https://www.thebcfa.org Butler County (Ohio) Finance Authority News Feed Sat, 17 Oct 2026 06:19:20 +0000 en-US https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/69060/mill-mechanical-aug-2026 https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/69060/mill-mechanical-aug-2026 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 BCFA is pleased to introduce you to… Mill Mechanical and Mr. Doug Massey, Owner & CEO   Doug Massey is the Owner and CEO of Mill Mechanical, Inc., an industrial machining and fabrication company serving the manufacturing and steel industries. Under Doug’s leadership, Mill Mechanical has developed into a fully integrated operation providing... https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/69053/butler-county-to-invest-15m-in-regional-airport https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/69053/butler-county-to-invest-15m-in-regional-airport Fri, 28 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 $15M boost for Butler County airport could pave way for businesses, restaurants and jobs$15M boost for Butler County airport could pave way for businesses, restaurants and jobsBy Denise G. Callahan - Contributing Writer Aug 28, 2026 $15M boost for Butler County airport could pave way for businesses, restaurants and jobsOfficials hope... https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/69007/dewine-tours-new-butler-tech-aviation-school https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/69007/dewine-tours-new-butler-tech-aviation-school Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Michael D. Clark - Contributing Writer Aug 24, 2026 Updated Aug 25, 2026The governor touted the $15M facility: ‘You guys are doing it right.’Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine visited Middletown Regional Airport on Monday, Aug. 24, to see first-hand southwest Ohio’s newest, most innovative aviation career school for high school students.The... https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/69008/hit-promotional-products-moving-to-new-fairfield-facility https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/69008/hit-promotional-products-moving-to-new-fairfield-facility Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Sue Kiesewetter - Contributing Writer Aug 25, 2026 Updated Aug 27, 2026A five-month transition into a new building began Monday, Aug. 24, with a ribbon cutting for Hit Promotional Products and its affiliate Profill Solutions.The firms are moving about a mile from 350,000 square feet of leased space on Mercantile... https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68834/ohio-receives-500m-federal-steel-grant https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68834/ohio-receives-500m-federal-steel-grant Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 A major Ohio steel plant is getting a $1 billion modernization, with the federal government covering half the cost.What happenedThe U.S. Department of Energy announced a $500 million award supporting Cleveland-Cliffs’ $1 billion investment at Middletown Works. The project is expected to preserve 2,300 jobs, employ more than 1,500 workers... https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68738/townships-move-to-capture-data-center-revenues https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68738/townships-move-to-capture-data-center-revenues Mon, 17 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Townships move to capture future data center tax revenue as Trenton pursues annexationTownships move to capture future data center tax revenue as Trenton pursues annexationby Bryn Dippold - Staff WriterMadison and St. Clair townships have taken steps to establish a tax increment financing district on land tied to a proposed... https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68752/city-of-oxford-approves-mixeduse-project-at-key-site-near-miami-university https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68752/city-of-oxford-approves-mixeduse-project-at-key-site-near-miami-university Fri, 14 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 By Brian Planalp – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier | Aug 14, 2026A mixed-use project on a key site near Miami University has the green light to proceed.The city of Oxford’s Historic & Architectural Preservation Commission at its July meeting approved a certificate of appropriateness for the demolition of the... https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68719/manufacturing-startup-picks-hamilton-for-150m-production-facility https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68719/manufacturing-startup-picks-hamilton-for-150m-production-facility Thu, 13 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 By Brian Planalp – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier | Aug 13, 2026A newly formed U.S. manufacturing firm, fresh off its first fundraising round, has selected the city of Hamilton for a large facility where it will produce aluminum the company touts as having the lowest carbon footprint among all... https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68720/adaptiq-aluminum-to-build-150m-hamilton-plant-adding-jobs-and-clean-energy-capacity https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68720/adaptiq-aluminum-to-build-150m-hamilton-plant-adding-jobs-and-clean-energy-capacity Thu, 13 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Eric Schwartzberg - Staff Writer Aug 13, 2026An advanced manufacturing company plans to build a massive green aluminum billet remelt facility at Hamilton Enterprise Park, creating dozens of new jobs and hundreds more indirectly.Adaptiq Aluminum produces sustainable, low-carbon secondary aluminum billets directly for domestic extruders.“Powered by clean hydroelectric energy in... https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68760/amazon-eyes-5b-data-center-in-greater-cincinnati https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68760/amazon-eyes-5b-data-center-in-greater-cincinnati Tue, 11 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 By Brian Planalp – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business CourierAmazon.com Inc., through its subsidiary Amazon Web Services, is in negotiations on a mammoth planned data center in Butler County, according to public statements from multiple administrators and elected officials.The 601-acre site lies in Madison Township and St. Clair Township just south... https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68717/west-chester-township-properties-part-of-100m-ohio-industrial-deal https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68717/west-chester-township-properties-part-of-100m-ohio-industrial-deal Mon, 10 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 By Brian Planalp – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier | Aug 10, 2026A Texas real estate investment firm has closed on the purchase of two Cincinnati-area industrial properties as part of an Ohio portfolio acquisition valued at $100 million.Dallas-based Swift Creek Partners in June, through Scivf Ohio Holding LLC, acquired... https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68716/christ-hospital-health-network-wraps-13m-expansion-project https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68716/christ-hospital-health-network-wraps-13m-expansion-project Fri, 07 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 By Liz Engel – Digital editor/Cincy Inno editor, Cincinnati Business Courier | Aug 7, 2026Christ Hospital Health Network has wrapped an eight-figure expansion project at an ancillary campus in Butler County.The $13 million, 8,800-square-foot addition to the Christ Hospital Medical Center-Liberty Township site expands the facility’s Family Birthing Center, a... https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68718/314unit-apartment-community-gets-green-light-in-middletown https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68718/314unit-apartment-community-gets-green-light-in-middletown Fri, 07 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 By Max Abbatiello – Staff Reporter, Dayton Business Journal | Aug 7, 2026A 314-unit apartment community has been greenlit in Middletown, bringing a major development to the city's east side.The Atticus received approval for its final plat during a Middletown City Council meeting July 21. It allows the developer to... https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68754/4-businesses-eye-space-in-planned-middletown-development https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68754/4-businesses-eye-space-in-planned-middletown-development Thu, 06 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Bryn Dippold - Staff Writer Aug 3, 2026 Updated Aug 4, 2026Four businesses have signed letters of intent with developer CMC Properties to move into a planned mixed-use development on the site of the former Manchester Inn and Sonshine building in downtown Middletown.Pete Montgomery, a developer with Blue Ash-based CMC... https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68598/expansion-bringing-400-jobs-coming-to-west-chester-twp https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68598/expansion-bringing-400-jobs-coming-to-west-chester-twp Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 400 jobs coming to West Chester Twp. through $750M Resilience-Lilly expansion 400 jobs coming to West Chester Twp. through $750M Resilience-Lilly expansionInvestment will expand production of Lilly's KwikPen device and bring Resilience's Ohio workforce to about 1,400.Bryn Dippold - Staff Writer Jul 30, 2026A $750 million expansion by Resilience and Eli... https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68599/region-a-powerhouse-for-aerospace-innovation https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68599/region-a-powerhouse-for-aerospace-innovation Sun, 02 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 From drones to air taxis: Why aerospace companies are betting on this regionFrom drones to air taxis: Why aerospace companies are betting on this regionBy Samantha Wildow - Staff WriterRegion becoming a powerhouse for aerospace innovationElectra’s decision to build an $850 million factory in Springfield — bringing nearly 2,000 jobs... https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68560/drugmakers-plan-750m-expansion-in-suburban-cincinnati-will-create-400-jobs https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68560/drugmakers-plan-750m-expansion-in-suburban-cincinnati-will-create-400-jobs Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000 By Hailey Roden – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier, July 30, 2026Two major drug makers are expanding on a multiyear manufacturing partnership, one that will result in a $750 million investment in the region and hundreds of new jobs.National Resilience Inc., a biotech and pharmaceuticals manufacturer, and Eli Lilly and... https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68520/neyer-properties-lands-state-financing-for-upgrades-to-butler-county-industrial-buildings https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68520/neyer-properties-lands-state-financing-for-upgrades-to-butler-county-industrial-buildings Tue, 28 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000 By Chris Wetterich – Staff reporter and columnist, Cincinnati Business CourierJul 27, 2026Neyer Properties is upgrading two industrial buildings in Monroe and has won state financing for the project.The Ohio Air Quality Development Authority awarded $850,000 to Neyer for its project at 801 N. Garver Road.The project includes interior lighting... https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68521/hamiltons-80-acres-farms-showcases-vertical-farming-at-united-nations-forum https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68521/hamiltons-80-acres-farms-showcases-vertical-farming-at-united-nations-forum Sat, 25 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Eric Schwartzberg - Staff Writer, Jul 25, 2026Hamilton’s 80 Acres Farms took its vertical farming message to United Nations headquarters this month, presenting how technology can reshape food systems at a global forum on sustainable development. The company presented at High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development side event, “Humanity at... https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68595/2-middletown-housing-developments-receive-key-approvals-to-move-forward https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68595/2-middletown-housing-developments-receive-key-approvals-to-move-forward Fri, 24 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Bryn Dippold - Staff Writer - Jul 24, 2026Two long-planned housing developments took significant steps forward Tuesday, July 21, after Middletown City Council approved final plats for both projects, clearing the way for developers to seek construction permits.The approvals involve The Atticus, a 314-unit apartment complex planned near Atrium Medical... https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68468/9m-project-to-create-28-jobs-at-hamilton-facility https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68468/9m-project-to-create-28-jobs-at-hamilton-facility Thu, 23 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Salvagnini America granted local incentives for $9M Hamilton expansion that will create 28 jobs, retain 98By: Eric Schwartzberg - Staff Writer Jul 20, 2026 An international manufacturer has secured local incentives to support a $9 million vertical expansion project that will create more than two dozen new jobs with approximately $2.7... https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68398/ge-aerospace-joint-venture-cfm-international-signs-record-deal-at-farnborough-airshow https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68398/ge-aerospace-joint-venture-cfm-international-signs-record-deal-at-farnborough-airshow Wed, 22 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000 By Andy Brownfield – Managing editor, Cincinnati Business CourierJul 21, 2026West Chester Township-based CFM International, a 50-50 joint venture between GE Aerospace and French firm Safran, Monday announced a record deal with an Asian airline.CFM International July 20 announced it had signed a memorandum of understanding with IndiGo, India's largest... https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68505/former-verdin-ceos-vision-led-to-creation-of-pendleton-middletown-art-centers https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68505/former-verdin-ceos-vision-led-to-creation-of-pendleton-middletown-art-centers Fri, 17 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000 By Franck Mercurio – Courier contributorJul 17, 2026Who says art can’t change the world? Or, at the least, a neighborhood?This past June, on the last Friday of the month, some 680 people explored an eight-story brick structure in Cincinnati’s Pendleton neighborhood. A manual freight elevator carried visitors up and down... https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68355/its-exciting-to-see-company-adding-100-jobs https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68355/its-exciting-to-see-company-adding-100-jobs Thu, 16 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000 ‘It’s exciting to see': Company adding 100 jobsthyssenkrupp BILSTEIN to add 100 jobs in Hamilton expansionEric Schwartzberg - Staff Writer Jul 13, 2026 Hamilton-based thyssenkrupp BILSTEIN of America, Inc. is set to expand its operations in the city with a major hiring initiative and facility investment.The automotive technology firm announced plans... https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68312/ranking-shows-ohio-no-1-state-for-business https://www.thebcfa.org/ignitebutler/spotlight/news-archive/p/item/68312/ranking-shows-ohio-no-1-state-for-business Tue, 14 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000 First ever top ranking thanks for low costs and strong infrastructure. Ranking shows Ohio No. 1 state for businessAs a place to do business, Ohio is No. 1, CNBC has declared.As a place to do business, Ohio is No. 1, CNBC has declared.CNBC announced that Ohio is America’s “top state for...