"The headlines say it all. Unemployment is dropping in northeast Ohio, thanks in large part to the oil and natural gas industry. Across the board, county-by-county, communities in Ohio are beginning to see a turn around.

Their secret? Those projected employment numbers from the development of Ohio’s natural resources in the Utica Shale are coming to fruition.

So what happens when energy jobs stop being theoretical and start becoming real? Just ask the folks in Carroll, Tuscarawas, Muskingum, Coshocton,  Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties. They’ll tell you – unemployment levels drop, community’s revitalize and families prosper.

Such is the case in northeast Ohio, and here’s two things to celebrate:

1)   This drive in reducing unemployment rates is moving west, out of the initial areas of shale development.

2)   We are still in the very infancy of Utica Shale development, the “leasing and exploration phase”, with activity expected to significantly increase in 2015. The best is yet to come…

We can save “the best” for later, but let’s take a look at what folks are seeing today:"

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