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Jun 14, 2021
Tom Blaine, Associate Professor, OSU Extension, CD, has been hosting a series on climate change titled Earth is Our Home, which is a production of OSU South Centers and co-hosted by Patrick Dengel.
The purpose of this video series is to give the viewer basic competence in discussing the factors that cause global temperatures to change, and how climate changes as a consequence.
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May 10, 2021
OSU Extension Community Development educators Gwynn Stewart and Godwin Apaliyah have co-authored a new fact sheet titled Foreign-Trade Zones: Helping Companies Compete Globally.
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Mar 2, 2021
The North Central SARE PDP grant is coming to an end, and you are invited to join the last webinar series to learn about economics and feasibility of solar electric systems for farms, residences, and businesses. The cost is free. Register here.
Who should attend:
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Dec 28, 2020
OSU Extension is collecting energy data on farms to better understand how peak electric demand affects electric bills.
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Dec 14, 2020
Recently, two new Business Retention and Expansion (BRE) fact sheets were published. Click on the titles to view them on Ohioline:
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Dec 9, 2020
On December 9, during the OSU Extension virtual Annual Conference awards ceremony, Joseph E. Lucente was presented the Raymond A. Schindler Excellence in Community Development Extension Award.
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Oct 27, 2020
Thinking about writing a grant? OSU Extension Community Development educators from Noble (Gwynn Stewart) and Medina and Lorain (Kyle White) counties will host a free Grant Writing 101 Virtual Lunch & Learn on November 10 from Noon to 1 p.m. Bring your lunch to your computer or telephone and join in to learn the basics. The Lunch & Learn will cover organizational mission and structures needed; the elements of a successful proposal; tips for finding funding options and more. Learn more about another more in-depth program coming soon as well.
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Sep 22, 2020
Recently, members of the Business Retention and Expansion (BRE) team revised three fact sheets. Click on the titles to view them on Ohioline:
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Aug 10, 2020
OSU Extension-Community Development in Medina County has responded to the Coronavirus quarantine by launching a new program connecting to a heretofore untapped population of youth and their families through non–traditional STEM programming. Kyle White, Medina County's community development Extension educator says, “The county CD goal is to meet the needs of the community beginning with understanding those needs and then developing resources to meet them. The need we identified was to provide engaging activities for youth who have lost interest in extensive 'screen time' brought on by the pa
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Aug 4, 2020
During the week of July 20th, Godwin Apaliyah, PhD, OSU Extension educator for community development in Fayette County, distributed personal protective equipment (PPE) safety toolkits to local small businesses. The toolkits were donated by JobsOhio and distributed by the Dayton Development Coalition (DDC), a regional economic development group, via county economic development offices. Ohio State University Extension-Community Development was privileged to be part of this project, distributing a total of 30 PPE kits to small businesses in Fayette County.
