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    Mail Processing Ending in Mansfield

    by  • May 18, 2012 • News & Views • 2 Comments

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    Despite the passage of resolutions opposing the change by county commissioners and city councils – including one passed by Galion City Council in May of 2011 (see our coverage here) – the US Postal Service announced on Thursday that it is proceeding with plans to close its mail processing center in Mansfield.

    The move, opposed for both the prospect in increased time for mailing and the impact on local jobs, is part of a national plan to close approximately half of the Postal Service’s mail-sorting offices. In Mansfield, that includes some 115 current positions.

    Mansfield is hardly alone in Ohio in facing this future. The postal sorting center in Dayton will also close, and some 432 jobs will be eliminated in the process.

    Mansfield’s mail, and therefore Galion’s … Read the rest

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    Introducing Destination Galion

    by  • May 17, 2012 • Featured, Life in Galion • 5 Comments

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    Each of the last three months, a group has been meeting to discuss an idea. Given the various reasons why visitors might choose to visit Galion, can the community develop an image and marketing campaign that will make it a regional and/or statewide destination and a location for investment which, in turn, will assist local businesses?

    It’s an intriguing idea which has brought together a diverse group of business owners, non-profit professionals, representatives from the Galion Area Chamber of Commerce, GalionLive, and others interested in the community to form a new effort called Destination Galion.

    And not only has creative brainstorming been involved in the meetings of Destination Galion, but concrete steps have been taken both to better promote Galion activities and also to create new events to highlight local … Read the rest

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    Galion Featured for Second Time on PBS

    by  • May 15, 2012 • News & Views • 5 Comments

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    Galion has been highlighted again on national television, this time as PBS NewsHour examined the perplexing question of why employers across the country claim that they cannot find quality workers, while job seekers continue to maintain that there are no positions to be found.

    Last spring, the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer came to town on a quest to identify the differences between Crawford and Delaware Counties, two counties which were comparable demographically in 1960 but which have dramatically diverged in the intervening years. Paul Solman, Business and Economics Correspondent for PBS NewsHour, traveled the streets of Bucyrus and Galion to gain a sense of the local story, and conducted several interviews.

    The resulting feature was watched by hundreds of Galionites and Crawford Countians with a mixture of reactions. Some … Read the rest

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    Galion in Numbers

    by  • March 30, 2012 • Life in Galion • 1 Comment

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    Last year, we profiled the release of official 2010 US Census figures which indicated that Galion’s population stood at 10,512, a 7.3% decrease in the previous decade. This decrease was roughly comparable to those of Bucyrus (6.5%), Polk Township (8.7%), and Crawford County as a whole (6.8%).

    Additional census statistics have been released which provide a greater level of detail about the demographics of our community. Here, then, are some numbers which provide a glimpse at who we are as Galionites:

    Age — 17.3% of Galion’s population is aged 65 or older, higher than the 14.1% for Ohio as a whole.

    Diversity — Not surprisingly, Galion is markedly less diverse than the state of Ohio — 97.6% of local residents identify themselves as “white.” Only .5% of Galion residents were … Read the rest

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