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For Immediate Release:
March 5, 2018
NEWS RELEASE
COLUMBUS – From the top metropolitans to the more than 900 cities and villages throughout the state, Ohio offers the full package when it comes to business attraction and growth.
According to Site Selection’s Governor’s Cup 2017 rankings, Ohio earned the No. 2 spot overall for total projects for the fourth consecutive year as well as the No. 3 spot in projects per capita, making Ohio the only state to place in the top three of both categories.
Cincinnati and Columbus both placed in the top 10 list for Tier 1 Metros (population over 1 million). Akron, Dayton and Toledo earned top 10 rankings as well in the Tier 2 Metros category (population between 200,000 and 1 million).
Smaller markets are also big opportunities for businesses. Ohio micropolitans, defined as cities of 10,000 to 50,000 people, earned 18 spots in the Top 100 Micropolitans. For the fourth straight year, editors named Findlay the No. 1 overall micropolitan, with Wooster, Ashland and Tiffin all placing in the top 10 list of top-producing micropolitans. Additional Ohio cities named to the Top 100 Micropolitans include, in order of rank: Ashtabula, Celina, Sidney, Norwalk, Bellefontaine, Greenville, Marion, Sandusky, Urbana, Wapakoneta, Cambridge, Portsmouth, Van Wert and Wilmington.
“Companies in a variety of sectors are consistently choosing to invest throughout the entire state of Ohio, regardless of community size,” said JobsOhio President and Chief Investment Officer John Minor. “These strong results demonstrate how our close collaboration with state, regional and local partners helps us to better deliver Ohio’s valuable assets to help businesses thrive.”
Site Selection has awarded the Governor’s Cup annually since 1988 to the state with the most new and expanded corporate facilties as tracked by Conway Data Inc.’s New Plant Database. To see a full list of the Site Selection honorees, visit SiteSelection.com.
About JobsOhio
JobsOhio is a private, nonprofit corporation designed to drive job creation and new capital investment in Ohio through business attraction, retention and expansion efforts. JobsOhio works with six regional partners across Ohio: Appalachian Partnership for Economic Growth, Columbus 2020, Dayton Development Coalition, REDI Cincinnati, Regional Growth Partnership and Team NEO. Learn more at www.jobsohio.com. Follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
For media inquiries contact: Matt Englehart, JobsOhio, 614.300.1152, englehart@jobsohio.com.
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