Portage County Progress

On May 19, 2022, the Portage Development Board hosted its annual awards ceremony and recognition event, Locate. Stay. Grow.. This year’s event recognized the 15 successful projects that PDB worked on in 2021. In 2021, PDB and its partners worked on 15 projects...

Join us in welcoming Lydia Pope to the Portage Development Board team! Lydia joined the Portage Development Board as the Communications Specialist in May 2022. Prior to joining PDB, Lydia worked for the City of Green, Ohio and the Walt Disney Company in Orlando,...

On October 14, 2021 the Portage Development Board hosted its annual awards ceremony and recognition event, Locate. Stay. Grow.. This years event recognized the 20 successful projects that PDB worked on in 2019 and 2020, as well as, celebrated the ten year...

PDB is excited to announce the release of our 2020 Annual Report! The report features highlights of last years projects and boasts the 2020 FirstEnergy impact analysis. In 2020, PDB assisted with 13 successful projects in Portage County! These projects represent over...

International mulch manufacturer eyes vacant Suffield factory; $2.2 million in improvements planned for site Diane Smith Record-Courier An international firm that makes mulch and soil for big box hardware stores is eying a long vacant factory on the southern edge of...

Portage County Saw Strong Economic Growth in 2020 Ravenna, OH – “In 2020, Portage County witnessed an investment of over $124.3 million in industrial and office development,” reported by President Brad Ehrhart to the Portage Development Board’s first quarterly board...