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August 19, 2009 - Sale of Fox Commerce Property

August 5, 2009 - DOD/CIC Participates in MCBI Business Plan Competition

July 21, 2009 - MCBI

July 17, 2009 - New Round of Ohio Historic Tax Credits

April 2009 - Appointment to EODA Board

April 14, 2009 - Fox Commerce Award

December 4, 2008 - Leadership Announcement

January 2008

Sue Douglass, a Belmont County native, was named to the position, according to an announcement by Terry Lee, board president. Lee said Douglass has been hired to fill the role of associate director due to the resignation of Jason Stanford, former assistant director. He is leaving the area for a new position in the state.

Douglass will begin her duties immediately. The DOD/CIC has enlisted the assistance of the Ohio Mid-Eastern Governments Association. Donald R. Myers, former director of the Belmont County Department of Development, is the executive director of OMEGA.

Douglass earned a bachelor of science degree in elementary education from Ohio University and a master of science degree in administration from the University of Dayton. She was a teacher at St. Joseph Central, Wolfhurst, and at Union Local Elementary School, Morristown.

The new associate director was instrumental in obtaining grant funding for the rehabilitation of the historic1828 Blaine Bridge. She was on the steering committee for Greater Ohio, a statewide economic growth initiative, and was an officer and member of the Ohio National Road Association.

Douglass also is the founder and director of the Eastern Ohio Leadership Council, a nonprofit nonpartisan local group focusing on leadership models and building community connections.

A native of Blaine, Douglass has received many honors, and among them is the coveted the Liberty Bell Award which she received from the Belmont County Bar Association.