GoodCare by CPCI Opens New Office in Downtown Lancaster

On November 10, GoodCare by CPCI, the oldest and dominant supplier of home medical equipment and oxygen in southeast Ohio, established its first presence in Fairfield County with a new office at 209 S. Broad Street, next to Ault-Metz-Joos Insurance.  GoodCare, headquartered in Logan, is establishing the 1300 square foot operation to provide consulting services to help determine customer’s home medical equipment needs and will have a staff of 2 to 3 professionals.  GoodCare Director of Development Andy Good said, “We’re really excited about coming to Fairfield County and working with physicians and medical professionals here.  We want to be of service to the community however we can.”

HealthCare Choice & Consultants Successful in First Month

The new HealthCare Choice & Consultants urgent care center, located at 1981 Granville Pike (US 37), opened on October 6 and now employs 20 employees and 4 physicians.  Tiffany Mahlerwein, owner of the center, said that “business has been growing steadily since our opening for us, as we accept most insurance and have an x-ray machine on site.”  

Chinese Mayor Tours Fairfield County

Mayor Zhao Zhicheng of Jingshan County in Hubei Province, China, accompanied Diamond Power’s Chinese subsidiary executives on a visit to Ohio this past week.  Particularly interested in agriculture and food processing, Mayor Zhao met with State officials on Monday and toured crop, dairy and cattle farms as well as Ralston Foods in Fairfield County on Tuesday.  Tuesday evening was marked by dinner at the Lancaster Country Club, attended by Lancaster Mayor Art Wallace.  Commissioner Jon Myers also greeted Mayor Zhao that evening.  Hubei Province has a sister-state relationship with Ohio.  Started in 1903 and employing over 400 people in Fairfield County, Diamond Power is a leader in boiler cleaning and sootblower systems, selling to the electric utility industry and chemical, petrochemical, refuse burning, pulp and papermill plants.  

Fairfield County Has Second Fastest Growing Hispanic Population in Ohio

As reported today in the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette article “Small-town charm draws Hispanics”, Fairfield County has experienced a 22.9% increase in its Hispanic population in the last two years, from 991 in 2001 to 1218 in 2002, just behind Union County’s 24.5% rate.  Why?  Lancaster Resident Sephora Escarpeta, a Dominican Republic native and Spanish teacher at Lancaster High School, said in the article, "I was looking to move from New York to anywhere.”  Three visits was all it took for Escarpeta to move.  Lancaster reminded Hispanics in the article of their birth countries. They could see the stars at night rather than tall buildings.  "I kept thinking I could breathe. I could see the sky. I could breathe," Escarpeta said.