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Our Mission.
To GROW the city’s economic vitality and prosperity, CONNECT diverse stakeholders with investment and job creation opportunities, and ADVOCATE for transformational, collaborative, sustainable development.
Our Vision.
We nurture an innovative, sustainable, equitable business culture in Cincinnati, steadfast in our ambitious pursuit of collective economic vibrancy.
Our economic development division is made up of six dedicated public servants with an extensive background in economic development, real estate financing, major project management, property acquirement and more.
"No matter who you are — whether a developer, a business owner, or resident interested in economic development programming — we will work together to respond to your needs with solution-based problem-solving and a commitment to dynamic action"
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Division Director
Programs
Our team oversees a wide array of programming relating to job growth, commercial real estate, and more!
Click any of the below for more on our key programming...
Business Retention & Expansion
(BR&Es)
Property Assessed Clean Energy Program
(PACE)
Job Creation Tax Credits
(JCTCs)
Available City Property Opportunities
Commercial CRAs (Tax Abatements)
Real Estate Assistance
Full List of Responsibilities:
Business Expansion, Attraction & Retention (Advanced Manufacturing, Professional Services & Office, Logistics & Distribution, Biotech & Medical, General Manufacturing) • Industrial Development • Commercial & Mixed-Use Development • Brownfield Development • Coordinated Reports • Coordinated Site Reviews • Economic Analyses • Findlay Market Partnership • Placemaking • Special Improvement Districts/New Community Authorities • Property Accessed Clean Energy (PACE) • REDI Cincinnati Partnership • Request for Proposals (RFPs) • Site Searches • Policy & Strategy (Incentives & Financing, District Development, Urban Density, Transportation, Economic Development)
If you have any questions on any of the above programs or responsibilities you can't find the answer to, email communitydevelopment@cincinnati-oh.gov with the subject line "Econ Dev - [Program Title/Responsibility]" or call 513-352-6146 and request to speak to someone from the "Economic Development Division"
Project Highlights
Every year, we oversee hundreds of projects. Here are a few of our major accomplishments these past few years...
Medpace
Partnering with the state of Ohio, JobsOhio, and REDI Cincinnati, we secured a deal with major global clinical contract research organization Medpace that will have an unprecedented economic impact for Cincinnati.
By leveraging incentives and strategic partnerships, Medpace committed to investing $150 million to expand operations in Cincinnati!
Combined with our first Medpace deal in 2016, we secured a total of:
2,150 jobs
including physicians, lab technicians, clinical research associates, data analysts, financial analysts, software engineers and more.
$125.7 Million
in payroll and $157 million in fixed asset investments
Emerge
This project represents a multi-year manufacturing project led by the City of Cincinnati in collaboration with regional partners such as The Port, REDI Cincinnati, JobsOhio, to transform an unproductive site with historical significance in an underserved neighborhood -- once home to Cincinnati Gardens -- into a place that will improve residents' quality of life through meaningful local job-creation and community economic impact.
It has been repurposed to host Emerge Manufacturing, a minority-owned, women-led company founded by Cincinnati local and Woodward alumna Cynthia Booth to bring PPE manufacturing back to the U.S.
To make this happen, the City worked with Port to sell the land and utilize incentive programming to ensure its success, leaned on key partnerships, and supported Ms. Booth’s unwavering dedication to her company’s mission.
Emerge will create:
100 jobs
in the neighborhood, all while transforming a truly iconic location, making it an emblem of the type of investment that will shape the future of Cincinnati
For more project highlights, click the below to go to DCED's "Our Results" section of this website!
Partners
We are lucky to work with a myriad of wonderful organizations, institutions, and public agencies just as dedicated to making Cincinnati a better place as we are.
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