Source: News Sun Author: Joanne DuMound BEREA – State Rep. Mike Dovilla, R-18, testified this week urging the federal government to immediately approve the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Dovilla of Berea testified before the House Agricultural and Natural Resources Committee on House Resolution 305, a measure he sponsors. “I am disappointed some people in Washington and [...]
Ohio Representative Mike Dovilla of Berea seeks immediate federal approval for Keystone XL Pipeline
April 20, 2012
Mike Dovilla says tourism in Ohio accounts for 439,000 jobs as visitors spend $36 billion a year
April 20, 2012
Source: Plain Dealer Author: Joe Guillen The Ohio Department of Development was in Republican Gov. John Kasich’s crosshairs before he even was elected. Kasich has never been shy about ripping the department as a sluggish bureaucracy unable to keep pace with the modern business world. Since taking office last year, Kasich has worked to overhaul [...]
Movie tax credit helps bring the big film shoots to Cleveland
April 19, 2012
Source: News Net 5 Author: Carrie Nagorka CLEVELAND – Cleveland has seen its share of the spotlight recently. Several high-profile movies were filmed using Cleveland as a backdrop, including ‘The Avengers’ and ‘I, Alex Cross.’ There’s a reason for that. The state offered up a motion picture tax credit, which helped save film makers quite [...]
Lawmakers cite Cleveland State study in call to double movie tax credit
April 19, 2012
Source: WKSU Author: Karen Kasler A major movie shot in Cleveland will be opening on May 4th. And like most of the movies shot in Ohio in the last three years, producers of “The Avengers” took advantage of the state’s film tax credit. Two Cleveland-area Republican state lawmakers say that tax credit program is going [...]
Dovilla, Patton Aim to Lure Filmmakers to Ohio
April 19, 2012
Source: Strongsville Patch Author: Debbie Palmer State Rep. Mike Dovilla and State Sen. Tom Patton have introduced legislation to raise the Ohio Motion Picture Tax Credit to $20 million per year in an effort to bring more filmmakers here. The credit “has a proven record of success” by “bringing productions to our state — providing more jobs, more [...]
A film tax credit sequel for Ohio: editorial
April 19, 2012
Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer Build them a tax incentive, and they will come. Ohio did, and Hollywood responded. Now the state needs to up the ante on its movie tax credit to remain competitive and keep yielding good returns for taxpayers. Ohio was such an A-list location last year that the $10 million set aside [...]
Legislation introduced to expand Ohio film credit
April 18, 2012
Source: WKYC COLUMBUS — Legislation has been introduced in Columbus that would increase funding for the Ohio Motion Picture Tax Credit to $20 million per year. The goal is to bring more Hollywood film productions to Ohio. State Representative Mike Dovilla (R-Berea) introduced the legislation. “The Ohio Motion Picture Tax Credit has a proven record of success [...]
Ohio Movie Mania: New proposal and economic study say bring on the films
April 18, 2012
Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer Author: Clint O’Connor CLEVELAND, Ohio — “Marvel’s The Avengers” hits movie theaters May 4 and is expected to rake in about $150 million on opening weekend. But the action movie’s greatest legacy for Cleveland, where parts of it were filmed last summer, is not how much money it makes but how [...]