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Southeast Ohio offers the best kind of living. Quaint, smaller downtowns, outdoor activities, locally owned establishments like boutiques, restaurants, breweries, wineries and more. Rural living at it finest with access to several big cities within a few hours drive across Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. And the best asset, the people, with specialized skills and hard work are valued here.
Home to many companies that enjoy the rolling hills and hardwood forests, southeast Ohio makes up almost one-third of Ohio’s land mass with a population of over 1 million people. The 25-county region across southern and eastern Ohio specialize in manufacturing. The companies and work force have centration’s and skills in metals, polymers and petrochemicals, hardwood products, food processing, heavy truck assembly, energy production and logistics. And offers the best kind of living, rural, yet is home to a variety of companies, universities, and educational centers, allowing companies and families to save costs.
And life outside the city is booming, too. Site Selection Magazine named Chillicothe, Zanesville, and Portsmouth as the country’s Top Micropolitan Area in 2022, and Ohio is home to more communities on that list than any other state. The growth opportunities in the area can be found everywhere thanks to the presence of and investment by companies like Herr Foods, Kenworth Truck Company, General Mills, and others.
JobsOhio is a proud partner of Ohio Southeast, whose mission is to help the area grow and attract new investments to the region.”
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Chillicothe, the first and third capital of Ohio, is located along the Scioto River 45 miles south of Columbus. The National Arbor Day Foundation has designated Chillicothe as a Tree City USA, a community that manages and expands public trees in partnership with the National Association of State Foresters and the United States Forest Service, with the goal of planting trees and combat deforestation.
Home to the 158-year-old and continuously operating Majestic Theatre and rich in Native American history, Chillicothe hosts numerous fairs and festivals including the Feast of the Flowering Moon Festival and the Southern Ohio Storytelling Festival. Being one of the only cities in the area, Chillicothe is a hub for economic activity and focuses on manufacturing, energy & chemicals, logistics & distribution and automotive with Herr Foods, Inc. Petland, Inc. Kenworth Truck Company, and Advantage Tent Fittings, Inc. being based in the city.
Zanesville, located in southeast Ohio at the intersection of the Licking and Muskingham Rivers, the city is approximately 52 miles east of Columbus and was for a short period the state capital.
A three-way bridge called the “Y-Bridge” is one of the few of its kind and due to this bridge, led Amelia Earhart to describe Zanesville as the most recognizable city in the country. Art is important to the city, hosting a colony of artists and outdoor murals depicting local heritage and nature. With economic development focusing on logistics & distribution, healthcare, and agriculture, Zanesville has many large and small businesses that call the community home.
Portsmouth, with the motto “where southern hospitality begins” is in south Ohio on the north bank of the Ohio River. With unique topography of hills, valleys, and rivers, Portsmouth has unique beauty amplified by its many parks and recreational areas, captured in the Floodwall mural showing the city’s history. Focusing on energy & chemicals, manufacturing and logistics sectors, many large and small companies call the area home including log yards for Graf Brothers Flooring and Lumber, the world’s largest manufacturer of rift and quartered oak products.
When [hikers] reach Cedar Falls, they catch a glimpse of a dramatic 50-foot waterfall into a crystal pool below. Here hikers can descend a staircase and view the tallest tree in Ohio, a towering hemlock that extends upward 149 feet from the valley below.
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