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We recently helped a client in Troy Ohio figure out what to do with an 11-acre, former manufacturing site near their downtown. We recommended a medical and office development based on our highest and best use and economic impact studies. We also provided a vision for how the organization could focus marketing and redevelopment efforts. And they listened! The property was rezoned and sold to a health system. Kettering Health Network announced it will build a new hospital at the base of downtown Troy where Hobart once stood. The $60 million project will create an estimated 120 jobs.

The Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance is using Silverlode's business action plan to target companies in five key industries. The eight county Michigan region recently reported its successes to local elected officials.

Steve Weitzner presents at Brookings Global Cities Initiative in DC.

In Dennis McAndrew's twenty years of experience, he has not seen Northeast Ohio cities actively poaching companies. Further, the incentives communities offer play a limited role in location decisions. The Upjohn Institute for Employment Research agrees.

President Trump's budget request for the E.P.A. eliminates the $300 million a year Great Lakes Restoration initiative. Dennis McAndrew explains that companies looking to expand or relocate consider every potential risk, including water. A weakened perception of Lake Erie's future benefits is a threat to Northern Ohio's ability to attract companies.