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The community’s lead economic
development agency
The Zanesville-Muskingum County Port
Authority is the lead economic development agency for the community. The
Port Authority owns and markets three industrial park properties, NorthPointe, EastPointe and Airport Distribution Park,
all fully served, and administers local and state incentive programs.
The Port Authority is a public entity created in 1987 by the City of
Zanesville and Muskingum County. A five-member board of directors
governs the agency.
Port Authority Staff
Jerry Nolder, Executive
Director, jerry.nolder@zmcport.com
Stacy Hazen,
Executive Secretary, stacy.hazen@zmcport.com
Contact Information
jerry.nolder@zmcport.com
205 North Fifth Street
Zanesville, Ohio 43701
740-455-0742
740-452-9703 (fax)
Office hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern)
Monday through Friday
Port Authority Board
of Directors
Tom Bopeley
Paul Masterson
Richard McClelland
Bill Moore
Tom Poorman
Overview of Port
Authority Services
Almost all of Muskingum County, including
the city of Zanesville, is part of an Ohio Enterprise Zone. This state
program allows local governments to negotiate tax abatements as
incentives for new and existing businesses. The Port Authority acts as
the local Enterprise Zone administrator, and also assists companies with
other incentive programs such as the Job Creation Tax Credit and the
Ohio Manufacturer’s Investment Tax Credit.
But that’s not all the Port Authority does.
The agency also maintains a database of available local properties,
buildings and land for prospective businesses. It utilizes state and
local financial assistance to actively market the community for business
development. And, as part of an "after the sale" commitment, a Retention & Expansion Program helps the Port Authority and Chamber of
Commerce officials stay in touch with a company’s needs.
Counted among our community’s major economic
development successes over the past decade are AutoZone’s
533,000-square-foot distribution center, Kellogg's ever-growing
manufacturing and distribution facility and the All American Homes of
Ohio modular home manufacturing plant. In May 1999, Dollar General
Corporation announced a $118 million, 1.2 million square-foot
distribution center that opened in late 2000. A number of smaller but no
less important businesses have also benefited from the Port Authority' s
can-do reputation, and the agency remains ready to build on its recent
successes.
In recent years, New Bakery Co. of Ohio,
Inc. a subsidiary of Wendy's International constructed a new building
with new machinery, equipment, furniture, fixtures and inventory to
manufacture hamburger buns at the EastPointe Park. The total investment
was $23.3 million.
Mattingly Foods, Inc. has undertaken two
projects, the first one was to construct a 30,000 square foot freezer
and make improvements to existing buildings. Total project investment
was $8.8 million. This project was to expand warehouse capacity, add a
freezer and alter existing buildings to accommodate and service current
and future customers in the food service industry. The second project
was to add another 45,000 square foot freezer and further alter existing
buildings. The project investment was $3.3 million.
White Castle opened a distribution
center/meat processing plant in 2001. They constructed a new 34,000
square foot building in the Airport distribution park. Total investment
was $8.7 million.
2007 Annual Financial Report
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