18. Galion Conference & Training Facility Stakeholders are nearly unanimous in prioritizing the need for a conference or “events” center in Galion that could serve the larger region. The meeting conference industry is growing long term and meeting planners are looking for closer, cheaper locations for smaller group meetings than in the past. The Mansfield/Galion market lacks large, modern meeting facilities, especially those with state-of-the-art technological capabilities. A medium size conference center that targets corporate meetings and training sessions, remote learning, weddings, anniversaries and reunions, government and non-profit association meetings, and ‘SMERF’ markets should be successful. An event center would serve a civic function in bringing visitors from all over the state and beyond to Galion. Done right, the event center could be the crown jewel of the Tri-County region.
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