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2006 Announced Projects
Defiance County, Ohio
Traditional New Plant Projects Jobs Jobs Wages of
County Company City Type Product Project Description Created Retained employees Project Total Sq. Ft. New/Expan. Announced
Defiance General Motors Corporation Defiance Man. Auto components Relocation of production from Saginaw, MI 2100 $109.0 M N/A Exp. Feb, 2006
Defiance Keller Logistics Defiance Dist. W/H services 130,000 sq. ft. warehouse expansion 4 $12.02 $3.2 M 130,000 Exp. Feb, 2006
Defiance First Federal Bank of the Midwest Defiance Office Operations Center 58,000 sq. ft. operations center building 33 102 $14.18 $8.5 M 58,000 Exp. Aug., 2006
Defiance PEC, Inc. Hicksville Man. Bio-diesel fuel New bio-diesel fuel manufacturing facility 6 N/A $0.431 M New Mar., 2006
Defiance Advantage Powder Coating Defiance Dist. Transportation services High tech wash facility and vehicle maintenance imp. 2 $14.42 $0.697 M 3,200 Exp.
New Infrastructure Projects Funding Sources Size
County Entity City Type Local/State/Federal Project Description Economic benefits from project Project Total Sq. Ft. New/Expan. Announced
Defiance Hicksville Community Memorial Hospital Hicksville Hospital Local/State New ER, New birthing center, 12 new patient rooms State-of-the-art care center $12.6 M 8,200 sq. ft. Exp. Jan., 2006
Defiance Ohio Department of Transportation Defiance Road State/Federal Expansion of U.S. Rt. 24 to four lanes - Phase I 65 MPH expressway $34.4 M 2.2 miles Exp. Mar., 2006
Defiance City of Defiance Defiance Water Local/State/Federal New 350 million gallon raw water storage reservoir Secure and consistent water supply $7.1 M 71 acres New Jul, 2006
Defiance Village of Hicksville Hicksville Waste unit Local/State/Federal .95 MGD wastewater treatment plant Added capacity for growth $6.2 M 7,200 sq. ft. Exp. Feb., 2006
Defiance City of Defiance Defiance Road Local/State/Federal New 1.6 mile street opening up a new office park New office park site created $2.3 M 1.6 miles New Mar., 2006
Defiance City of Defiance/Defiance County Defiance Road Local Rebuild of 1 mile of Elliott Road for industrial growth Heavy duty truck road for industry $1.3 M 1.0 mile Expan. Jan., 2006
Defiance Community Health Professionals Defiance Hospital Local 15,000 sq. ft. addition for Hospice Center Quality of life enhancement $3.5 M 15,000 sq. ft. Expan. May, 2006
Defiance County ED Office
1300 E. Second Street
Defiance, Ohio 43512
(419) 784-4471
Jerry Hayes, Executive Director
e-mail: defecon@defnet.com
Website: defecon.com