Teamwork

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TeamworkBuilding Guernsey County

• County Commissioners Association of Ohio
• - June 25, 2015

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Dates of Formation

• Community Improvement Corp 1965
• Officially designated as Econ Dev
  Agency
• City of Cambridge - Oct
  18,1965
• Guernsey County Oct 30,1972
• Village of Byesville Mar
  5,1997
• Port Authority 2000

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Resources Ohio Mid-Eastern Governments
Assoc. Eastern Ohio Development Alliance Ohio
Means Jobs Zane State College
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OVERKILL????

• Calling 806 Cochran Avenue home

• Community Improvement Corporation
• Port Authority
• Planning Commission
• Community Industrial Association
• Cambridge Hospital Property Consortium
• Workforce Policy Board
• Ex-Officio Chamber of Commerce, Cambridge Main
  Street, VCB
• Member 9 additional Boards/Associations

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Scope of Responsibilities

• CIC Funds Econ Dev Base of Operations
• Marketing
• Public Relations
• Client Interaction
• Web Site Maintenance
• Port Authority Revolving Loan Fund
• Land Transfers
• Project Development
• Grant Acquisition

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CIC Board of Trustees

• Public Guernsey County Commissioners (3)
• Cambridge Mayor
• Cambridge City Council
  (2)
• Byesville Mayor
• Byesville Village
  Council (1)
• Township Trustees (2)
• Private Cambridge Area Chamber Of Commerce (1)
• Cambridge Main Street Board
  (1)
• Guernsey County
  Visitors and Convention Bureau (1)
• Cambridge Office of
  Housing and Economic Development (1)
• Business Community
  Representatives (3)
• Community-at-Large
  Representatives (2)
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  (Nineteen Members)

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Port AuthorityBoard of Trustees

• President Regis Woods, Retired
  Superintendent
• Vice President Tom Hartley, President of
  Hartley Oil Co.
• Treasurer Tim McKim, CFO, Dunning Business
  Group
• Member Jim Law, Owner, Bundy-Law Funeral
  Home
• Member Pete Mikula, Limited Partner, Edward
  Jones Investments

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CIC Funding Sources

• Public Guernsey County Commissioners
• City Of Cambridge
• Guernsey County Planning
  Commission
• Guernsey County Port
  Authority
• Village of Byesville
• Jackson Township
• Cambridge Township
• Private Community Industrial Association
• Corporate Contributions
• Tax Abatement Monitoring
  Fees
• Operating Budget - 203,563

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Port Authority Funding Sources

• Project Fees
• Land Transfer Fees
• Revolving Loan Fund Fees Interest
• Lease Agreements
• Port Operating Budget - 18,780

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Current or Recent Joint CIC/Port Authority
Projects

• Industrial Expansions
• Ridge Tool North American Distribution Facility
• Detroit Diesel Re-manufacturing East
• Island Aseptics
• Cambridge Packaging
• Fed Ex Ground Terminal
• AFC Cable
• Quanex Corp
• Velocity Group
• Promoting Sale of Vacant Buildings - Ridge Tool,
  Plastech, AMES True-Temper, Cambridge Tool Die,
  Rose Chemical, and numerous smaller buildings

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• Airport Expansion
• Community Service Actions
• Main Street Formation
• SR209 Traffic Study
• School Issues
• Autumn Healthcare
• Property Transfers
• Cambridge High School to YMCA
• Cambridge Jr. High to St. Benedicts
• County Property to CVS Pharmacy
• Byesville Property to United Ambulance, Byesville
  Scenic Rail, Thompkins Child Ctr.
• Over 800,000 dispersed through Revolving Loan
  Fund
• Fund Repository Charitable Groups

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Getting Railroaded

• Built rail to Colgate-Palmolive
• Created 350 jobs
• Purchased 14 miles of rail
• Preserved 232 jobs at Basic System, Inc.
• Assisted development of Byesville Scenic Rail
• Acquired C.I.C. active rail assets

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Projects ongoing or proposed

• Zane State College
• 10.5 million campus facility
  Completed 2014
• Byesville Business Park
• Access / rail crossing upgrades Proposed
  2015 (ARC, 629
  Funds, Jackson Twp.,
• ODOT, County)
• Guernsey County Comprehensive Plan 2015
• Hotel Complexes Ongoing
• D O Hall Business Park Improvements Ongoing

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