Rossford has replaced bad problems with good problems. Thanks to successful economic development Rossford has gone from grappling with issues caused by decline to dealing with the challenges of growth.

Blade reporter Debbie Rogers detailed the history in a story on the groundbreaking ceremony for a new $35 million middle school last Monday.

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Thanks to the enterprise zone agreements between Rossford schools and Amazon in lieu of property taxes on the giant distribution centers that Rossford abated as an incentive to land the investment, the 76,000-square-foot middle school can be built without tax dollars.

The same dedicated revenue stream from Amazon money allowed for the construction of a $17 million, 73,600-square-foot multipurpose building on the Rossford schoo

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