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The Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC) hosted a long-awaited celebration Thursday for Dayton Public Schools' as the first of six urban districts to cross the finish line under its 10-year-old master facilities plan, originally pegged for a half billion dollars...
Impetus for Merging SAO with OSFC: “Lack of Ongoing Funding Source”
Members of the House Finance and Appropriations Committee spent the better part of a March 20 hearing from the administration about the various proposals included in HB487 -- the Mid-Biennium Review (MBR) bill. Director Keen said much of the MBR results from a...
House Finance Chairman: HB 487 Appears “Positive”
Following the House Finance Committee overview hearing on the Governor's Mid Biennium Review (MBR) Bill, HB 487, which merges the State Architect's Office (SAO) with the Ohio Schools Facilities Commission (OSFC), Chairman Ron Amstutz told reporters: “My sense...
Moody’s Upgrades Ohio’s Economic Outlook
Moody's Investors Service announced Friday that it has boosted Ohio's credit outlook from negative to stable, joining other credit agencies in doing so.In addition, Moody's said it has assigned an Aa1 rating to $430 million in General Obligation Bonds, and affirmed...
Ohio House State Govt. Committee to Vet Proposed SAO/OSFC Merger
Rep. Ron Amstutz (R-Wooster), chairman of the House Finance and Appropriations Committee, introduced the Governor's 2,833 page "Mid Term Biennium Review" (MBR) bill, (HB 487), March 16 and immediately separated its elements into "bite sized pieces" for consideration...
State Spending Bills to be Heard Next Week
The General Assembly kicking off hearings on three different appropriations bills next week -- the capital appropriations bill, the capital reappropriations bill and the governor's long-expected "Mid-biennium Budget Review," fondly referred to as the "MBR." Those...
Fund change may hurt Ohio development
State proposes loans, not grants, to clean up brownfield sites. By Amelia Robinson, Staff WriterUpdated 7:33 AM Monday, March 5, 2012 A statewide program credited with creating thousands of jobs and cleaning up old industrial sites is undergoing changes that local...
BWC “One Claim Program” & Credit Card Payment Changes
2011 Policy Year - One Claim Program participants are required to complete a one-day class through BWC’s Division of Safety & Hygiene. This is to be completed by 6/30/12. 2011 OCP employers that are renewed in the 2012 Policy Year will be “grandfathered” in at...
Firm Profile Submissions for 2012 AIA Ohio Handbook of Architects
The 2012 AIA Ohio Handbook of Architects, to be published in July, 2012, will feature the firm profiles of Ohio architectural firms whose principals are members of the AIA. YOU MUST COMPLETE THE FORM AND SEND PAYMENT BY APRIL 2, 2012, IN ORDER FOR YOUR FIRM TO BE...
Architects see promising decade ahead for Columbus
By Steve Wartenberg The Columbus Dispatch Sunday February 26, 2012 6:24 AM Architects are opinionated when it comes to the future of Columbus and the surrounding suburbs — and also quite optimistic. And those opinionated optimists say the next decade should be...