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The best places to live list now offers state-specific rankings, and Hamilton cracked the top five in the Buckeye State, ranking fourth, while Cincinnati came in at No. 12 on the best places to live in Ohio list. The highest-ranked Ohio city went to Mentor.Hamilton received an overall ranking of...
Butler County, Ohio — The Butler County Finance Authority (BCFA) and the Middletown Port Authority are pleased to announce the approval of a Cooperative Agreement that will strengthen regional economic development coordination across Butler County. The Boards of Directors for both organizations voted unanimously to authorize the agreement, which establishes...
The city of Hamilton is working with a local real estate development company on the adaptive reuse of a building steeped in history, one of several projects expected to transform the city’s urban core in the years to come.The Beckett Paper Mill, a 128,415-square-foot vacant industrial building that dates from...
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Dayton, Ohio, will host the Spring 2025 NATO Parliamentary Assembly, a five-day international event taking place May 22–26. This gathering holds special significance because it commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Dayton Accords, a landmark peace agreement that ended the Bosnian War and established a framework for stability in Bosnia...
Butler Tech and its construction and design partners have made significant progress on a new $15 million facility in the region.Construction and development firm Skanska has placed the last beam atop the future Butler Tech Aviation Hangar, located at the Middletown Regional Airport, completing the structural framework for the 28,000-square-foot...
It's easy to talk about jobs created or dollars invested. However, economic development is much more than metrics and data points. It's the spark behind capital investment, stronger communities, and businesses that retain jobs and create new jobs.From transforming vacant lots into job-producing developments to launching loan programs that give...
Cincinnati-Dayton Fire Protection will construct a new 30,000 square foot headquarters in Fairfield as it plans to grow its workforce by more than 63% in the next several years. The facility will be located on undeveloped land at 5200 Union Centre Blvd., near Seward Road. It will move all employees...
A rapidly growing Irish medical testing company will open a new facility in the City of Fairfield, where it expects to hire dozens.At-home diagnostics company LetsGetChecked, co-headquartered in Dublin and New York, announced the new facility April 28 in a joint media release with JobsOhio and REDI Cincinnati.The new fulfillment...
Two Butler County companies will collectively create more than 100 new jobs over the next few years after receiving tax help from the state.LetsGetChecked Inc. and SkyCell North America Inc. will expand in Fairfield and West Chester Twp. as both received job creation tax credits from the Ohio Tax Credit...
The Butler County Finance Authority (BCFA) and the Middletown Port Authority (MPA) have entered into a $500,000 “cooperative agreement” with the goal of strengthening regional economic development coordination across the county, both organizations said.The boards of directors for both organizations voted unanimously to authorize a two-year partnership in which BCFA...
Miami University is seeking to transform its regional campuses in Middletown and Hamilton by establishing a polytechnic model.The polytechnic campus, which was first announced April 2 during President Gregory Crawford’s spring update, will be a model implemented at its regional campuses to work toward meeting existing and emerging workforce needs...
Best of Butler County Contest! It was another great contest this year with winners and placers determined in more than 150 subcategories covering all aspects of Butler County life.Click on each category to see a list of winners and placers. Around TownAuto Beauty and Wellness Food, Dining, and DrinkingHealth & Medical Home Improvement Professional Services Recreation Retail
A French technology firm growing its operations in Greater Cincinnati turned to an industrial development already in the planning stages for its massive new advanced manufacturing facility.Schneider Electric, a multinational corporation with $38 billion in 2024 revenue, is undergoing a significant expansion in the region, tripling its occupied square footage...
20 new EV charging stations part of Butler County’s transportation plans in next few years
Apr 14 2025The installation of 20 electric vehicle charging stations in the next couple of years is part of Butler County’s transportation-related projects getting more than $16.1 million in funds.The Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments Board of Directors approved a new $4.8 billion Transportation Improvement Program on Thursday. The TIP is part...
Greater Cincinnati properties accounted for the lion’s share of a national real estate investment firm's first-quarter acquisitions, totaling more than $41 million in purchases.Boston-based Plymouth Industrial REIT, which manages more than 35 million square feet of industrial properties across the country, acquired 10045 International Blvd. in West Chester Township for...
‘We are go’: GE Aerospace launches in Cincinnati
Apr 12 2025The feverish din softened in the atrium of GE Aerospace’s Evendale Learning Center on the afternoon of April 2 as a sleep-deprived, travel-weary but no less cheerful Larry Culp leapt onto the stage. “It’s all about us now,” Culp, GE Aerospace’s CEO, said.The crowd whooped and hollered, everyone wearing the...
A large new Kroger store will be constructed in the city of Hamilton, complete with a Starbucks, a Kroger Fuel Center and a pharmacy.The Kroger Marketplace will be located on 11.7 acres of currently vacant land in what the city of Hamilton calls the Hamilton West Shopping Center, about two...
The Booker T. Washington Center on South Front Street in Hamilton will undergo a $1.7 million expansion and renovation that will begin in the next few weeks and wrap up either by the end of the year or the start of 2026. Hamilton city and community leaders, officials with the Great...
Construction is officially underway on a development that promises to bring a Whole Foods and other retailers to a site straddling West Chester and Liberty townships in the Cincinnati-Dayton corridor. Village North is a 49-acre mixed use project at the northwest corner of Liberty Way and Butler-Warren Road in West...
Construction has begun on the Village North mixed-use development that spans 49 acres across West Chester and Liberty townships.“Good things happen to those who wait. It’s been frustrating at times. This is a very complicated project,‘’ said Mark Welch, West Chester Twp. trustee, during Wednesday’s groundbreaking ceremonies.The project has been...
A Fairfield distributor plans to more than triple its space and move from Production Drive to Seward Road.Core & Main has run out of space at its 3165 Production Drive distribution facility for water, wastewater, storm drainage and fire protection products, said Mark Will, district manager.“We are an underground distributor...
i3 Investors, headquartered in Indianapolis, has made its 12th acquisition in Greater Cincinnati with a $7.5 million purchase.A growth focused real estate firm has acquired an industrial property in Cincinnati's northern suburbs. On March 18, Indianapolis-based i3 Investors acquired Union Circle Commerce Center at 5 Circle Freeway Drive, in West...
United Performance Metals acquired Fabrisonic LLC on March 14. The acquisition aims to enhance United's advanced manufacturing capabilities.A Hamilton-based company has acquired a Columbus startup United Performance Metals headquartered at 3475 Symmes Road acquired Fabrisonic LLC, a small tech company. Terms of the deal March 14 were not disclosed. United is...
GE Aerospace has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force valued up to $5 billion for the production and delivery of fighter jet engines to U.S. allies.The U.S. Department of Defense March 14 announced the indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with the Evendale-based engine maker for foreign military sales of...