{"id":33180,"date":"2012-12-29T06:53:12","date_gmt":"2012-12-29T11:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=33180"},"modified":"2012-12-29T06:53:12","modified_gmt":"2012-12-29T11:53:12","slug":"vw-cic-receives-leap-grant-from-aep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2012\/12\/29\/vw-cic-receives-leap-grant-from-aep\/","title":{"rendered":"VW CIC receives LEAP grant from AEP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>CIC information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Van Wert Community Improvement Corporation announced Friday that it received a Local Economic Assistance Program (LEAP) grant awarded by AEP Ohio. The grant award of $5,000 will help the CIC market the 1,600 acre Jobs Ready Site on the north edge of Van Wert.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe very much appreciate the support of AEP Ohio for this project,\u201d said Jon Rhoades, CIC president.\u00a0 \u201cThis project will support economic development efforts in Van Wert County.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AEP Ohio\u2019s LEAP grants support projects that promote the retention and attraction of manufacturing jobs and investment.\u00a0 Examples of acceptable programs and projects are retention and expansion surveys, site feasibility studies, retaining existing industries, attracting new industries, conducting special studies, performing research and other creative uses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/aep_logoHome.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4932\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/aep_logoHome.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"87\" \/><\/a>Grant projects must leverage additional funds from other sources, demonstrate joint participation from more than one group and provide benefits to an area or region, according to AEP Ohio program guidelines. The company awards grants of up to $10,000 for eligible projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are pleased to be able to provide financial support to help facilitate economic development projects that help to bring jobs and prosperity to local communities,\u201d said Pablo Vegas, AEP Ohio president and CEO.<\/p>\n<p>AEP Ohio has offered grants to local economic development organizations since 2005. To date, 165 grants totaling $403,875 have been awarded to support projects in communities and counties throughout the AEP Ohio service territory.<\/p>\n<p>AEP Ohio serves nearly 1.5 million customers in Ohio and the northern panhandle of West Virginia.\u00a0 In Ohio, the company provides electricity to more than 920 communities located in 61 of the state\u2019s 88 counties. In West Virginia, the company serves Ohio and Marshall counties, providing service to approximately 41,000 customers. The company\u2019s headquarters is in Gahanna, with regulatory and external affairs offices in downtown Columbus. A subsidiary of American Electric Power and the largest of its regional utility divisions, AEP Ohio comprises Ohio Power Company and Wheeling Power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CIC information The Van Wert Community Improvement Corporation announced Friday that it received a Local Economic Assistance Program (LEAP) grant awarded by AEP Ohio. The grant award of $5,000 will help the CIC market the 1,600 acre Jobs Ready Site on the north edge of Van Wert. \u201cWe very much appreciate the support of AEP [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 07:27:10","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}