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If approved, the changes would allow multi-family residential housing like apartments in zones slated for mobile home parks.

Private businesses can apply for a reimbursement grant that will cover up to 30% of the costs per project, or a maximum amount of $5,000.

Nationally, Wooster placed 14th out of 543 micropolitan areas for the second year while Ashland placed 153rd.

While most Ashland and Wayne county cities rebounded the following year, 2020 city income tax receipts fell from 2019.

A new grant will soon be available for Wooster business owners who wish to upgrade the exteriors of their buildings or make repairs.

For Tom and Mary Joy Lynch, Wooster was an idyllic place for their retirement.  Freshly moved from Parma, they opened Lynchs Irish Imports and Gifts and the Market Street Inn bed and breakfast in 2017.  For three years business boomed. Imports from Ireland arrived on time and guests regularly checked in. Then in 2020, COVID-19 struck, forcing them to close along with all other nonessential businesses.  "We flatlined," Tom Lynch said. Woosters tourism scene that relies on agriculture, city a...

WOOSTER — Its been a difficult year for businesses. Despite the challenges, economic development agencies have worked nonstop to encourage shopping local and supporting the business community in Wooster and Wayne County. Wooster City Council passed a resolution Monday night to assist with funding for three agencies — Main Street Wooster, the Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce and the Wayne County Convention and Visitors Bureau. The agencies rely on bed tax for a large portion of their budget...