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COMSTOR Outdoor Welcomes Mike Hibner as new Sales Manager

COMSTOR Outdoor, Small Nation’s outdoor advertising division, recently added Mike Hibner as the new Sales Manager for the team beginning January 3rd, 2022.

Mike comes to COMSTOR with an extensive sales history including as the landscape director at Dues Nursery in Celina and as a sales consultant for Midstates Recreation, covering 29 counties in […]

COMSTOR Outdoor Welcomes Mike Hibner as new Sales Manager2022-07-14T11:50:26-04:00

Lt. Gov. Husted tours Downtown Bellefontaine with Small Nation, throws ceremonial first axe

Ohio Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted visited Downtown Bellefontaine on Wednesday, January 19, to tour downtown businesses with Small Nation Founder and CEO Jason Duff. The Lieutenant Governor visited businesses such as Small Nation’s coworking facility BUILD Cowork + Space, gourmet pizza restaurant Six Hundred Downtown, Four Acre Clothing Co., […]

Lt. Gov. Husted tours Downtown Bellefontaine with Small Nation, throws ceremonial first axe2022-07-14T11:50:50-04:00

Small Nation presents to real estate marketing conference in Naples, Florida

On Thursday, December 2, Small Nation, led by Founder and CEO Jason Duff, presented to a conference of realtors in Naples, Florida. The Platform Mastermind conference, put on by the real estate marketing agency Platform Marketing, was attended by over 130 real estate agents from across the country.

Platform Marketing is a full-service […]

Small Nation presents to real estate marketing conference in Naples, Florida2021-12-08T13:25:35-05:00

Three New Businesses Calling West Columbus Avenue Home This Fall

The transformation is underway and soon this block of three storefronts will be home to three new businesses in downtown Bellefontaine.

The trio of storefronts located at 117, 121 and 123 West Columbus Avenue was owned by Bill and Carole Barrett for many years. Small Nation purchased these over the summer and started […]

Three New Businesses Calling West Columbus Avenue Home This Fall2021-02-22T13:13:47-05:00

Wagler Badenhop: Helping Businesses Weather the COVID Storm

Small-town love. Farm-bred beliefs. And a keen sense of what makes a business work … even in the worst of times.

Those are some of the key values that Eli Wagler and Jacob Badenhop have relied on to help small business owners in Bellefontaine weather the COVID-19 storm.

The two long-time friends and colleagues own Wagler […]

Wagler Badenhop: Helping Businesses Weather the COVID Storm2020-09-11T17:00:28-04:00

Hannah’s Honey featured in World Famous Pizzeria specialty pizza

In downtown Bellefontaine, an award-winning pizzeria is pairing unique and unlikely ingredients to create one of its most popular specialty pizzas called The Main Event. But the pizza itself reflects another unique pairing: two very different young women business owners whose combined efforts result in the distinctively sweet-and-spicy offering.

There’s Brittany Saxton, mom of three kids […]

Hannah’s Honey featured in World Famous Pizzeria specialty pizza2020-09-08T17:31:04-04:00

The Syndicate

Back in the day, folks in Bellefontaine picked up the newspaper – plus a little gossip, some penny candy and maybe a magazine or two – at Jackson’s News Stand. The iconic gathering place was eventually shuttered and torn down, but a brand-new spot for people to come together is now opening its doors on the same downtown corner. Fittingly […]

The Syndicate2020-08-24T09:02:35-04:00

BUILD Cowork + Space

 

Mega-metro areas and high-tech hot-spots – like New York, Chicago and Columbus – may be the hubs of the ever-growing trend of shared office spaces, known as coworking. But towns like Bellefontaine are perfectly poised to bring that innovative concept to small-town Ohio.

The new […]

BUILD Cowork + Space2020-07-20T14:23:06-04:00

Ohio House Bill 669 – Expands the definition of premises and sales for liquor permits

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Bellelfontaine, OHIO – Today, Small Nation Founder & CEO Jason Duff submitted testimony in support of Ohio House Bill 669, which features a variety of provisions to support the independent restaurants and downtowns across the state of Ohio. The bill was introduced by Reps. DJ Swearingen and Jeff LaRe. […]

Ohio House Bill 669 – Expands the definition of premises and sales for liquor permits2020-06-01T08:31:42-04:00
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