Revitalization and New Business in Zanesville-Muskingum County
In the coming months, construction will begin and end at a new business opening outside of Zanesville.
Fyda Freightliner will bring 60 new jobs into Muskingum County. Zanesville-Muskingum County Port Authority executive director, Matt Abbott, announced the addition during the port’s monthly board meeting Wednesday.
According to the company’s website, “[Fyda Freightliner]Â offers comprehensive service and parts for all makes and models of trucks.” To expand into Muskingum County, Fyda is building a 46,000 square foot building near the airport exit off of I-70. Abbott Explained the added jobs will be both high skilled and high paid.
“I think there’s a lot of attributes that we have as a community that attracted them here, one being located along I-70 is definitely a plus when business looks to come into our area,” Abbott said. “The other was the airport. [It] was another determining factor to get them to come here as the owner of the company has his pilots license. Some of the little things, I guess that we can take for granted in our community.”
Construction on the Freightliner warehouse and service center is planned to be complete by the end of the year with it opening by the first of January.
Also, during Wednesday’s meeting, the board briefly discussed a recent effort in the city of Zanesville to revitalize the Brighton Boulevard area.
“This is just the beginning of some of the programs that we’ll be looking to do – to kind of revitalize even from the city of Zanesville and their staff,” Abbott said. He added that through including Springfield Township in the discussion, the city is “building partnerships with township trustees, county officials and the Port
After a public meeting earlier this month, both Abbott and Zanesville’s Redevelopment Administrator, Patrick O’Malia say officials received a lot of positive feedback from citizens.
Now, that the first public meeting is complete, the city is in the early stages of developing a plan for the area.
