Rotary's Theme for 2016-17
The GREETERS:
03/02/2017 Mark Febus and Graham Ross
03/09/2017 Graham Ross and Drew Carter
03/16/2017 Jennifer Webb and Dan Sortman
If you cannot greet on the day assigned, contact Kitty and she will schedule a replacement.
02/16/2017
The greeters at this meeting were Judy Budi and Jim Briggs, as seen below:
The greeters at the next meeting will be Mark Febus and Graham Ross
The guests at the meeting included: Brian Bergmann, soon to be inducted as a new member; our Rotary exchange student Saloni Bagwani, from India; and our speaker for the day, Michael Davis, Moraine Economic Development Director, speaking about Fuyao Glass America, Inc.
Brian Bergmann is seen below
Michael Davis (L) is seen here with the club's president-elect Peachy Metzner
The Centerville Rotary Club met at noon at the Clubhouse at Yankee Trace Golf Course. President Ron Hollenbeck led the Pledge of Allegiance, Brian Hayes gave the prayer, and Drew Carter led the singing of God Bless America.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
President Ron Hollenbeck said Monday's board meeting was productive. He said the club is in line for getting a presidential citation for meeting all the criteria for new memberships, Rotary Foundation giving, service, etc. Also, the board decided the club is going to purchase an additional pump from Design Outreach. The pumps are more effective and reliable than other pumps that have been used, and go to a deeper depth, he said. We purchased one pump and someone matched that, he said.
Ron noted that this month's Rotary magazine had information about the Rotary Foundation being named the world's most outstanding charity foundation for all it has done in the past 100 years and continues to do with Service Above Self.
He reminded people to bring in wine, shoes and socks, for the April District Conference in Mason.
The club will pick up the $100 cost of the conference, he said.
Ron also noted that Dave Wolf has been granted a six month leave of absence and that Bridgette Herzog has been granted a three month leave of absence.
Boyd Preston urged club members to sign up for our Rotary Service Day, March 18, with March 17 the day for those serving at the House of Bread. There are seven options: House of Bread, Bethany Village, Centerville-Washington Park District, Daybreak, Hannah's Treasure Chest, Project Read, and St. Vincent dePaul. You can bring along a family member to help out, if you wish. A make-up day can be arranged for those who can't make that service day.
Deb Dulaney said she had been in contact with our District Governor Kelly and that he said our club has been doing a great job, with 10 new members and our service work, etc. He said that the thrust this year with the new president is on peace and conflict resolutions, so some grant money might not be forthcoming as in the past if not in that area of grants. For instance, our coat program may be a lower priority for a matching grant, she said. Also, there is a changing process for the grants, and the paperwork has to be correctly done and turned in or "they're not going to give you all the money," she said.
Brad Thorp thanked members who have volunteered for some of the open positions on our organization chart. He said Chuck King has offered to fill the vice presidential role after Boyd moves up to president-elect.
Adam Manning has offered to be responsible for Pancake Day, and Joyce Young has volunteered to be on the Rotary Foundation. Mark Febus and Rebecca Quinones have offered to be co-directors of New Generations, and Frank Perez has offered to be in charge of Community Service next year. Brad said he can't remember who said they would be in charge of the Adopt-a-Family program, but Jeff Senney said he would do it if Brad can't find who said that, and Don Stewart said he would be co-chair.
HAPPY BUCKS :
Brian Hayes stood in for Erich Eggers as our Sgt.-at-Arms, collecting Happy Bucks for Homefull.
Brian first asked for three volunteers to judge the students coming for the 4-Way Test Speech Contest preliminary at our next meeting. Rebecca Quinones, Harvey Smith, and Dale Berry, volunteered.
Jeff Senny said all he had was a $20, so he was donating that for Happy Bucks. He said his daughter was due to have a baby yesterday, seven days early, but he is still waiting on a new granddaughter.
Jack Durnbaugh gave for his sister's birthday and Brad Thorp gave for those who volunteered to help out Rotary in new club positions this coming year. Deb Dulaney gave for being in Las Cabos last week and running a half marathon, though it wasn't her best run time, she said. She said she is thankful to be home and noted that on March 10 Homefull is hosting an event in the Administration building downtown at 7 o'clock.
Doug Bockrath said he was just happy, and Dan Sortman gave $5 for his 23 years in Rotary.
Carol Kennard gave for Brian being Erich's sub for the day.
Don Stewart gave for being on a great cruise out of Tampa that featured Trane and had a great comedian on it, and went to Costa Maya. They have gone on the musical Rock cruises for four years, he said, and gotten to know the band members.
Lee Hieronymus gave for being back from vacation. And Judy Budi gave and Kim gave, noting there was a great article in the Rotary Magazine about Rotary and other articles worth reading.
Chuck King gave for being back from South Caroline last week, and Butch Spencer gave for Lee being back from vacation.
Peachy gave for a granddaughter, and president Ron Hollenbeck gave $20 for being back from California, among other things.
Today's Speaker: Michael Davis, Moraine Economic Development Director, speaking about Fuyao Glass America, Inc.
Michael Davis showed pictures within the Fuyao facility, including this picture of glass brought in from a Mt. Zion, Ill. glass facility, for cutting and molding.
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John Beals introduced our speaker. He said Michael has more than 20 years of public sector experience and has been in the field of Economic and Community Development for 16 years. He has more than five years of direct planning and zoning experience and has been employed by the City of Moraine since 1999.
John said Michael Davis has managed and processed multi-million dollar economic development projects that have generated more than 5,000 new jobs along with the retention of another 6,000, combining for a total capital investment value of more than $1.4 billion.
He said Michael is an active past president of the Regional 1-70/75 Development Association, and has chaired the successful annual Economic Development Summit from 2004 to 2017. He was a board member of the Miami Valley Ohio Planning Conference from 1997 to 2001 and previously co-chaired the MVOPC workshops. He has been an advisory board member of the Kettering-Moraine-Oakwood Chamber of Commerce since 1999.
John said Michael is a graduate of the Economic Development Institute, and holds a master's degree in Public Administration and a bachelor's degree in Urban Affairs, both from WSU. In 2005, he was selected as one of the top 40 Under 40 Business Achievers in the Miami Valley by the Dayton Business Journal, and was also nominated and awarded the Outstanding New Economic Developer of the Year Award from the International Economic Development Council.
Michael said executives from Fuyao were not available to make a club appearance, so he came in their stead. He said the loss of GM in December of 2008 was a devasting blow to the area, as thousands of jobs were lost. It was a microcosm of what was going on in the entire country, he said.
The fight to get Fuyao to come to Moraine began in April of 2013, though work on keeping the site ready for someone to move in had begun when GM left, he said.
At first it was known as an anonymous project called Project Southbound. They began looking for a project, using a $100,000 EDGE Grant. The China plant said it was looking for a site to build a $200 million, 800,000 square foot facility on 90 to 100 acres. It would have 600 to 800 manufacturing jobs, he said.
At first there were five competing states and 12 to 15 competing sites, Michael said. The company had said they would prefer to build new and there was a requirement for a dormitory. "We had a vacant hotel on Dryden Road, but that was not close enough," he said.
The final three competing sites ended up being Moraine, Wapakoneta, and Michigan, he said. Moraine representatives visited the China plant and a new facility in Russia to make a comparative analysis. Moraine also offered an incentive package of $13 million, which originally was $11 million. Moraine upped it to compete with Michigan, he said. They also had to deal with infrastructure matters such as access roads into the facility. He said Turner and Brown helped them fight to keep the old facility up.
When two sites withdrew they went to Site Seeker and submitted their site. They coordinated local meetings and hosted tours and pursued EDGE Grants for 629, and negotiated the local incentive package. They abated new investment taxes, saving more than $400,000 a year in abatement.
They had a relationship with DMax and made a Business CEO/Ambassador effort, with DMax opening their books and giving HR assistance to Fuyao.
Michael said the Industrial Realty Group acquired 300 acres on the other side of 741.
Moraine had to make sure the utilities, DP&L, Montgomery County for water and sewer, and Vectren, were in sync for the project, with the need for 500,000 gallons of water per day, etc. They had to be able to meet the demand and have the ability to do that. Vectren put in a new 8 inch power line, he said.
Chairman Cao visited in October 2013. The city pursued an EDGE grant in Nov. 2013 and Southbound became public with two to three stories about it. The decision was finalized in December, 2013, he said. A public announcement was made in January, 2014, with the acquisition and closing in May, 2014. In January, 2015, 750 jobs were added, along with $150 million for a building expansion. In November the first glass came off the line to customers. By Jan. 2 they had 14 and 16 lines operating and $350 million invested. They have a 1.7 million square foot facility with over 200,000 square feet being leased. They have 105-plus acres and a $500 million additional investment.
The company has helped area economic improvement with more than 1,550 jobs, with local suppliers also being helped. Wayne Electric did all the electrical work, with more than 400 electricians at one time, he said. Mt. Zion in Illinois had 300 people employed making glass and shipping it to Fuyao for cutting and molding, he said.
The Fuyao Web site states that Moraine, Ohio has 1,700 jobs and that 2,500 jobs are projected in 5 toi 10 years.
Another part of the story as presented on a Fuyao Web site tells about Ohio's role in getting the plant here :
750 more jobs due at Dayton-area auto-glass plant
2015-01-14
By Randy Ludlow
Fuyao Chairman Cao Dewang and Gov. John Kasich announce that the Chinese glassmaker is increasing its investment in Ohio.
A Dayton-area expansion by a Chinese auto-glass manufacturer is welcome news to Columbus-based Safelite Auto Glass.
Fuyao Glass America will expand its still-in-the-works Moraine plant to supply glass to Honda, GM and others by adding production lines for aftermarket windshields and glass for sale to Safelite and others.
That represents an investment of $130 million and the creation of 750 jobs, on top of the more than $200 million investment in the former General Motors plant and the promised 800 jobs announced a year ago.
Fuyao’s plant is expected to open this year.
Fuyao Chairman Cao Dewang and Gov. John Kasich made the announcement yesterday.
“We have a lot to celebrate. I think you scored a couple of touchdowns with that announcement,” Kasich told Cao in a reference to Ohio State University’s national-championship victory over Oregon.
Safelite will benefit from having a supplier so close to home to help service its North American market, said Dino Lanno, senior vice president/supply chain for the auto glass-replacement company.
Safelite already is a major buyer of Fuyao glass, which is imported from China, he said.
“Fuyao having a footprint here will lead to better collaboration, the faster arrival of products and reduce lead time so we can better serve customers,” Lanno said.
Safelite has 11,000 employees in North America, including 1,600 in Ohio. With more than 500 locations, it is the largest auto glass-replacement company in the U.S.
John Minor, president of JobsOhio, Kasich’s privatized economic-development agency, announced that Fuyao will receive $4 million in grants to train employees and otherwise assist the aftermarket portion of the glass plant.
Fuyao received a $5.6 million JobsOhio grant last year in exchange for the initial commitment of 800 jobs. The project is billed as the largest Chinese investment in Ohio and one of the 10 largest in the U.S.
Former Gov. James A. Rhodes “brought Japanese investment to Ohio,” Kasich said in a reference to Honda’s presence in the state, “like John Kasich brought Chinese investment to Ohio.”
Kasich said he might visit China on a trade trip to call on Fuyao executives and inform other Chinese companies that Ohio is open to further investment.
The club members ended the meeting by reciting the words of Rotary's Four-Way Test.
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