Regional Resource Desk
One clear front door for ten Appalachian Ohio counties.
Funding, loans, transportation planning, reports, and staff contacts organized around the decisions local communities need to make.
Fund a community project
ARC, EDA, CDBG, OPWC, and more, organized by project type and applicant.
02Finance a business
4-6% RLF loans up to $300,000, or a Regional 166 Loan up to $500,000, both alongside bank financing.
03Plan transportation
OMEGA is the state-designated RTPO for eight of our ten counties, guiding the region's four-year transportation plan.
The record
Regional development work, made easier to understand.
$75M+
in Appalachian Regional Commission grants since 1966
$140M+
leveraged in additional local, state, and federal funds
10
Appalachian Ohio counties served
4
roles: LDD, EDD, COG, RTPO
Section 01Funding
Seven funding doors, explained in plain language
ARC
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is a federal-state partnership that funds...
EDA
OMEGA is a certified Economic Development District (EDD), receiving funding from the U.S...
CDBG
OMEGA's Community Development Specialists work one-on-one with local officials and...
OPWC
The Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) funds local road, bridge, water, and sewer...
AML
Administered with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources' Division of Mineral Resource...
ONE OHIO
OMEGA administers Region 11 of the One Ohio opioid settlement fund on behalf of its member...
BROADBAND
OMEGA conducted a regional broadband feasibility study, "Connecting Appalachia," with the...
Ten-county reach
Ten counties, one shared service desk
OMEGA's site has to work for a village fiscal officer, a county engineer, a business owner, and a resident looking for a report. Regional photography keeps the service area tangible before the county directory turns it into action.
Section 04Your County
Ten counties, one region
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