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Commissioner Jeff Fix outlines Fairfield County strategy to manage growth, expand housing, transit and workforce training
Summary
Fairfield County Commissioner Jeff Fix described a four-part growth strategy — infrastructure, workforce training, transit and housing — highlighting a workforce development center, a purchase of the county transit system and a proposed tri-share daycare pilot; no formal actions or votes were recorded.
Commissioner Jeff Fix spoke to residents and stakeholders about Fairfield County’s approach to rapid growth, saying the county views expansion as an opportunity that requires coordinated investment in infrastructure, workforce training, housing and transportation.
Fix framed the plan as a four-part strategy: build the infrastructure needed for new development; train residents for local jobs; expand transit so workers can reach employers; and increase affordable workforce housing. "We see growth as an opportunity," he said, arguing that planned density and targeted investments can preserve land while protecting current taxpayers.
The county’s Workforce Development Center sits at the center of the strategy, Fix said, and is run in partnership with Hocking College, Ohio University and local school districts to prepare students for skilled…
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