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Perry ProTech to relocate to industrial park By Sam Shriver - sshriver@limanews.com Perry proTECH’s new building on Commerce Parkway, shown in this artist’s rendering, will consolidate and modernize facilities. Sam Shriver | The Lima News Perry ProTECH broke ground Tuesday for a new state-of-the-art facility on Commerce Parkway. Sam Shriver | The Lima News Perry proTECH CEO Barry Clark, left, and Pat Summers discuss how their new corporate office on Commerce Parkway will lead them into ...

Push back on metro area change By Mike Schneider - Associated Press A bipartisan group of U.S. senators and congressmen is urging the federal government not to approve recommendations to remove 144 cities from the designation of metropolitan statistical areas. Reclassifying them as “micropolitan” would put key federal funding at risk, they said. Lima is one of the cities at risk by the change, Lima Mayor David Berger and Allen Economic Development Group president Dave Stratton said last wee...

Lima may lose metropolitan status By Sam Shriver - sshriver@limanews.com Stratton: Economic incentives could be reduced 144 cities, including Lima, could lose their status as a metropolitan area. Coleman LIMA — Lima may lose its designation as a “Metropolitan” area, and with it, funding for a number of housing, transportation and Medicare reimbursement programs. The Office of Management and Budget is considering a proposal that would make the core city in a metropolitan area have at lea...

Lima receives recognition for economic development efforts Stratton Lima News file The new Logoplaste facility on Lima’s Commerce Parkway was one of the eight eligible projects submitted for Site Selection magazine’s Governor’s Cup. Lima tied for fourth in metropolitan areas in its size. Logoplaste, an international plastic packaging company, is currently hiring machine operators and maintenance workers for its new plant, located next to Bob Evans Farms’ facility. Richard Parrish | T...

AEDG puts spec buildings on agenda Machinery moves dirt in September as a plastics company was under construction on Commerce Parkway in Lima. The Lima News file A video review of AEDG’s 2020 accomplishments can be found at https://bit.ly/3cgGTyp LIMA — To jump-start economic development efforts in 2021, the Allen Economic Development Group is concentrating on constructing spec buildings and expanding the Gateway 5 industrial park. Currently, AEDG’s 2021 agenda includes the constructio...

Selling youth on Lima’s future By Josh Ellerbrock - jellerbrock@limanews.com (From left to right) Lima Pallet President Tracie Sanchez, Lima Allen County Chamber of Commerce President & CEO Jed Metzger, Allen Economic Development Group President/CEO Dave Stratton participate in the first of the day’s roundtables. Pipefitter and Musician Chris Henderson, who is watching the conversation on the right, was featured in a subsequent segment with Apollo Career Center’s Adult Program Director Ta...