Marion native Terry Cline has always strived to make his hometown a better place to live, work, and play. Whether it’s been through the business he founded or volunteer activities, Cline has sought to use his skills in video production, marketing, and advertising to help promote a wide range of events in Marion County.
Awards
Challenge Productions/Aerial Imaging, which Cline founded in 2006, has been honored for its work numerous times during its history. Accolades include two Emmy Awards, an Edward R. Murrow Award, multiple Associate Press and WorldFest-Houston awards, a Columbus International Film Festival award, a Telly Award, and a TOCA Award, to name a few.
In 2023, he captured a gold Remi Award at WorldFest-Houston for his video “Veterans Banner Campaign,” which highlighted the joint project that Cline and local veterans organizations spearheaded to sell and display banners bearing the images of Marion County military veterans.
“I’ve been fortunate to win a few times before at Houston, but this was special,” Cline said. “There was a field of more than 40 entrants in the category and we got the gold Remi out of it. I think the video projects Marion in a good light. It promotes Marion.
“Marion is just like any other city on the planet. We’ve got our problems, but we deal with those problems and we rise above those problems because there’s a lot of good people here.”
Highlighting Veterans Memorial Park
Cline said he considered how best to communicate to Marion County that the Military Banner Campaign was getting underway and he had always wanted to film Veterans Memorial Park on Delaware Avenue at nighttime, so the idea just fell into place.
“Nobody ever sees Veterans Memorial Park at night, it’s always during the daytime. So the video shows it − no pun intended − in a different light,” Cline said.
Cline has been working with Veterans Memorial Park in Marion for more than 20 years to promote projects and events there. He created a marketing video to help promote fundraising for a monument in the cemetery.
Other Local Projects
After earning a bachelor of fine arts degree in cinema production from The Ohio State University, Cline began pursuing his goal of being a content creator. He has volunteered his talents to benefit many community projects in Marion County. He has served as a marketing, advertising, and public relations consultant for the City of Marion’s Lincoln Park Family Aquatic Center and helped create and organize the Marion Community Garden.
Teaming up with NUCOR Steel Corporation, Cline created a marketing video for the company’s Operation Steel Warrior initiative. He also created a documentary for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Dave Mason’s concert to benefit the Work Vessels for Veterans project.
Wings & Wheels
Cline has also served as the marketing director for Marion Wings & Wheels, Inc., a 501(c3) non-profit group that sponsored an annual event at the Marion Municipal Airport. He conducted fundraising activities and created advertising and public relations materials for the event.
The Industrial Channel
Cline is also the founder of The Industrial Channel, an informational and promotional website that is the result of a partnership between Cline’s Challenge Productions and the North Central Ohio Region Industry Manufacturers Workforce Alliance, also known as Manufacturing Career Connections (MCC).
The Industrial Channel is the communications vehicle for the MCC, which serves Marion, Crawford, Delaware, Hardin, Morrow, Richland, Seneca, Union, and Wyandot counties. The goal is “to convene, educate, and mobilize key stakeholders in the region to promote development of a skilled workforce.”
For more info:
Challenge Productions website: challenge-pro.com.
The Industrial Channel website: theindustrialchannel.com.
MarionMade! is a program of Marion Technical College.
