HometownOhio program for Ohio's downtowns

1. Steubenville – A Visitor’s View Photos Courtesy of Len Walker

8. Anthony Wayne Hotel, Hamilton, Ohio $16.5 million dollar renovation of 7-story hotel building into 48 apartments. Today, this building which was once considered “expendable” houses the Hamilton Welcome Center and the offices of the Hamilton Convention & Visitors Bureau

12. “ Economic development is an extraordinary competitive undertaking. Lower taxes to the minimum and another town will abate taxes all together. Lend money at a low interest rate and somewhere else will lend it interest free. Provide all of the public infrastructure and another community will throw in a building as well. But utilizing a community’s historic resources is a strategy absolutely exclusive to your community.” - Donovan Rypkema, Place Economics

14. “ Jack Shrode, construction manager…said the continual work on historic buildings is crucial. He said his company took on the project because of the surrounding buildings in the historic downtown. “Its critical. With the loss…you can’t afford to lose any more.” He said losing enough buildings would drastically change the economic scope of development in the downtown. “If you take that out of the equation, I couldn’t estimate the drop of revenue to the city. If the Carlisle were a stand-alone, even as beautiful as it is, I wouldn’t have done the preservation.”” - Chillicothe Gazette, September 4, 2006

16. Steubenville, Ohio becomes… Anytown, USA

17. “ The World Turned Upside Down”

18. “ Bricks and Mortar” Retail

20. Online Networking and E-Commerce

21. Upstairs Game developed in Japan Players in US, Canada, Europe, Japan, Taiwan, Australia Instant Interaction Talks live via headset Downstairs Online Web 2.0 program hosted in Romania Streaming radio from the BBC in London One Summer Night in Small-Town Ohio Broadband telephone

26. E-Commerce and Downtowns Kennedy Lawson Smith Former Director, National Main Street Center “ Even a small increase in a downtown merchant’s annual sales can be the make or break for continued operation. Sometimes, $1000 to $5000 can make all the difference in the world between surviving to another year or closing.”

27. presents… Great Ideas for Ohio's Downtowns!

36. Best of all… townology is available to downtown organizations and merchants at very little cost!

39. Thanks!