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A food system intervention project developed by Dr. Kent “Kip” Curtis, a professor at The Ohio State University at Mansfield, has made it to the final stage of the Alliance for the American Dream competition.Along with two other projects, this unique collaboration between community partners and The Ohio State University, will advance to Phoenix, Arizona […]

Silicon Valley remains the undisputed leader of the U.S. startup scene. But 2018 also left some investors envious of the exits taking place in other parts of the country — with Cisco acquiring Michigan’s Duo Security for $2.35 billion and SAP acquiring Qualtrics for $8 billion.This year proved that big exits in “nontraditional” tech hubs […]

Victoria Norris-Diez has announced her candidacy for the Mayor of Mansfield in the 2019 election.She is a local entrepreneur of NytStnd, an e-commerce business that designs and manufactures charging docks geared towards Apple products at Braintree in downtown Mansfield. The product is sold exclusively online and launched in 2015. NytStnd was featured in the 2018 […]

The billion-dollar startup that by far has raised the most venture capital backing in Central Ohio since the 1990s had not one but two of the biggest rounds of 2018 after unofficially leading last year's pack.Root Inc. raised $51 million in March and $100 million in August. The second round set a unicorn-level valuation of […]

MANSFIELD – The Old Bag of Nails Pub bustled with excitement Tuesday evening as three entrepreneurs prepared to pitch their business ideas at Sundown Rundown.A college student, a recent college graduate and a stay-at-home mom each were allotted five minutes to share their idea and an additional five minutes to take questions from the audience, […]

Here is a link to a video featuring the top three pitches atRichland Idea Auditionhttps://youtu.be/tcVri89v-aM

Richland County residents will pitch their ideas for new products, businesses and services during the Richland Idea Audition next week.The focus of the contest is to support new businesses, help entrepreneurs get businesses off the ground and introduce entrepreneurs to the community for support, according to a press release.The audition will be Tuesday, Oct. 16, […]

There’s an adage that goes, “Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.”When it comes to estate planning, this doesn’t necessarily apply — at least, it doesn’t have to, according to Jack P. Stewart, one of the area’s only certified elder law attorneys. “We do encourage a meeting ahead of time so people aren’t trying to […]

If Bob Cohen has his way, Mansfield won’t be left out of a regional blockchain initiative.Cohen of Braintree Business Development Center spoke about Mansfield’s potential role in Blockland Cleveland Tuesday, Sept. 4 at the monthly Richland Community Development Group meeting. “The idea (is) that Cleveland and northeast Ohio could be an epicenter of blockchain activity,” […]

The Holden Agency, North-Central Ohio based real estate agency headquartered in downtown Mansfield, recently celebrated five years in business.The Holden Agency (THA) was founded in 2013 by CEO/Broker Jerry Holden, a longtime Richland County resident who has been at the forefront of commercial and residential real estate in Ohio since 2005. As a local resident, […]