More than 235 Richland County properties have recently changed hands, according to the latest property transfer reports from the county auditor's office.
ASHLAND -- Now more than ever, small businesses in communities around the country are grasping for customers amid the iimpact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Brittany Schock, Engagement & Solutions Editor |
The Chill, located at 218 Mansfield Ave. in Shelby, officially opened for business on Aug. 24 with the mission to help their customers live happy, healthy lifestyles.
Don Way, owner of All-Ways Charter Bus in Ashland, is urging community members to contact state senators and congressmen in hopes that the charter bus industry will receive financial support on the next government COVID-19 relief act.
A 2,000 acre, multi-generational crop farm, Wesner Farms in Ashland was started by Richard Wesner in 1968 and produces wheat, corn and soybeans among other products.
Mansfield and Richland County small businesses will share a pot of $500,000 in COVID-19 relief funds through a program that includes the City of Mansfield, Richland County commissioners and the Richland Area Chamber & Economic Development.
“When we started in 1940, we were the only locally-owned general line industrial distributor and today we still are the only locally owned general line industrial distributor in Mansfield,” said Ann Downs, CEO of the company.
In 2018, Richland Source launched a year-long series looking at some of the most intriguing ideas in a Solutions Journalism project focused on the next economic step for the region.
