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EDC outlines 2025 wins and jobs push as spec building waits for tenant
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Molly Fitzgerald, executive director of the Athens County Economic Development Council, told council committees the EDC finished a 60,000‑square‑foot spec building in 2025 and is working to secure tenants, while continuing brownfields remediation and small‑business support.
Molly Fitzgerald, executive director of the Athens County Economic Development Council, told Athens City Council committees on Nov. 10 that the EDC completed a 60,000‑square‑foot spec building at the industrial park in The Plains and shifted its office into the Armory this year as it continues downtown revitalization, business retention and site‑development work. “We did complete the 60,000 square foot spec building,” Fitzgerald said. “Now I need to get someone in it.”
Fitzgerald said EDC priorities in 2025 included site development, downtown redevelopment districts (DRDs), tax incentive administration and managing the city and county revolving loan funds. She described a cautious JobsOhio pipeline this year but noted smaller JobsOhio small…
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