America is living in the Age of Re-urbanization.  A new major demographic trend is impacting suburban and small town growth in all parts of the US—Millennials by the millions are flocking to large to mid-sized cities searching for mixed use, walkable communities. In fact, since 2011, large metropolitan cities are growing faster than their suburban […]

The 2018 Ohio General Election battle is sure to be highly competitive all across the ballot with a heated race for Governor, all the statewide elected officials and members of the Ohio General Assembly.  As expected, Ohio Attorney General Mike Dewine and former Obama Administration and former Ohio elected official Rich Cordray will face off

The U.S. Supreme Court recently, in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, held an act of Congress that prohibited sports betting in all states but Nevada was unconstitutional.  This decision opens the door to sports betting in states like Ohio.  However, the decision really leaves policy makers with four critical policy decision very much shaped by

Once a corporate site location trigger is pulled, a company often will utilize a team of consultants, accountants, lawyers and real estate brokers to research the best location for the company’s job and capital investment consolidation, retention or expansion and negotiate tax incentives, infrastructure finance and real estate terms.  As local, state and federal government

Corporate site location is a process whereby a company decides where to grow jobs and make a capital investment based upon the hope of retaining or creating jobs.  Specific triggers exist that tell a company they should undertake a corporate site location process.  These triggers may include the upcoming ending of a real estate lease,

The largest social and economic crisis facing Ohio communities is the devastation brought on by the invasion of opioids and other drugs in the community.  Unfortunately, Ohio is a leader in drug overdose deaths with over 4000 deaths in 2016.  As the chart below from the Center for Disease Control illustrates, Ohio has the second

With the growth in Ohio state government spending, the upcoming Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-22 operating budget is anticipated to be a challenging awaiting a new Governor and the 132nd  Ohio  General Assembly  that will include a new Speaker of the Ohio House.  HB 9 from the 131st General Assembly created the Ohio Tax Expenditure Committee that

Political consultants of all stripes agree that negative advertisement in campaigns work.  Well, the 2018 Ohio Republican Primary Election is working to be one of the nastiest in recent history—from the Governor’s race to Treasurer of State to the battle for who will be the next Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives. First, the