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Celebrating 17 Years of Service OCTOBER 2011 Vol. 17 No. 10
INSIDE THIS MONTH Marketing: Tortoise or the Hare?.................2
By: Donald Icsman Acting City Manager and Carrie Handy, Chief Planner, City of Sandusky
Financial Planning: Seeing the Big Picture............. 15
The “Paper District,” the area of downtown Sandusky between Sandusky Bay and West Water Street and between Jackson Street and McDonough Street, represents a significant part of the City’s local history due to the four major industrial employers that have called the area home. The Hinde and Dauch Paper Company holds the distinction of having been a pioneer in the development of corrugated cardboard packaging products including shipping boxes, bottle wrappers and store display stands. The Sandusky Foundry and Machine Company (locally known as Sandusky International), recently purchased by MetalTek, continues to manufacture centrifugally cast paper suction rolls and is a major employer in downtown Sandusky. The Automatic Paper and Machine Company, later purchased by Scott Paper, was a key manufacturing facility for the production of waxed paper. The Stowe-Woodward Corporation was a major
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expansion of operations for Sandusky Foundry and Machine. Together these factories played a key role in Sandusky’s industrial economy during the 20th century. During the first part of the 21st century, however, the Paper District evolved into a major area of focus for the City of Sandusky in the redevelopment of its
ABOVE: The Lofts at Mariners Cove. LEFT: A picture of factory workers on the south façade of the original Hinde & Dauch paper company building around 1910-18, now known as the Keller Building.
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