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 enjoy this with them later this summer. 

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 for sponsoring this program! 

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 future of the lounge.  Thanks to the Paulding Eagles Aerie 2405 for sponsoring this episode.

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 Eagles Aerie 2405 for sponsoring this program!

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 your home or to a special someone. Thank you to the Paulding Eagles Aerie 2405 for sponsoring this program! 

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 sponsoring this program! 

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 the county. Thank you to OhioMeansJobs for sponsoring this program!

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 projects he hopes to work on as he learns more about the position. Thank you to OhioMeansJobs for sponsoring this program.

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.