"It's important that we're responsive to our residents and our business owners and our community members," Begonia said. "We really take all of the feedback that they share with us, and we turn that into action through our programs, initiatives, and services."
The minds of local kids showing creativity and innovation this week at St. Charles Catholic School.
The Walter C. Potts Entrepreneur Center, in collaboration with the Ohio Small Business Development Center at Rhodes State College and the Lima Area Chamber Foundation, hosted the 2025 PITCHFEST on May 13 at the Borra Center in downtown Lima.
Ohio Northern University’s James F. Dicke College of Business Administration hosted its semiannual Polar Innovation Exchange on April 16, 2025, in the Dicke Forum.
The initiative, part of the Mayor’s Innovation Project, is designed to help cities create safer, healthier, and more connected communities.
A Bath High School senior will be competing on the international stage for her scientific research and invention. Our Conner Prince learned more about her work.
Thirty teams from across Ohio arrived Friday evening for inspections and prepared for Saturday's full slate of matches.
February 3, 2025, Press Release from Lima City Schools: Lima Senior High School will send 25 students to the State DECA Competition next month after a successful showing at the recent Ohio DECA District 3 Career Development Conference.
September 9, 2024, Press Release from the Governor's Office of Workforce Transformation: (COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Lt. Governor Jon Husted, who serves as Director of the Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation, today announced that nearly 1,000 Ohio high school students participated in the 2024 High School Tech Internship program, providing them with real-world experience in tech-related roles at an early age.
August 19, 2024, Press Release from the Office of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine: (DAYTON, Ohio)—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted, and Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik today announced that Dayton has been selected as the site of Ohio's second innovation hub. Supported with $35 million in state funding from the Ohio Innovation Hubs Program, the new onMain Innovation Hub will bring together government, academia, and private sector industry partners to make Dayton a global leader in the research and development of digital transformation technologies. The project is also supported with a local match of at least $23 million and a private sector investment of up to $37 million. State funding will primarily be used to construct the onMain Innovation Hub's Digital Transformation Center (DTC) on the former Montgomery County fairgrounds site in the greater downtown Dayton area. The DTC will serve as the hub's headquarters, where partners will collaborate to create digital technology that will drive advancements in aviation and national defense. Among its top priorities, the onMain Innovation Hub will support the digital transformation of the U.S. Air Force to revolutionize how it designs and manufactures everything from airplanes and missiles to sensors, hardware, software, and more.
