Paulding County Business Weekly

This week, we are excited to share the PC Business Weekly podcast recording of Carol Razo, Crane Township Fiscal Officer and historian.  Carol shares some great history about Crane Township and how it was named as the township prepares for its upcoming Bicentennial celebration later this summer.  Carol and her team are setting the bar high for future township celebrations, but we are excited to en...

Listen this week to our PC Business Weekly podcast guests Terry Carwile and Joe Barker as they share about their latest business venture Drone, Inc.  This pick-up truck bed size drone is used to spray crops when weather doesn’t allow or the property is too small for conventional spraying methods.  Hear about other opportunities for Drone, Inc as well.  Thank you to the Paulding Eagles Aerie 2405 f...

This week on Paulding County Business Weekly, we meet with the new owner of 111 Beauty Lounge, Megan Kauser.  Listen how her and husband Zak have invested into the former Styles Unlimited facility and the Paulding County economy to support a local opportunity for the future of personal care in hair, nail tech, and other opportunities.   Hear how Megan got her start and what that means for the futu...

This week on Paulding County Business Weekly, we meet with the new owners of KB Scoops Ice Cream Shop.  Owners Dave and Christy Phillips explain their shared passion for community.  Dave talks about coming back home to the county following a career in the Airforce and Christy talks about her love for the Midwest, coming from the West Coast.  

Check out the next episode of the Paulding County Business Weekly podcast.  This week, we hear from co-owner Joe Pollard of Pollard Auto Care.  Learn about how brothers Joe & Daniel Pollard invested in purchasing the former Boyd Automotive business from Tom & Jackie Boyd and how they hope to continue providing great car service to the Paulding County Community. Thank you to the Paulding Ea...

Our Paulding County Business Weekly guest this week is Misti Klopfenstein.  This young entrepreneur has gone out and established a unique business in Paulding County.  Learn how Misti has transformed part of the family farm into Misti Meadows Flowers in Haviland, Ohio.  In this episode, Misti helps us navigate the you-pick opportunity of fresh, growing flowers or the delivery of fresh flowers for...

This week on Paulding County Business Weekly we hear from Nutri-Plus team member Taylor Reichert. Nutri-Plus is a local, family-owned business that includes fertilizer and nutrient application, GKS Farms, GKS Sow Farms, and Ebel’s Butcher Shop and Store. Learn how this business has grown from a family farm into a thriving regional business. Thank you to the  Paulding Eagles Aerie 2405  for sponsor...

We are blessed to discuss the long-running Paulding County Caring & Sharing Food Pantry in an exciting new facility at 318 North Walnut Street in Paulding.  This week we will hear from Executive Director Jodi Schneider and President of the Board Daniel Bulau.  Hear how the number of those served continues to climb and learn about the many volunteers who are taking on new opportunities to serve...

We continue to learn about those taking on new duties in the county.  This week we will hear from new Paulding County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Director Jay Klopfenstein.  Jay is new to the role but has over 25 years of dispatcher and fire department service logged with the Scott and Grover Hill departments.  Listen in to see how Jay has navigated to this new position and some of the early...

We continue our introductory series on newly elected Paulding County officials.  Listen in this week to hear from our new county Engineer Scott Strahley.  Scott shares with us his history as a Paulding County graduate and engineering training and how he hopes that can help the county in the future.

As we share information from around the county on Paulding County Business Weekly, let’s check in with the new Grover Hill Hardware House.  Leslie and Rob Moser have purchased and totally renovated the former hardware building and created a beautiful VRBO space upstairs (that sleeps 10 comfortably) and an outstanding commercial/retail space downstairs.  Listen to how this whole project came about...

Episode 100!!  Can you believe we have recorded 100 episodes of Paulding County Business Weekly?  This week, My102.7 FM Station Manager Joe Barker, Station Engineer Terry Carwile, and Economic Development Director Tim Copsey sat down to discuss and reminisce about where it all began and how we developed the idea of PCBW.  Thank you to OhioMeansJobs for sponsoring this episode!

Hear it here! What did you say? Listen this week to the Paulding County Business Weekly podcast as Kim Molitor, owner of Buckeye Hearing in Paulding, shares with is what an advantage it is to have an audiologist here in the county and what a blessing this is for anyone needing testing or hearing assistance. Huge thank you to program sponsor, OhioMeansJobs. 

Listen in this week as we hear from our new Paulding County Clerk of Courts elect Sarah Harpel. Sarah shares her experiences that led her to the position and what the clerk of court position does for Paulding County. We want to give a huge thank you to OhioMeansJobs for sponsoring this program. 

This week, we dive into a new endeavor in Paulding County. We talk with board members Doug Schlatter, Jane Nice, and Dave Nice about the new Reclaimed Living Sober Transitional House and how it will benefit Paulding County. Big thank you to OhioMeansJobs for sponsoring this program.

Listen to our next Paulding County Business Weekly episode as we meet our new Paulding County Recorder Elect, Sarah Shuherk. Sarah shares what takes place in the Recorder office and how it is an important piece of the county's history and future. We can’t thank OhioMeansJobs enough for sponsoring this program.

Listen this week to the Paulding County Business Weekly podcast, where we hear from Solid Ground owner Brian Shuherk, who shares about the Solid Ground business and all the exciting benefits that they can provide.  Irrigation, landscaping, landscape drawings, and snow removal just to name a few.  Brian shares how this business started in the trunk of a car and has developed into a regional service...

Our PCBW podcast this week hosts Jen Smith.  Jen is the new owner of Hometown Speech Connections.  Jen is a certified speech pathologist who has had to adjust to the closing of Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville but has recently opened an office in Antwerp.  Currently located in the Main Street Business Center, listen to hear about the exciting new business growth and plans for new office s...

This week we sit down with Eric Davis, Business Development Representative with Wessler Engineering and discuss all things water.  Drinking water, surface water, sewer water and all things related to this.  We hear how the workforce that helps operate and maintain these services in aging and how we need to develop a new pipeline of talent to backfill these roles. Thank you to Ohio Means Jobs for s...

Listen in this week as we discuss Paulding County legal representation with Juvenile & Probate Judge Harvey Hyman.  Judge Hyman helps us understand the need for more homegrown attorneys in the county, the great strides Ohio is making in college tuition costs for attorneys, and how the office is making great new strides in deterring youth from the court system.  Thank you to OhioMeansJobs for s...

Join us on Paulding County Business Weekly as we hear from Kass Chesnut, the “Lewis & Clark” entrepreneur who has introduced a 24-hour option of exercise to Paulding County in Paulding, but has now also expanded into Oakwood.  Thank you to OhioMeansJobs for sponsoring this program. For more information on program and business services please connect with OMJ Defiance & Paulding County

Hear about one of Paulding County’s new businesses, Hidn Treasures. This business is located at 1007 North Williams Street in Paulding. Not only are there more than 50 individual vendors located in this space, they also offer a U-Haul rental for all your rental hauling needs. Thank you to OhioMeansJobs for sponsoring this program. For more information on program and business services please connec...

This week on the Paulding County Business Weekly podcast we have Heather Matusiak, Branch Manager of the Antwerp, Bryan, and Shelbyville, IN credit unions.  Heather shares how Paulding County’s only in-county credit union is member-owned, allowing a slightly different look at financial support and business.  Listen in to hear how GenFed is working hard to get their name out into the community and...

This week on Paulding County Business Weekly we have Greg Johnson, President & CEO, and Jeff Starner, CFO of the Herbert E. Orr Company.  Listen in to hear how the business began, where it’s been, and where it’s headed as it continues to be a viable employment option in Paulding County that continues to support #pauldingcountystrong efforts. Thanks to OhioMeansJobs for sponsoring this program!

This week on Paulding County Business Weekly we meet with Entrepreneur Alfonso Rocha who owns Nini’s Ice Cream business and building. Alphonso shares a little about his start and business growth right here on the square in Paulding. We want to give a huge thank you to OhioMeansJobs for sponsoring this program.