Appalachian Regional Entrepreneurship Group (AREG)
The Appalachian Regional Entrepreneurship Group (AREG) works with businesses and entrepreneurs in the 29-county Appalachian Ohio region. AREG and its local, state, federal and private partners provide customized consulting services to help start and grow businesses. Services include assistance with business planning, finance and accounting, marketing, business strategy, organizational development, and technology development and improvement.
Appalachian Regional Entrepreneurship Group (AREG) Projects
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- Collaboration at the Voinovich School helps clients, students
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The Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs collaborated with an Ohio University professor to investigate the technical, financial, and environmental feasibility of her ammonia powered technology, bringing together professional staff and students to complete the project.
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- Technology to Improve Road Maintenance
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Dr. Sang-soo Kim, an associate professor of civil engineering in the Russ College of Engineering and Technology at Ohio University (OU), has devoted much of his work to developing technologies that improves road maintenance to maximize quality and reduce repair costs.With the assistance of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at OU’s Voinovich School, Dr. Kim and his company EZ Asphalt Technologies, LLC (EZ Asphalt) have been working to make sure drivers don’t have to worry about when they will hit another pothole.
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- MBA Students Save Company $300,000
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In 2006, Mick and Harriet Amicone, the owners of The Fieldhouse, a Zanesville area sports complex, were considering what to do with an under-utilized roller hockey rink within their facility.A twenty-three year old business venture for the Amicone’s, the Fieldhouse already had tennis courts, multipurpose rooms, cardiovascular and weight rooms, and a women-only fitness center, among other amenities; they were eager to turn the rink into space that would complement the rest of the family-oriented facil
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- Appalachian Regional Entrepreneurship Group Helps Biofuel Firm Acquire Funding
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With help from the Voinovich School’s Appalachian Regional Entrepreneurship Group (AREG), Logan, Ohio firm Chieftain Biofuels received approximately $1.5 million in grants and loans to start a unique soy based, biodiesel processing plant in Hocking County.
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- City of Wellston Retail- and Service-Based Market Study
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After a clothing manufacturer in Wellston, Ohio closed, leaving 150 people unemployed, city officials contacted the Voinovich School to help revive the city’s economy.
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