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Huntington Bank will hire 500

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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Northeast Ohio is ripe for �green� growth, group reports

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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Cincinnati's Christ Hospital part of national study testing wound healing device

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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Ohio Senate OKs bill to attract clean energy

The Ohio Senate went green in a bipartisan way Tuesday, voting 28-4 for legislation aimed at attracting renewable-energy projects such as wind farms and the jobs they create to the state, reports the Dayton Daily News.

Backers of the proposals in both the Senate and House are optimistic about getting a final version to Gov. Ted Strickland for his signature before the legislature breaks for the summer.

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Issue 1 passes; Ohio Third Frontier lives on

Ohio voters have approved extension of The Third Frontier, a state program aimed at creating technology jobs, reports the Associated Press.

With 42 percent of precincts reporting unofficial results Tuesday, Issue 1 passed 62 percent to 38 percent. An independent study estimates that Third Frontier has spent about $1 billion, generating $6.6 billion in economic activity in Ohio and creating 41,300 jobs.

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187 new research, technology jobs coming to Dayton area

Global law firm WilmerHale will create 187 new jobs when it opens its new service center in Dayton, reports the Dayton Daily News.

The company says it hopes to open its Research Boulevard facility by Sept. 1.

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Procter & Gamble may create 300 jobs in Cincinnati

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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New plan for NASA called better for Ohio

It generated controversy for scuttling manned missions to the moon, but President Barack Obama's new plan for NASA could generate jobs and dollars for Ohio, reports the Columbus Dispatch.

Several aerospace companies might return jobs to Cleveland because of the new responsibilities that would be given to the Cleveland-based NASA Glenn Research Center under the plan, said Ramon Lugo, acting director of NASA Glenn.

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Ohio tagged as top-five state for fuel cells

Ohio's business development strategy for the fuel cell industry and its suppliers puts the state among the top five fuel cell states, reports the Dayton Daily News.

Ohio joins California, Connecticut, New York and South Carolina as the most accommodating states for fuel cell development, the organization said in a report released last week.

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Minnesota seeks its own 'Third Frontier'

Fresh from passing a landmark angel investor tax credit, Minnesota lawmakers are advancing a bill that is modeled, in part, after the Ohio Third Frontier initiative, reports MedCity News.

The bill provides for a long-term science and technology strategy and oversight of economic development efforts.

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Ohio trying to attract battery plant

State and local leaders are working aggressively in the hope that an electric-car maker chooses central Ohio for a battery plant, reports the Columbus Dispatch.

The company, Coda Automotive, is based in California, is run by a Cleveland-area native and aims to have its first car on the market this year -- one that runs exclusively on battery power and can travel up to 120 miles on one charge.

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Grant to help OSU study cancer in Appalachia

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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ConAgra to add 190 jobs at Slim Jims plant in Troy

An explosion at a ConAgra Foods Inc. plant in North Carolina contributed to the company's decision to expand its Troy plant and move most of its production of Slim Jim meat stick products there in 2011, reports the Dayton Daily News.

Company, state and local officials on April 30, attended a ground-breaking ceremony for a $59 million plant expansion that will add about 190 jobs to the plant's current 385.

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Cincinnati celebrates new Green Learning Station in Avondale

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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Editorial: Third Frontier�s opening new technological vistas

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.

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