Over the next few months, all businesses located in Northwood will have an opportunity to help city officials better understand the issues they face.
The City of Northwood’s new Community Improvement Corporation, assisted by Reveille, The Ohio State University Extension, and the Ohio Sea Grant College Program, is launching a Business Retention and Expansion Program (BRE) to evaluate the local business climate and to assist local businesses with retention and expansion within the community.
“Our goal is to increase and open up the lines of communication between businesses, city government staff and our local community improvement corporation officials,” Northwood Mayor Edward Schimmel said. “Existing businesses create up to 80 percent of all new jobs in a community, so it’s important to examine the needs of those companies already committed to Northwood…