ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & MAJOR PROJECTS Projects Divisions serve as liaisons
BUSINESS EXPANSION AND ATTRACTION PROJECTS
between City departments, businesses,
In 2016, the Economic Development
and the development community. They
and Major Projects Divisions helped to
are dedicated to cultivating commercial
create and retain more than 4,035 jobs
development in all of Cincinnati’s 52
and leveraged in excess of $272 million
neighborhoods by providing financial,
in private investment through economic
informational and technical assistance to
development projects. This success was
businesses seeking to relocate or grow.
achieved by attracting new businesses to
The staff is adept at helping commercial
the City and helping existing companies
developers, business owners, real estate
expand their operations.
The Economic Development and Major
brokers, and site selectors navigate the administrative and legislative processes related to their projects.
FIGURE 1: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND MAJOR PROJECTS DIVISION PROJECTS Project Statistics Jobs Created
2,203
Jobs Retained
1,832
Housing Units
205
Private Investment
$272.1M
City Investment
$42.5M
Other Public Investment
$10.1M
Anthem Ribbon Cutting
17
