The Sustainable Opportunity Development Center, know as the SOD Center, has been part of economic development in the Salem, Ohio area for several years and looks forward to helping create a bright future for the entire region of Columbiana County. The mission of the Sustainable Opportunity Development Center is to support business attraction, retention, expansion, entrepreneurship, infrastructure, quality of life and workforce development by connecting and collaborating with regional, state and national resources. The SOD Training Center offers a location in Salem, Ohio to help meet training needs of area businesses and industries. The center is designed as a local resource which provides fully- equipped spaces for employee job training as well as coordinating courses and workshops to aid in workforce development. Our Mission is to facilitate connections between business, industry and organizations to promote workforce development training. We provide a location and platform for training and development at all levels within the workforce – from the unemployed to the executive – by coordinating cooperative training in collaboration with service organizations and professional training providers in our region.