Post Ford impact blunted in auto industry decline
Hal Ford's Batavia plant completed in 1980 boosted employment and tax revenue in Clermont County while failing to attract expected new industrial growth. Former commissioners Hogan Bissantz and Wiesenhahn attributed the outcome to the late 70s 80s recession, urging more aggressive pursuit of the Saturn plant and noting the highway and rail infrastructure helped.
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Eric Spangler
Hal Ford
Batavia
Clermont County
Ford
Tim Hogan
Harold Bissantz
Jerry Wiesenhahn
Saturn
Hogan
Weisenhahn
Batavia Township
Bissantz
Clermont Countians
Wiesenhahn
Clermont Looms Large as Ford Draws Growth to Batavia
The article reviews the 1969 onward development push in Clermont County driven by Ford and allied industries. It highlights road interchanges, the Appalachian Highway, Eastgate Mall origins, and the Park 50 TechnoCenter as catalysts. It notes post-1981 losses but eventual recovery with rising construction, falling unemployment, and gains in retail and employment through 1985.
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Ford
Japan
Batavia
Batavia Road
Half Acre Road
Ohio 32
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Milacron
Afton
N&w Railroad
East Fork State Park
Harold Flannery
Eastgate Mall
Flannery
Omni
Aicholz Road
Clermont Industrial Parks Inc
Pierce-Union-Batavia
Union Township
Miami Township
Eastgate South
Kigg
Hazel
Claude Jackson
Eastgate
Tipton & Associates
Clermont
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