Marcellus and Utica

Posted by on May 20, 2013 in Blog | 336 comments Deep beneath the surface, the Marcellus and Utica shale formations have trapped the natural gasses that are bringing new jobs to the Ohio River Valley. It’s been a long time since folks have relocated to Steubenville, and the city welcomes the opportunity, as does the rest of Ohio. In October 2011, CBS News called Steubenville a “Boom Town,” something that hasn’t happened...
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Marcellus Shale Market Access

Posted by on May 2, 2013 in Blog | 510 comments Our friends at JobsOhio have been working on articulating how easy it is to access Appalachian Ohio. Suffice it to say that he market is very connected, with the Ohio River, numerous airports and major highways cutting right through the center of the region. Add to that a skilled labor pool and a friendly state tax structure, and according to the folks at Enterprise Appalachia, you’ve got...
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Oil & Gas Job Creation

Posted by on Apr 29, 2013 in Blog | 143 comments Up-stream job production is keeping up a brisk pace, even amid some criticism surrounding the semantics with which these organizations are reposting jobs numbers. IHS Global Insight has a fairly comprehensive report here. And given the momentum to date, it still holds that the proper processes and structures will deliver enough safety protocol to make the oil and gas industry a successful one for...
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Ohio Incumbancy

Posted by on Jan 14, 2013 in Blog | 79 comments Recognizing the Kasich administration’s care to not project confidence, and their will to stay far away from any hint of over-confidence, Thomas Suddes details an historical, numbers-based analysis of the odds in the next Ohio Governor’s race. With the race so far away, clearly, many things can happen, but a look into the past often informs the...
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Murky Ruling for JobsOhio

Posted by on Oct 1, 2012 in Blog | 162 comments JobsOhio, the private economic development engine designed by the Kasich administration to kick start Ohio’s job creation efforts, suffered an ambiguous ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court last week. The court, while not striking down the effort, elected not to support it by not hearing a case that would have fast tracked the transaction to fund the program. While not a deciding blow, the move...
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Bloomberg Supports Natural Gas

Posted by on Aug 28, 2012 in Blog | 159 comments In a statement today reiterating his support for the use of fracking to extract natural gas in New York State, Mayor Michael Bloomberg today backed the use of the practice, with the caveat that it be far away from the water supply of New York City. Bloomberg, a former finance and media magnate, is a high profile supporter of the practice. It could also be argued that he skews progressive on most...
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