency Services is more than two hours under the
national average of four hours and seven minutes.
With CMH, area residents can receive the best of both
worlds because of its unique geographic area in being a
rural county near to urban communities, Choo said.
“We can focus on the bread and butter we should be
excelling in because we don’t have to worry about doing
the other stuff,” he said. “Patients can have the access to
the best quality care for community medicine, but be
assured that if they need high level care, we know where
to send them. It’s all about what’s best for the patient.”
Being the biggest employer in Wilmington has a lot to do
with how well care is provided to patients, Choo said.
Providing expert care and contributing to job growth is
directly linked.
“As we do our jobs well, our facility will be used more by
our community and surrounding communities, and will
lead us to hire more people,” he said. “If we’re hiring
more people, we’re doing a great job. Not only are our
patients benefiting, in return the community is benefiting.”
Choo is optimistic about the future of the hospital, as well
as the community in general. He hopes to increase
recruitment numbers.
“I see no reason right now, with all the efforts everyone is
putting in around the community, that we will be back to
where we were: a healthy economy with a vibrant
community.”
Burns is a 2008 graduate of The Ohio State University
College of Dentistry. He graduated summa cum laude.
He and his wife, Katie, have two daughters, Claire and
Caroline. They are both originally from Lebanon and have
chosen to make Wilmington their home.
Staffers include Hygienist Heidi Zimmerman, Dental
Assistants Tina Leary and Carolyn Bias, and Office
Manager Evelyn Valentine.
As for specializations, Valentine said Burns and company
are “really good at dentures.”
The dental practice serves all ages.
As Valentine states, “As soon as they get teeth, till they
lose them.”
“It’s kind of a family thing,” Hollon said.
Ed Bath handles the family practice and Hollon the
internal medicine. Other doctors in the medical group are
Shawn Swick who also handles a family practice; Laura
Smith, nurse practitioner for all ages, baby to geriatric;
and Ruth Hayes, general surgeon.
“We do mainly family medicine, we cover all age groups
and about all areas of medical care except for obstetrics,”
Hollon said. “I’m an internist and I focus more on adult
medical issues and of course Dr. Hayes, with her surgical
specialty, does minor in-office surgeries.”
All of the doctors are taking new patients. Their effort to
provide personal care sets them apart from other health
care providers.
“I pride the practice on being personable, and on the
quality we provide. We don’t have an answering machine.
A real, live person answers the phone and talks to
people,” said Hollon. “We try to make it a one-on-one, one
patient, one physician situation, and maintain the
individual doctor/patient relationship. I think we’ve been
very successful with that. It’s kind of a old-style practice,
but I think it’s the best way to provide personal medical
care.”
THE FOSTER J. BOYD, MD, REGIONAL CANCER CENTER
The Foster J. Boyd, MD, Regional Cancer Center opened in
February 2007. The $8 million, 18,000-square-foot cancer
center brings together a range of advanced radiation and
medical oncology services, programs and staff expertise
that is available five days a week.
In order to participate in a coordinated cancer program,
area residents often had to drive thousands of miles over
the course of their treatment, far away from the support of
family and friends. The comprehensive regional cancer
center sits on two acres at 31 Farquhar Ave. across from
the Clinton Memorial Hospital campus.
“Cancer is an area we want to make sure if our
community members are unfortunately diagnosed they
can get the care they need locally so don’t have to travel
far away for what I consider standard care,” said Dr.
Michael Choo, CMH president and CEO. “Treatment that
goes along with cancer therapy isn’t fun, it’s inconvenient
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The office is affiliated with the dentistry office of Dr. Lesia
Langston-McKenna, DMD. She has been in business for
MAIN MEDICAL
The roots of Main Medical date back to 1916 when Dr.
Joseph Frane started his practice in Highland County. In
1977, his son-in-law Dr. H.R. Bath joined him and opened
the practice in Wilmington. In 1960s, his son Ed Bath
joined the practice and in 1978, his son-in-law Dr. John
Hollon also joined.
FAMILY DENTIST
From routine cleanings and fillings to bruxism devices, Dr.
Joshua Burns, DDS, is equipped to handle dental needs.
At the general dentistry practice at 819 W. Main St. in
Wilmington, Burns and his staff perform services including
crowns and bridges, cleaning, filling, whitening,
extractions and dentures.
more than 25 years in Hillsboro and purchased the
Wilmington office in 2005.
to say the least, so making people travel to places an
hour away may not seem like a big deal when you’re
feeling good, but it is a whole lot different when you’re not
feeling good.”
Choo likes to compare the center to old-fashioned house
visits, when a doctor would make his rounds throughout the
neighborhood.
“It’s the next closest thing,” Choo said.
In 2011, Oncology Hematology Care, Inc. of Cincinnati
was selected to provide oncology services to the cancer
center.
To assure outstanding care, the cancer center’s radiation
therapy suite houses a linear accelerator, computed
tomography simulator, treatment planning system, physics
equipment and state-of-the-art information technology.
Having state-of-the-art technology is extremely important,
Choo said, adding that the center provides comprehensive
treatment one could receive at urban hospitals, but is
available locally.
The cancer center also offers unique cosmetic and
comfort needs for both male and female patients in the
positive appearance boutique.
At Clinton Memorial Hospital in Wilmington,
area residents can receive the best of both
worlds because of its unique geographic
area in being a rural county near
to urban communities.
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120 W. Main Street
Wilmington, OH 45177
937-382-7011
Bennett Realty
1216 W. Locust Street
937-382-4427
Cape May Retirement Village
150 Cape May Drive
937-382-2995
Abbott Signs
588 S. South Street
937-382-6677
Bill Marine Ford, Inc.
PO Box 130
1182 W. Main Street
937-382-3858
Central Ohio Exterminating
622 W. Market Street
Washington C.H., OH 43160
937-382-4225
Adecco Staffing
51 W. Main Street
937-383-1001
Biz Card Gallery
21 Kimlor Lane
937-289-0444
Champion Bridge Company
261 E. Sugartree Street
937-382-2521
Clinton County Farm Bureau
PO Box 906
1425 Rombach Avenue
937-382-4407
Clinton County Foundation
PO Box 831
937-283-3086
Clinton County Glass
341 E. Main Street
937-383-0717
Ahresty Wilmington
Corporation
2627 S. South Street
937-382-6112
Bowman TV
1140 State Route 134 N
937-382-2535
Champions in the Making
Academy LLC
464 W. Vine Street
937-382-8790
Clinton County Motorsports
6002 US Highway 68 N
937-283-2220
Alkermes, Inc.
265 Olinger Circle
937-382-5642
Branstrator Farm
885 North George Road
Clarksville, OH 45113
937-725-5607
Chrisman Water Conditioning
1020 E. Market Street
Washington C.H., OH 43160
740-335-2620
1113 Airport Road
937-728-1924
American Red Cross
50 S. Mulberry Street
937-382-0083
Bronson Door Sales
10477 State Route 729
New Vienna, OH 45159
937-987-0005
City of Wilmington
69 N. South Street
937-382-5458
Clinton County Rails-to-Trails
Coalition
70 Faculty Place
937-382-5887
At-Chem, Inc.
PO Box 89
1225 W. Main Street
937-382-7511
Buckley, Miller & Wright
145 N. South Street
937-382-0946
Clinton County Adult Day
Care Center, Inc.
66 N. Mulberry Street
937-382-2070
ATSG, Inc. (ABX & AMES)
145 Hunter Drive
937-366-2536
Bush Auto Place
PO Box 788
1850 Rombach Avenue
937-382-2542
Bank of America Home Loans
PO Box 168
2333 Rombach Avenue
937-382-5054
Community Improvement
Corporation of Wilmington
170 Marion Drive
937-382-0629
Beaugard's Southern BBQ
975 S. South Street
937-655-8100
The Cabinet Gallery LLC
8247 US 68 North
937-486-1444
Beechwood Acres Camping
855 Yankee Road
937-289-2202
Camp's Asphalt Sealing
7458 US Highway 68 S
Blanchester, OH 45107
937-383-3163
Clinton County Regional
Planning Commission
69 N. South Street
937-382-3582
Clinton County Agricultural
Society
PO Box 29
958 W. Main Street
937-382-4443
Clinton Swim & Tennis Club
PO Box 463
937-382-7838
Clinton County Board of
Commissioners
46 S. South Street
937-382-2103
CMH Regional Health System
PO Box 600
610 W. Main Street
937-382-9464
Clinton County Board of
Realtors
PO Box 772
937-382-4427x261
Collett Propane, Inc.
6611 State Route 73 W
937-382-1624
Clinton County CVB
13 N. South Street
937-382-1965
PO Box 123
200 R. Gordon Drive
937-382-5400
Computer Network Pro
937-655-8715
Dr. John Dickinson
151 W. Main Street
937-382-6643
Congressman Michael Turner
61 E. Main Street
Suite 1
937-383-8931
Dr. Lesia Langston-McKenna
819 W. Main Street
937-383-1913
Country View Pet Hospital
937-382-7387
The Crave Candy & Nuts
40 W Main Street
937-383-7076
Curless Printing Company
PO Box 97
202 E. Main Street
937-783-2403
The Cutting Room Salon &
Day Spa
135 N. South Street
937-383-0102
D & E Equipment Company
161 Doan Street
937-382-3501
Dayton Power & Light
Company
1065 Woodman Drive
Dayton, OH 45401
937-259-7924
Deb's Health Den
1079 Orchard Road
937-382-7998
Dennis & Williams Co., L.P.A.
245 N. South Street
937-382-3831
Donatos Pizza
860 Rombach Avenue
937-382-1600
Earley Engineering and
Associates
3763 Jonesboro Road
Midland, OH 45148
937-685-6044
East Clinton Local School
District
97 College Street
Lees Creek, OH 45138
937-584-2461
East Coast Timing
Association
1081 Dexter Corner Road
Townsend, DE 19734
302-373-7165
The Elks Golf Club Inc.
PO Box 469
2593 Rombach Avenue
937-382-2666
EMSAR, Inc.
270 Davids Drive
937-383-1052
Ferno-Washington, Inc.
70 Weil Way
937-382-1451
Fifth Third Bank
140 W. Main Street
937-382-3893
First Financial Bank
647 Fife Avenue
937-382-6993
For A Song & A Story
201 E. Locust Street
937-382-8558
Fred Haught Realty
937-382-6671
Frontier Communications
241 S Nelson Avenue
937-382-7568
General Denver Hotel
81 W. Main Street
937-383-4141
Generations Pizzeria & Pub
100 Lowes Drive
937-382-3845
Glenn's Auto Body, Inc.
1029 Wayne Road
937-382-2317
Goldstar Energy
1567 Deerwoods Drive
Milford, OH 45150
513-407-2415
Goodwill Easter Seals Miami
Valley
1511 Kuntz Road
Dayton, OH 45404
937-461-4800
Halderman Real Estate
Services
PO Box 536
937-382-1425
Hale Manufacturing Company
1065 Wayne Road
937-382-2127
Hampton Inn and Suites
201 Holiday Drive
937-382-4400
Harvest of Gold of
Wilmington, Inc.
PO Box 1061
243 Grant Street
937-382-8669
HealthSource Wilmington
937-481-2930
Holiday Inn Express
155 Holiday Drive
937-382-5858
Honnerlaw Real Estate
Services
94 N. South Street, Suite A
937-382-8833
Hood Packaging Corporation
1961 Rombach Avenue
937-382-6681
Gradeco of Clinton County
PO Box 217
585 W. Washington Street
Sabina, OH 45169
937-584-4823
Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley
215 Hughes Boulevard
Mt. Orab, OH 45154
937-444-4900
Grandpa's Pottery
937-382-6442
Houston's H.V.A.C., Inc.
1002 W. Main Street
937-382-6413
Great Oaks Institute of Tech
and Career Development
300 Oak Drive
937-382-1411
JD Equipment, Inc.
7550 US 68 N
937-486-5211
Haines Publishing, Inc.
8050 Freedom Avenue NW
North Canton, OH 44720
330-494-9111
John Stanforth Construction
One Davids Drive
937-382-3600
Damons of Wilmington
1045 Eastside Drive
937-383-1400
Dr. W. Glenn MacDonald
PO Box 910
2079 Rombach Avenue
937-382-4933
Fox Towing & Truck Service,
Inc.
29 W. Curry Road
937-382-6544
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Joshua Burns, DDS
819 W. Main Street
937-383-1913
Mayer Agri Equipment, Inc.
6001 US 68 N
937-382-5717
New Sabina Industries, Inc.
12555 US Hwy 22&3 E
Sabina, OH 45169
937-584-2433
Kersey Real Estate & Auction
Co. LLC
191 N. South Street
937-382-7793
McBrayer Real Estate Co.
1107 Rombach Avenue
937-382-0809
Northland Court Apartments
1151 Brownberry Drive
531-200-8002 (382-4853)
McCarty Gardens, LLC
Sabina, OH 45169
937-584-5441
On Time Media, LLC
Suite B
264 Main Street
Florence, KY 41042
859-746-2046
Kibler Lumber Design Center
1700 W. Main Street
937-382-6111
Kotobuki Reliable Die
Casting, Inc.
851 Bellbrook Avenue
Xenia, OH 45385
937-347-1111
Kroger Company
1230 Rombach Avenue
937-655-5700
Kulkarni Orthodontics, Inc.
566 N. Main Street
Springboro, OH 45066
937-382-5327
Leadership Clinton
148 E. Sugartree
937-382-7120
Liberty Savings Bank, FSB
PO Box 1000
937-382-1000
Littleton Respiratory
Homecare Supply
1682 Alex Drive
937-382-5694
LNT Real Estate Holdings
937-382-6068
Main Medical, Inc.
222 W. Main Street
937-382-0918
Majestic Springs Golf Club
1631 Todds Fork Road
937-383-1474
McDonald's Restaurant
1198 Rombach Avenue
513-932-0141
The Melvin Asphalt Paving Co.
PO Box 219
Sabina, OH 45169
937-584-9716
Melvin Stone Company
PO Box 158
Sabina, OH 45169
937-584-2486
Mental Health Recovery
Services of Warren & Clinton Co.
107 Oregonia Road
Lebanon, OH 45036
513-695-1691
Miller Security Services
PO Box 273
937-783-9914
Murphy Advertising Co.
82 Wesley Way
937-382-1010
National Bank & Trust
PO Box 711
48 N. South Street
937-382-1441
National Cooperative Bank,
FSB
PO Box 741
2829 Rombach Avenue
937-382-2484
Naylor's Furniture
2291 St. Rt. 22&3 W
937-382-3373
Orion Rehabilitation Center, Inc.
937-382-6674
Patterry
937-382-7054
Paul Architectural Group, PS
Co.
5684 Lundy-Whitacre Road
Morrow, OH 45152
513-899-9400
PC Connection
2870 Old State Route 73
937-382-4800
Peelle & Lundy Realtors, Inc.
PO Box 782
822 Rombach Avenue
937-382-5538
Peelle Law Offices Co., LPA
PO Box 950
1929 Rombach Avenue
937-382-1497
Pennant Moldings
12381 SR 22&3 E
Sabina, OH 45169
937-584-5411
Quaker Heritage Center of
Wilmington College
Pyle Center 1182
937/382-6661
Quali-Tee Design Sportswear
Co.
59 W. Sugartree Street
937-382-7997
Rainbow Village Child Care
Center
481 E. Columbus Street
937-382-1762
Rent-2-Own
1555 Rombach Avenue
937-383-3489
Rose & Dobyns Co., LPA
97 N. South Street
937-382-2838
Royal Z Lanes
2667 State Route 22 & 3 E
937-382-3891
Rumpke
9427 Beyers Road
Georgetown, OH 45121
877-RUMPKE-7
Sabina Farmers Exchange,
Inc.
292 N. Howard Street
Sabina, OH 45169
937-584-2411
Sams Meats & Deli
937-382-6386
ServiceMaster Restoration by
Ganz
PO BOX 988
937-944-3429
Phillips Insurance Associates,
Inc.
1600 W. Main Street
PO Box 711
937-382-5545
ServPro of East
Dayton/Beavercreek
3521 Wrightway Road
Dayton, OH 45424
937-228-3433
Pittser Family Eye Care
87 Fairway Drive, #125
937-382-2433
Shaffer Sales & Service
1271 Wayne Road
937-364-8088
Shoppes at the Old
Mill/Home Again II
316 E. Sugartree Street
937-655-8181
Smith-Feike-Minton, Inc.
PO Box 930
2333 Rombach Avenue
937-382-2546
Snow Hill Country Club
New Vienna, OH 45159
937-987-2491
Solid Rock Concrete
77 Center Road
937-302-9173
South Street Coffee House
33 N. South Street
937-382-0419
Southern Ohio Plastic &
Reconstructive Surgical
Institute, LLC
630 W Main Street, Suite 304
937-283-2510
Southern State Community
College
1850 Davids Drive
937-382-6645, ext 4510
Staffmark
90 Fairway Drive
937-383-0111
Stillwater Stables
1465 N. Webb Road
937-383-7793
Stokes Raspberry Farm, DBA
Berry Industries
2822 Center Road
937-382-4004
Wilmington Sack & Save
935 S. South Street
937-382-6627
Teamsters Local #1224
2754 Old State Route 73
937-383-2500
Wilmington Church of Christ
937-382-0904
Wilmington Savings Bank
184 N. South Street
937-382-1659
TimberTech
894 Prairie Avenue
937-655-8766
Wilmington City Schools
341 S. Nelson Street
937-382-1641, x7485
Wilmington Security Systems
PO Box 663
937-382-6244
Tri-County Open MRI
1661 Rombach Avenue
937-382-OPEN (6736)
Wilmington College
1870 Quaker Way
937-382-6661
Wilmington Wellness Center
14 N. South Street
(937) 488-0006
United Way of Clinton County
31 W. Main Street
937-383-4846
Wilmington Counseling
Associates
61 W. Main Street
937-382-2282
Windy Acres, DBA Crabby
Ed's Deli
937-382-8057
Wilmington House of Prayer
63 W. Main Street
937-829-2980
The Wooden Branch
6945 State Route 73
937-382-7337
Wilmington Iron & Metal
Company, Inc.
2149 US Route 68 South
937-382-3867
Workforce Services
Unlimited, Inc.
PO Box 220
Circleville, OH 43113
740-474-7518
Wilmington News Journal
937-382-2574
Wright-Patt Credit Union
161 Carrie Drive
937-383-2134
Universal Forest Products
940 E. Cherry Street
937-783-2443
Vectren Energy Delivery
120 W. Second Street
Suite 820
Dayton, OH 45423
937-267-3176
Wagenseller, Foley,
Hollingsworth
101 N. South Street
937-382-5549
Wal-Mart
2825 State Route 73 E
937-382-4919
Wendy's Old Fashioned
Hamburgers
6077 Landings Pond Place
Grove City, OH 43123
614-277-9100
Wilmington Nursing &
Rehabilitation
75 Hale Street
937-382-1621
Wilmington Nursing &
Rehabilitation Residence
75 Hale Street
937-382-1621
West End Auto Sales &
Service
1187 W. Main Street
937-382-6100
Wilmington Oral Surgery
1665 Alex Drive
937-382-8020
Wilmington Ace Hardware
1268 Rombach Avenue
937-382-1459
Wilmington Public Library
268 N. South Street
937-382-2417
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Roy Joe Stuckey
1182 Hornbeam Road
Sabina, OH 45169
Wilmington Auto Sales
1780 Rombach Avenue
937-382-7714
Southwestern Ohio Urology,
Inc.
Suite 600
937-382-1141
Swindler & Sons Florists, Inc.
937-382-1661
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