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Columbus got a double dose of good news when Huntington Bancshares announced plans to add 500 jobs in the next five years and committed to keep its headquarters Downtown for 20 more years, reports The Columbus Dispatch.

The commitment to remain in the Huntington Center helps continuing efforts to revive Downtown.

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A regional development group says manufacturing industries in Northeast Ohio are well-positioned to adapt to the growing advanced energy and "green" technology industries, reports The Vindicator.

Team Northeast Ohio, a Cleveland-based nonprofit that promotes business development and attraction, released its quarterly economic report today. The report focuses on the future of "clean-tech" industries in the 16 counties that make up Northeast Ohio.

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The Christ Hospital has been chosen to take part in a national research study testing a new FDA-cleared medical device designed to better treat hard-to-heal, chronic wounds, reports Soapbox.

The Smart Negative Pressures, or SNaP, Wound Care System is a disposable suction device that requires no electricity or batteries.

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Procter & Gamble could create more than 300 new jobs in Cincinnati as it plans to consolidate its logistics work from 40 locations across the country to one, reports the Cincinnati Enquirer.

P&G's Winton Hills Business Center is being considered as the site of the $20-million expansion and renovation project that would create 336 new jobs that pay an average of nearly $34 an hour.

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Ohio State University has been awarded a $10-million federal grant that researchers will use to delve into factors that boost the prevalence of cancer among residents of Appalachian Ohio, reports Business First of Columbus.

Driving the project is research indicating the state's 29-county Appalachian area has one of the highest rates of cervical cancer in the country.

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The Civic Garden Center in Avondale was the gathering point to celebrate the groundbreaking for the Green Learning Station, reports Soapbox.

The $1.2-million project will eventually transform an old gas station into a learning station that will be a "state-of-the-art laboratory for sustainable practices to gardens and the systems that support them."

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If the outpouring of support for State Issue 1 seems like overkill, it's because in the current anti-government environment, even worthy initiatives are at risk, says The Vindicator in an editorial.

In its second endorsement of continued funding for the Ohio Third Frontier in a month, the Youngstown paper calls on to voters to look beyond politics and do what's right for the future of the state.

Red the full editorial here.