Ohio House of Representatives Speaker Larry Householder formed a special task for to address the need for economic recovery from COVID 19. The Montrose Group based upon a review of all fifty state economic recovery plans and a strong knowledge of Ohio’s economic development program recommended eight steps the state should consider to restore the […]
Amid the negative news stories, skyrocketing unemployment numbers and a myriad of webinars and videoconference calls, nearly a month into a COVID 19 world, the Montrose Group is focused on economic recovery. Local, state and federal policy makers are promoting social distancing and a range of public health steps designed to limit the spread of […]
JobsOhio is the state of Ohio’s private sector economic development corporation. The organization operates off of the state’s liquor profits and is one of the best funded state economic development organization in the United States. JobsOhio announced a substantial state economic development response to COVID 19. JobsOhio announced initiatives aimed at helping existing JobsOhio clients […]
Governor Mike DeWine, the Ohio General Assembly and JobsOhio are starting to push an agenda to provide COVID 19 regulatory relief and support for Ohio based companies. Governor Mike DeWine, the forty-year public servant who served in local, state and federal government at the highest levels, was attacked in the 2018 campaign for Governor as […]
COVID 19 is having a dramatic impact on many company’s plans for job growth and capital investment. Thousands of these companies have gained local and state economic development tax incentives which have a tax incentive agreement that award tax credits, tax abatements, loans and/or grants. However, in exchange for those public sector tax incentives, the […]
We are in truly unprecedented times both economically and culturally. In the span of one week the S&P 500 suffered its largest loss in one day since 1987 and its largest gain in one day since 1933. We entered a bear market two weeks ago only to have it turn into a bull market by […]