Welcome to Blanchard Valley Port Authority
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The Blanchard Valley Port Authority (BVPA) works with manufacturers, logistics companies, real estate developers and other investors to reduce the cost of their investments primarily through the use of sales tax savings and tax-exempt financing strategies.
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Our MissionSupporting Regional Economic Growth.
Our PurposeTo improve regional economic health through the retention and creation of jobs via private and public investments.
Our VisionThe vision of the BVPA is to improve the economic health of the Hancock County area through the retention and creation of jobs and injection of private capital investments, and to provide assistance to private and public entities using all elements of the Ohio Port Authority Act and the Ohio Constitution.
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Hancock Hotel, Findlay, OH
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The Blanchard Valley Port Authority is an important tool in Findlay-Hancock County Economic Development’s toolbox. The BVPA has helped local Economic Development partners deliver over $500 million of capital investment and hundreds of new jobs in our community over the past decade. The BVPA can assist qualifying projects through a variety of programs including construction financing, ground leases, property sale/transfer, construction management and other programs.
–By Area Economic Development Partners
The Hancock County commissioners endorse the Blanchard Valley Port Authority for the economic advantage it provides to the businesses that are locating or expanding in our county. This tool gives our economic development team an advantage over many other Ohio counties. BVPA uses funding opportunities to give Hancock County a clear advantage to attract new businesses and keep existing businesses so that we can provide our citizens with a productive way of life.
–The Hancock County Commissioners
