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Appalachian Ohio moving fast toward high-tech future

Val Prevish Thursday, March 25, 2010

Geoff Greenfield is an example of the type of entrepreneur who is becoming the modern face of the economy in Appalachian Ohio. As founder and president of Third Sun Solar and Wind Power in Athens, Greenfield is part of a thriving alternative energy industry that is making its home in Athens County.

Advanced and Alternative Energy, Appalachia/Southeast Ohio, Biomedical, Entrepreneur Programs, High Tech, Ohio University, Third Frontier, Venture Capital

Athens

STEM program STEPPS into Dayton's core to prepare next wave of high-tech professionals

Dave Malaska Thursday, March 25, 2010

For President George H. W. Bush, it was one of a "1,000 points of light." But for some Dayton kids, a program focused on getting inner city students into math and science careers is a pathway to a new future.

Dayton/West Central Ohio, STEM, Talent, Wright State University

Dayton

Q&A: OU Innovation Center chief talks about why region is a great place to live and work

Gene Monteith Thursday, March 25, 2010

Since its formation in 1983, Ohio University's Innovation Center has nurtured more than 80 companies, creating more than 1,000 jobs. The university itself has helped develop nine spinoff companies from university-invented technology. And faculty and staff are responsible for the startup of another 27 companies. Today, the OU Innovation Center -- the state's first university-small business incubator -- is home to 13 startups with big plans for the future. hiVelocity recently caught up with Center Director Jennifer Simon to find out what gives southeastern Ohio its entrepreneurial chemistry.

Advanced and Alternative Energy, Appalachia/Southeast Ohio, Biomedical, Entrereneur Programs, Information Technology, Ohio University, Third Frontier

Video: Rock'n Roller Coaster

Thursday, March 25, 2010

If first you don't succeed, try, try again. Maybe that's the lesson for these first-year Ohio State University engineering students as they construct a homemade roller coaster using the principles they've learned in class.

Q&A: Rail veteran tackles 3C Corridor's burning questions

Gene Monteith Thursday, March 11, 2010

In January, Gov. Ted Strickland announced that Ohio had received $400 million in federal stimulus money to develop a "3C Corridor" passenger rail system linking Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati. Immediately, questions flew: Will the trains go fast enough? How many stops? Who will ride it? Will the benefits be worth the money? hiVelocity caught up with James E. Seney, who served as executive director of the Ohio Rail Development Commission under former Gov. Bob Taft. Seney, who oversaw the Taft Administration's original Ohio Hub rail plan to link Ohio to midwestern and east coast lines, says all questions are valid -- but that Ohio has an opportunity that's too good to pass up.

Cincinnati/Southwest Ohio, Cleveland/Northeast Ohio, Columbus/Central Ohio , Dayton/West Central Ohio

Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton

Miami Valley soars on wings of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Gabriella Jacobs Thursday, March 11, 2010

If you think Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is merely a parking lot for planes and a layover for enlistees, you're as wrong at the folks who told Orville and Wilbur "it'll never fly." That's because behind those gates, alongside those hangers, buzzing in those offices, is a mega-engine of business that's critical to the Ohio economy.

Advanced Propulsion, Columbus/Central Ohio , Dayton/West Central Ohio, Instruments - Controls - Electronics, Tech Transfer, Wright State University

Dayton, Columbus

Laid off? This entrepreneur says, "start a business"

Colin McEwen Thursday, March 11, 2010

Are you laid off from work in the middle of the worst economic meltdown since the Great Depression? Start a business.That's some of the advice given by entrepreneur Mike Hooven, who in 1994 at the age of 38, took $22,000 in stock options from his comfortable position at Ethicon to start his first company.

Biomedical, Cincinnati/Southwest Ohio, Entrepreneurship

Cincinnati

Video: Riding with the Wright Brothers -- where it all began

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base may be the jewel in Ohio's aerospace crown, but without the Wright Brothers to pave the way, who knows what Ohio's aviation history would look like? Take a ride with Orville and Wilber in this segment from "On Great White Wings," a documentary that re-creates the key events of the Wright Brothers development of the airplane. It is installed at the National Park Service's Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historic Park visitor center in Dayton.

Dayton/West Central Ohio

Dayton

Akron partnership banks on building biomedical corridor, jobs

Douglas Trattner Thursday, February 25, 2010

"I came to Akron because I was quite impressed with the vision of what the BioInnovation Institute could become," says Dr. Frank Douglas. "There is a tremendous desire here to do something that improves the health of the economy in this region � and that's why this will succeed."

Biomedical, Cleveland/Northeast Ohio, Entrepreneurship, Higher Education, Tech Transfer, University of Akron

Akron

Q&A: Baiju Shah reveals the secrets of BioEnterprise's success

Colin McEwen Thursday, February 25, 2010

President and CEO of BioEnterprise Baiju Shah never stops moving. And neither does BioEnterprise. Shah's organization has been a part of a growing campaign that -- in the last eight years -- has developed 120 biomedical companies, attracted $925 million in funding and created more than 2,100 jobs (and counting) in northeastern Ohio. hiVelocity recently caught up with Shah to get the inside scoop on how BioEnterprise is helping to define an industry and a region.

Biomedical, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland/Northeast Ohio, Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital

Cleveland, Akron

New technologies, Twitter, reshape how farmers work and connect

Gene Monteith Thursday, February 25, 2010

While the image of farmer Brown milking a cow from a stool may linger in the imagination, old Bessie today is more likely to make her way through a sophisticated milking parlor wearing an electronic collar -- not a bell. And while the image of farmer Brown may be one of a humble man in overalls, his world today is one of college degrees, self-steering combines, and use of Twitter and Facebook as a way to connect with other farmers and a hungry population.

Advanced and Alternative Energy, Cleveland/Northeast Ohio, Columbus/Central Ohio , High Tech, Information Technology, Instruments - Controls - Electronics, Sustainability, Toledo/Northwest Ohio

Video: It's an action figure party!

Soapbox Thursday, February 25, 2010

If you've ever walked down the toy aisle of any major store, chances are you've seen the work of Sculpco, a Cincinnati-based company that has created action figures for Hollywood Blockbusters, hit TV shows, video games, and things we haven't heard of yet. Soapbox and Seven/Seventy-Nine recently went inside Sculpco to see what makes this unique Cincinnati business tick. You won't want to miss this if you're a fan of action figures or have a child who always wants the latest and greatest toy.

Old neighborhoods emerge from ashes as hip centers of growth

Dave Malaska Thursday, February 11, 2010

Ohio neighborhoods are finding a second � or third � life as hip, new attractions for business, families and young professionals. Drawing on a combination of historic preservation and interest an urban lifestyle -- and tapping into corporate investment and state aid -- more than a dozen such neighborhoods have risen from the ashes

Cincinnati/Southwest Ohio, Cleveland/Northeast Ohio, Columbus/Central Ohio, Talent, Toledo/Northwest Ohio

Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo

Q&A: Cleveland sustainability chief outlines plans for a greener city

Douglas Trattner Thursday, February 11, 2010

When Mayor Frank Jackson promoted Andrew Watterson from sustainability programs manager to Chief of Sustainability, a cabinet-level position, he illustrated in very certain terms his commitment to sustainability. hiVelocity borrowed a few minutes of Watterson's quickly vanishing spare time to check in on Cleveland's quest to become a "Green City on a Blue Lake."

Cleveland/Northeast Ohio, Sustainability

Cleveland

Video: A child prodigy's assessment of eTech Ohio's annual conference

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Twelve-year-old teacher and author Adora Svitak reports from Columbus, filming herself in a mirror with commentary on this month's eTech Ohio conference, where she was a keynote speaker. We think the future of America is in safe hands.

Columbus/Central Ohio , Information Technology

Columbus