CSX Awards Northwest Ohio Community with Partnershipping Award

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aug. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CSX Corporation recently presented its Industrial Development Partnershipping Award to Jerry Hayes, Executive Director of the Defiance County (Ohio) Economic Development Office. The award is in recognition of Hayes' impact on local economic development and specifically the effort to bring the Consolidated Grain & Barge's new $20 million grain elevator to the region.

CSX's Partnershipping Award is presented to individuals whose efforts have been instrumental in the creation of a new industrial development project on CSX and who exhibit high levels of collaboration and professionalism.  Clark Robertson, CSX's assistant vice president-regional development, said Hayes'  "dedication, expertise and persistence were instrumental to the success of the Consolidated Grain & Barge development.  He played a key role in the site search, as well as securing road improvements and other state and local incentives needed to green light this project."

This new $20 million grain elevator opened in July, creating 15 new jobs for the area, and is expected to ship or receive more than 4,000 carloads of outbound grain annually as well as potential for inbound fertilizer products. 

"Jerry and the rest of the Defiance County Economic Development team are well deserving of this award and have more broadly helped to make Defiance an outstanding place to do business," Robertson said.

About CSX
CSX, based in Jacksonville, Florida, is a premier transportation company. It provides rail, intermodal and rail-to-truck transload services and solutions to customers across a broad array of markets, including energy, industrial, construction, agricultural, and consumer products. For more than 185 years, CSX has played a critical role in the nation's economic expansion and industrial development. Its network connects every major metropolitan area in the eastern United States, where nearly two-thirds of the nation's population resides. It also links more than 240 short-line railroads and more than 70 ocean, river and lake ports with major population centers and small farming towns alike. More information about CSX Corporation and its subsidiaries is available at www.csx.com. Like us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/OfficialCSX) and follow us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/CSX).

SOURCE CSX Corporation

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