For a given wage an employer can find a better qualified employee than in a larger city. Zanesville is a job center for six surrounding counties. Thousands of residents of neighboring countries travel to the area for employment opportunities. The Zanesville area is also a hub for education, with three colleges. The four-county joint vocational school has one of its two campuses in Muskingum County.
Local businesses give several million dollars a year in scholarships for our children.
A remarkably high 95 percent of the area's seniors graduate from high school. Gene Poole, the company's director of distribution services, says it was the tenacity of community officials that won the project. In its hunt for industry, Zanesville and Muskingum County make innovative use of incentives. Zanesville is playing off the tremendous growth of Columbus, the Midwest's fastest-growing metro area. Less than an hour's drive east of Columbus, Zanesville is being eyed with interest by a number of firms who need well-developed sites and elbow room for expansion.