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Our Mission.
To improve the lives of residents, increase business investment, and revitalize City Neighborhoods by providing financial and technical resources, facilitating strategic partnerships, and promoting efficient use of the City's on and off-street parking assets through parking management.
Our Values.
community
innovation
equity
transformation
growth
vibrancy
Our Team.
Our department is made of a diverse, dynamic group of Cincinnatians with backgrounds spanning dozens of fields and expertise. We are brought together through a shared commitment to excellence in public service and building more vibrant, equitable, sustainable communities.
DCED Director's Office
Economic Development
Housing
Neighborhood Development
Parking Services
Fiscal & Operations
Our Role.
Project Financing
We routinely work with businesses and developers to help finance quality projects. We partner with business owners and developers to secure loans, grants, incentives, or other financing tools to make your project become a reality.
Connections to Resources
Whether you need to find a pool of qualified job candidates, a new supplier, or assistance finding the correct state or federal program to help you grow, we can help connect you with the right resources.
An Advocate in City Hall
We routinely assist business owners and developers in their interactions with city departments, as well as its boards and commissions, to facilitate growth and overcome potential hurdles to development.
Knowledge of our Local Economy
Learn more about the Cincinnati market from our team of development officers and analysts.
Our Results.
DCED's Annual Report is our attempt to document, analyze, and showcase our successes; highlight especially impactful projects; and recommit ourselves to our values, goals, and continued opportunities.
See some key stats from our most recent report below & click to read in full:
4200 +
jobs created & retained
763
housing units created & preserved (44% of which are AMI-restricted!)
$30 Million +
total investment in community & economic development projects across housing, economic development, and neighborhoods
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$4.1 Million
awarded to fund neighborhood projects
60 +
new projects managed by DCED staff over the year
22
neighborhoods touched by projects producing housing & jobs
Want to read back further? Click on any of the below to read our past reports...
Our Community.
Our greater DCED community is vast, diverse, and always evolving.
Whether you're a developer, architect, community leader, neighborhood advocate, affordable housing champion, small business owner, construction firm, broker, urbanist, or a resident passionate about the future of Cincinnati's people and places — we welcome you to our nexus!