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Among metropolitan areas of similar size, we’ve ranked second in the country when it comes to economic development that resulted in capital investment. We’ve made the top-five list five times in seven years.
BUILDING THE FUTURE BY GROWING THE PRESENT
12,500
Jobs created and retained since 2012 by aggressively marketing our community
FAST FACT
Springfield is located in a state that ranks 4TH IN THE NATION FOR: • Number of interstates • Number of airports • Availability of rail service
OUR TOP 5 INDUSTRIES
1MANUFACTURING Manufacturing is one of the largest private employment sectors in Clark County and employs more than 7,300 individuals with average wages significantly higher than the national average. Our top manufacturing areas are aerospace parts, auto parts, composites, manufacturing services and machinery.
2LOGISTICS AND DISTRIBUTION Employing more than 2,700, logistics and distribution are strong in Clark County due to the county’s proximity to major U.S. highways and a healthy manufacturing industry.
Logistics and Distribution is projected to grow at nearly 15 percent by 2024.
3AGRIBUSINESS, FOOD PROCESSING AND TECHNOLOGY Clark County has a competitive advantage in the agribusiness, food processing and technology business with a 56 percent higher concentration than the national average. The Global Impact bioscience/agriscience STEM school and the agricultural application of UAS activity provides a unique opportunity for this industry, employing more than 1,000.
4PROFESSIONAL SERVICES The professional, scientific and technical services industry in Clark County — which employs around 900 individuals — is expected to grow with the national average of around 5.5 percent by 2024.
5INSURANCE The insurance industry employs more than 2,000 in Clark County including recent investments by Assurant and CodeBlue. Additional growth in this area is projected at a rate far higher than the national average.
PARK YOUR INDUSTRY IN Our Industrial Parks Owners and boards of directors looking for new places to park their industries need look no further. Springfield and Clark County boast six industrial parks. From the freshly opened PrimeOhio II Park to the NextEdge Applied Research + Technology Park, Greater Springfield’s five corporate, research and technology parks provide places where backing in and starting up are as convenient as can be. Here’s the lineup:
For details about our industrial parks visit ExpandGreaterSpringfield.com or call 937.325.7621.
AIRPARK OHIO Located south of Springfield adjacent to the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport, it is 191 acres zoned for light industrial development and with a distinct transportation advantage.
SPRINGFIELD INDUSTRIAL PARK Located off Leffel Lane, a skip from I-70, its 54 acres also are zoned for general manufacturing, which its stable tenants have done now for years.
PRIMEOHIO CORPORATE PARK This cornerstone park located at Interstate 70 and Ohio 41 has 13 tenants with 2,300 employees on 400 acres of industrially zoned property.
SITE OHIO PROGRAM The SiteOhio Program is designed to increase the State’s portfolio of available industrial, manufacturing and commercial locations. Our community has three sites that have been certified as “construction-ready.” This means development can occur on them today and with no delay!
NEXTEDGE APPLIED RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PARK Just north of the PrimeOhio parks, its strengths are the redundant fiber lines and multiple power grids that connect it to the most modern means of transporting one of the 21st Century businesses’ key commodities — information.
PRIMEOHIO II A neighbor to PrimeOhio, and facing Interstate 70, this new industrial park has 200 acres zoned for industrial development with frontage on the short-line Indiana & Ohio Railway, connecting it to larger systems.
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FOR A FIRST GLANCE at locations with easy access to Interstate highways, take I-70 to Ohio 41. Just north of the interstate, tour the PrimeOhio I and II industrial parks. For a look at a future in technology, visit NextEdge Applied Research + Technology Park on U.S. 40 about 1.5 miles west of Interstate 70. It’s on the left (south) side of the road.
COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION OF SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY A CONDUIT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND LOCAL GROWTH
———— ———— Regardless of size or industry, the Community Improvement Corporation of Springfield and Clark County (CIC) is here to make sure you have the tools you need to make your business a success.
ASSISTING GROWTH The CIC’s award-winning attraction and retention program, H.I.T.S. (Hire, Invest, Train, Space) is an economic development, government and workforce development partnership that works with local businesses that need assistance with hiring, making new investments, training existing and potential workers and expansion or relocation needs.
THE JOB CONNECTION Through hiring events with OhioMeansJobs and internship initiatives with local school districts, innovative partnerships are matching the skills needed for today’s and tomorrow’s careers with the training and internships offered to the current and future local workforce.
ExpandGreaterSpringfield.com ClarkCounty.jobs
THE RIGHT STUFF — IN THE RIGHT PLACE
PROFITABLE MARKETS ARE WITHIN EASY REACH. SPRINGFIELD IS LOCATED WITHIN 600 MILES OF
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ALL U.S. POPULATION ALL U.S. MANUFACTURERS THE CANADIAN POPULATION
Springfield’s location on INTERSTATE 70 near INTERSTATE 75, means next day truck deliveries can reach 69% OF THE U.S. POPULATION and 74% OF THE NATION’S WHOLESALERS.
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