Business Opportunities

Business Growth and Potential
In the heart of the Cleveland-Pittsburgh Industrial Corridor and the Midwest, Columbiana County is perfectly located to serve the region's cluster industries of automotive, aerospace, polymer, chemical and metals. Cities such as East Liverpool, Wellsville, Salem and Leetonia offer a strategic plus few other areas can match: access to the Ohio River, which puts the world's markets and materials within Columbiana County's reach. Companies locating or growing in Columbiana County can take advantage of a broad range of transportation options by rail, air, highway or waterway.

Major Employers
American Standard Inc.
Blackhawk Automotive Plastics
Columbiana County Government
East Liverpool City Board of Education
East Liverpool City Hospital
Fresh Mark Inc./Carriage Hill Foods
Hall China Co.
US Industries/Eljer
Salern Community Hospital
Wal-Mart Stores

Natural Resources
Columbiana County's mineral resources include coal, clay, sand, gravel, sandstone, shale, and petroleum. Major commodities from Columbiana County are dairy products.

Business Support Organizations
Columbiana County's development team, headed by the Columbiana County Port Authority, has a full range of incentives and tools, ranging from generous statewide tax credits and assistance programs to local Enterprise Zone Tax Abatements and local utility incentive programs. Development officials offer innovative financing and lease-backs, as well as other options.

Calcutta Area Chamber of Commerce
15442 Pugh Road
Calcutta OH 43920
(330) 386-6060

Columbiana Area Chamber of Commerce
104 1/2 S. Main Street
Columbiana OH 44408
(330) 482-3822

East Liverpool Area Chamber of Commerce
529 Market Street
East Liverpool OH 43920
(330) 385-0845

East Palestine Area Chamber of Commerce
187 North Market Street
East Palestine OH 44413
(330) 426-2128

Lisbon Area Chamber of Commerce
207 West Lincoln Way
Lisbon OH 44432
(330) 424-1803

Salem Area Chamber of Commerce
713 E. State Street
Salem OH 44460
(330) 337-3473

Columbiana County Port Authority
1250 St. George Street
East Liverpool OH 43920
(330) 386-9051

East Ohio Development Alliance
326 Highland Avenue
Cambridge OH 43725
(740) 432-7902

Educational Opportunities

Nationally known colleges and universities such as Kent State University's Salem and East Liverpool campuses, the Ohio Valley Business College and Allegheny Wesleyan College are some of the educational opportunities found in Columbiana County. Beyond that, more than 40 additional schools are located within 75 miles, including the University of Pittsburgh, Case-Western Reserve, the University of Akron and Carnegie Mellon University.

Tourism and Lifestyle

Recreation
With two state parks, Beaver Creek in East Liverpool and Guilford Lake in Lisbon, and two state wildlife areas, Zepernick Lake and Highlandtown Lake, there are many outdoor recreation activity opportunities in Columbiana County, including hiking, camping, biking, swimming and boating.

Attractions and Points of Interest

• The Museum of Ceramics in East Liverpool houses an impressive collection of wares produced by America's Crockery City and displays of the impact of the ceramic industry on the community.
  
• Covered bridges in Columbiana County include Church Hill Road Bridge, McClellan Bridge, Teegarden Bridge, Thomas Malone Bridge.
  
• Morgan's Monument in West Point is where Confederate General John Hunt Morgan surrendered and is the most northern point reached by Confederate troops during the Civil War.
  
• Point of Beginning in East Liverpool is the surveyor's mark on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border that marks the beginning location for the surveying of public lands that led to the opening of the Northwest Territory.
  
• One of the first iron furnaces west of the Appalachians is Rebecca Furnace in Lisbon, which was built in 1808.
  
• Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Thompson House Museum was built in 1876 by pottery magnate C .C. Thompson.
  
• Other attractions of interest to visitors are the Log House Museum- Columbiana; Salem Museum of Historic Interest & Memorabilia; Old Stone House Museum- Lisbon; and the Cherry Valley Arboretum.
  

Famous People
Harvey Firestone, Sr., the industrialist who founded Goodyear Rubber & Tire Co. is from Columbiana County as well as the historian Charles B. Galbreath. Clement Vallandigham the lawyer/politician who opposed the Civil War, led the anti-war group "Sons of Liberty" and was imprisoned as a traitor, is a Columbiana County native as is the capitalist and politician Marcus A. Hanna.

Visitor Information

Convention & Visitors Bureaus
Columbiana County Visitors Bureau
130 West Maple Street
Lisbon, OH 44432
(330) 424-9078

East Liverpool Tourism Bureau
126 West 6th Street
East Liverpool, Ohio 43920 
(234) 517-7052
email: eltourismbureau@gmail.com
Web: www.visitelo.com

St. Clair Township Travel & Tourism Bureau
15442 Pugh Road, Suite 2B
Calcutta, Ohio 43920 
(330) 382-1404
email: mailto:tourism@stclairtwp.com
Web: www.stclairtwptourism.com

Airports
Columbiana County Airport serves general aviation propeller and small jet aircraft, and is within short distance of several major national and international airports. The Pittsburgh International Airport is just 25 minutes to the east, and the Akron-Canton Airport is just 45 minutes to the west. To the north is Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport and the Youngstown/Warren Regional Airport.

Travel Agents
AAA Travel Agency
118 S. Main Street
Columbiana, OH 44408
(330) 482-3836

AAA Travel Agency
516 Broadway Street
East Liverpool, OH 43920
(330) 385-2020

Infinity Travel
200 E. 2nd Street # C
Salem, OH 44460
(330) 332-0311

Travel- Xscape
781 Cunningham Road
Salem, OH 44460
(330) 332-5322

Motor Coach Tours
McCarter Ohio Valley Coach
15583 Sprucevale Road
East Liverpool, OH 43920
(330) 385-4677

Hospitals
Salem Community Hospital
1995 East State Street
Salem, OH 44460
(330) 332-1551

Health Clinics
Parkside Health Care Center
930 East Park Avenue
Columbiana, OH 44408
(330) 482-5547