Preparing a site for development is a critical step to retaining or growing jobs and making a capital investment. Montrose Group’s focus is to create a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) that makes a site attractive for job creation and capital investment while providing a pipeline of tax revenues and other funding for local and state government and […]
Guest Column by Rob Myers of Ohio Industrial Energy Electric rates are going to increase significantly in June for Ohio and gas rates have already increased exponentially. You might find yourself asking how you can mitigate these increases. The answer is to implement a proactive strategy unique to the ever evolving marketplace. Below are the […]
Ohio not only benefits from having the seventh largest economy among the fifty states, but it also has substantial economic diversification and operates one of the best-funded state economic development programs in the nation through JobsOhio. JobsOhio is the state’s private-sector economic development corporation. Many states have private economic development corporations but unlike any […]
Taxes levied by local and state governments have a major impact on company’s corporate site location decisions. Taxes by the state and local government are a critical component of measuring the cost of doing business in a region. Different local and state governments tax businesses differently. What and how much local and state governments tax […]
Housing is joining workforce development to become a major corporate site location issue. Regions not growing are failing to develop substantial residential growth. Finally, rural regions are losing population at an alarming rate and desperately need new residential products to retain existing employers and to keep their young people. No matter where you are in […]
Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Columbus are like sized major metro markets that drive much of the economic growth in Ohio. Major urban markets have the workforce, capital, infrastructure, and other essential tools need for many large-scale corporate site location projects. It is not an accident that Intel looked to Central Ohio for their $20B “fab” facility […]
Data should drive good decision making. Whether in business or government, major decisions need to be based upon the needs and wants of a growing customer base. In government, that customer base is voters. Constituencies that support public officials also matter as they can create positive economic, health, education or other outcomes based upon sound […]