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Middletown City Council approved a pre-development study with OZ Hotels and Resorts for a new mixed-use development along the riverfront that would include a hotel and convention center. The study will allow for due diligence for this transformative project for the community.
OZ Hotels and Resorts specializes in projects in Opportunit...
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (FOX19) - Middletown City Council voted unanimously to approve a $31 million road repaving project.
A total of 202 streets will be repaved by the end of 2022. Money for the project will come from an income tax increase voters approved in November.
Repaving will begin on the worst streets.
Middletown Cit...
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — There are 5.5 Million military caregivers across the United States who are challenged to take care of the health needs of family and loved ones who served.
So to increase the amount of support and awareness, communities across the country are pledging to become Hidden Heroes Cities by way o...
A global logistics company is set to open in a massive warehouse south of Dayton, joining another large company that recently leased a portion of the building.
DHL, a Germany-based firm that specializes in international shipping, courier services and transportation, will become the newest tenant in the 75 Logistics Center in Middletown. DH...
A global aerospace company has landed a multimillion-dollar contract. It will bring a bevy of new work to a Dayton-area plant.
Raytheon Missiles & Defense awarded Magellan Aerospace Corporation a contract for the supply of complex missile fin components for the U.S. Navy. These heat-tolerant surface control assemblies will be manufacture...
BUTLER COUNTY, Ohio (FOX19) - A new development including a hotel and a convention center could be coming to Middletown.
Middletown City Council approved a feasibility study Tuesday night with OZ Hotels & Resorts, which specializes in developments like this that incorporate opportunity zone financing.
The study will run between four an...
For nearly two decades, Rodriguis Hampton has spent his time cutting hair for residents who live in and around West Chester, where he opened X-Quisite Cutz barbershop.
During the pandemic, he decided to take his passion a step further by opening a barber school in Middletown, Ohio.
“I saw people losing their jobs an...
The owner of the former Carnegie Library understands why people may think he’s not making any progress renovating the 108-year-old property in the city’s Oakland neighborhood.
The exterior of the former public library — neglected since it became vacant about 20 years ago — appears about the same today as i...
A local entrepreneur is determined to grow her restaurant business when she relocates to the former bar space at Murphy’s Landing in downtown Middletown.
Naiyozcsia Thomason, better known as Mz. Jade, has been operating Mz. Jade’s Soul Food at 1105 Central Ave. in the Pendleton Arts Center for the past year.
Sometim...
The sweat equity of volunteers has brought Middletown’s historic Sorg Opera House back to some of its former glory in recent years. Designed by Music Hall architect Samuel Hannaford, the theater is graced by red plush seats donated by Music Hall after its own 2017 renovation.
The volunteer board has worke...
A Findlay-based logistics company is drafting plans to expand the Butler County facility it purchased for $6.2 million less than two years ago. This includes new jobs.
Ohio Logistics Ltd., which bills itself as one of the largest logistics firms in the Midwest, plans to expand its 242,000-square-foot facility at 556...
Ohio has a new port authority after Middletown City Council approved creating a municipal entity for economic development.
Council approved emergency legislation at its Tuesday meeting to terminate the agreement with Moving Middletown Forward Community Improvement Corporation as the city’s agent for industrial, commercial, distribution and research development and to creat...
Middletown's economic development efforts got a major boost with the recent announcement that one of southwest Ohio's largest public companies would be opening a massive facility in the city.
In November, I broke the news that Cintas Corp. — a corporate uniform and service company based in Mason — signed a 10-year leas...
Despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, one Dayton-area city has seen an influx of new businesses opening for business.
The city of Middletown has seen over seven new businesses open their doors locally this year, ranging from food markets and boutiques to restaurants and kayak rental businesses. Chris Xeil Lyons, the cit...
Middletown is looking to help the California investment group that owns the Towne Mall Galleria in developing a new master plan for the 43-year-old facility at the city’s front door off Interstate 75.
Last week, Middletown City Council approved an emergency ordinance to develop a plan and to partner with mal...
