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Perry ProTech to relocate to industrial park
By Sam Shriver - sshriver@limanews.com
Perry proTECH’s new building on Commerce Parkway, shown in this artist’s rendering, will consolidate and modernize facilities.
Sam Shriver | The Lima News
Perry ProTECH broke ground Tuesday for a new state-of-the-art facility on Commerce Parkway.
Sam Shriver | The Lima News
Perry proTECH CEO Barry Clark, left, and Pat Summers discuss how their new corporate office on Commerce Parkway will lead them into the future.
Sam Shriver | The Lima News
LIMA Ground was broken Tuesday for a new facility for Perry proTECH.
The 50,000-square foot facility will be located on 15.5 acres on Commerce Parkway, which is in the City of Lima and Perry Township.
Push back on metro area change
By Mike Schneider - Associated Press
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators and congressmen is urging the federal government not to approve recommendations to remove 144 cities from the designation of metropolitan statistical areas. Reclassifying them as “micropolitan” would put key federal funding at risk, they said.
Lima is one of the cities at risk by the change, Lima Mayor David Berger and Allen Economic Development Group president Dave Stratton said last week. They worry the change could have adverse implications for federal funding and economic development, since some housing, transportation and Medicare reimbursement programs are directed specifically to metropolitan statistical areas.
Lima may lose metropolitan status
By Sam Shriver - sshriver@limanews.com
Stratton: Economic incentives could be reduced
144 cities, including Lima, could lose their status as a metropolitan area.
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LIMA Lima may lose its designation as a “Metropolitan” area, and with it, funding for a number of housing, transportation and Medicare reimbursement programs.
The Office of Management and Budget is considering a proposal that would make the core city in a metropolitan area have at least 100,000 people, doubling its previous requirement of 50,000. Lima’s population checks in at 72,852.
“Presently Lima/Allen County is considered a Tier 3 Metropolitan with a population between 50,000 and 200,000. Lima is considered a Metropolitan by the inclusion of the surrounding townships in Allen County,” said Dave Stratton, president/CEO of Allen Economic Development Group. “The consideration of a Third Tier Metropolitan changing to 100,000 or more would downgrade Lima to a M
Lima receives recognition for economic development efforts
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Lima News file
The new Logoplaste facility on Lima’s Commerce Parkway was one of the eight eligible projects submitted for Site Selection magazine’s Governor’s Cup. Lima tied for fourth in metropolitan areas in its size. Logoplaste, an international plastic packaging company, is currently hiring machine operators and maintenance workers for its new plant, located next to Bob Evans Farms’ facility.
Richard Parrish | The Lima News
LIMA Site Selection magazine ranked Lima tied for fourth in the nation in 2020 for economic development and investment among cities of similar size.
Lima also ranked second in the magazine’s newly introduced Top Metros Per Capita rankings.