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Commissioner's Corner
Employment rate
now below 4 percent
September is the time for falling leaves, bonfires, harvesting of
crops, cooler temperatures, and football games from Thursday until
Monday. Smaller Counties like Darke County also include a lot of local
festivals celebrating the harvest. Fall in our County is the prettiest
time of year with all the changing colors in the leaves. September is
also the first taste of the approaching winter that we all know is
inevitable, no matter how much we don’t want to see it coming.
September has been a very good month in the Commissioner’s office. If
you have driven past the South end of Greenville, you will have noticed
two significant changes out by the Sheriff’s office and the County
Home. The first thing you will notice is the new road that is being
constructed behind and around the Sheriff’s office. This new drive, the
South Industrial Drive, is for access to the Industrial park that the
Commissioners passed last year. This drive already has a purpose for
O.D.O.T.’s new garage to be built next to the Sheriff’s office, with
access from St. Rt. 49. We also have another business who wishes to
acquire 20 acres. This leaves about 50 acres available, plus the
available acreage across US Rt. 127 for development. The Commissioners
feel this will be a great asset for the County, as available land is
the first key to have for new business looking to locate here.
The second significant change you will notice is the big white barn
behind the County Home, and a few smaller buildings, are being taken
down and a few will find new homes. Timberframe Reclaimers out of
Eaton, is taking the barns down, and relocating them for use by other
people. The big White barn is going to North Carolina to be reassembled
there for people to use as a gathering place. The other smaller
buildings will find similar homes. One of the nice things about this
project is Timberframe is having students from Miami University fly a
drone in and around the buildings taking video as they are taken down
and reassembled so we will have a record of the process for all to
enjoy later on. The Commissioners are glad to see this being done as
the buildings were serving no purpose to the county, but with this
process they will still serve some usefulness to others. This is much
more desirable than just having them destroyed, which we really didn’t
want.
Economically, the unemployment rate for Darke County has fallen below
4%, as more people are hired for the jobs available here in the county.
We urge everyone who is seeking employment, or looking to change jobs,
to go to our website, hometownopportunity.com, and put your resume’ on
the site and look at all the
opportunities here locally. Our E.D. office, along with the C.I.C. and
Partnering 4 Progress, and Jobs and Family Services, are working
constantly to fill the jobs our great companies have, and to put
everyone back to work. Our success the last several years speaks for
itself. One of the reasons for Darke County’s success is the continued
cooperation from all involved. This is one of the few counties in the
State that sees all departments from E.D., J.F.S., Partnering 4
Progress, the C.I.C.’s, Law Enforcement, and our hard working people in
the Courthouse, all pulling in the same direction to make this county
successful. Thanks to all for putting the people of the County first.
Fall is here, and with the harvesting getting done, it is time for
things to slow down a little. If you have more time, why don’t you make
plans to come to one of our public sessions? We meet every Monday and
Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in the Commissioner’s office located just south
of the Courthouse at 520 South Broadway in Greenville. Hope to see you
there!
The Darke County Commissioners
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