Economic Expansion was the Focus of Chillicothe & Ross County Celebration Breakfast [Video]

Chillicothe, Ross County, Southern Ohio, and Ohio — Economic development and community plans were the topics of the “Annual Celebration Breakfast” of Greater Chillicothe & Ross County Development.

Five speakers, as well as the economic development director and the chairman, spoke in the two-hour event at the Chillicothe County Club on December 11th.

Director Tammy Eallonardo started the event with an briefing of the projects overseen by the consortium of Greater Chillicothe & Ross County Development (GCRCD), Ross County Community Improvement Corporation (RCCIC), Joint Economic Development Initiative of Southern Ohio (JEDISO), and others.

She said when they started the breakfast a few years ago, she could dwell on details of a few projects…now she can only summarize the many. She listed the ten projects GCRCD supported in 2024, and that they represent more than $91M in capital investments.

Eallonardo said that JEDISO reached a “monumental milestone” in 2024 of reaching a total of …