PIKE COUNTY, Ohio — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced Monday that 200 new jobs are coming to Pike County.
The Governor said Rural King — a farm store, which has a distribution center in Waverly — expects to create 200 full-time positions, generating $7.7 million in new annual payroll and retaining $21.7 million in existing payroll.
Rural King provides a mixed retail product line of livestock feed, farm equipment, agricultural parts, lawn mowers, workwear, fashion clothing, housewares, and toys.
The Governor said the company is approved for a 1.278 percent, seven-year Job Creation Tax Credit for the project.
