Grow Licking County Annual Report

GROW LICKING COUNTY
ANNUAL REPORT
2012-2013
About Us
The Grow Licking County CIC is a non-profit public-private
partnership serving as the main economic development agency
for all of Licking County and its municipalities. Our mission is to
provide a single, comprehensive resource to help business expand
in or relocate to our area. We are the front door of the community
- welcoming development, connecting resources and increasing
opportunities.
We’re eager to help you explore your options in Licking County and
the possibilities that await.
Dan Evers, Economic Development Director
email: [email protected]
50 W. Locust Street, Newark, OH 43055
740.345.9757 ext. 3
www.growlickingcounty.org
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ATTRACTING & INFORMING
Developing an integrated, fully-functional website, www.growlickingcounty.org
• Promoting our assets, resources, partners, site and facilities
• Expanding our reach, viability, and accessibility to site seekers
Establishing a consistent, comprehensive inventory of available properties
• Enabling rapid, accurate, professional responses to investment
opportunities and enhancing our legitimacy in the marketplace
Creating out-bound marketing & information initiatives
• Both targeted and broad scope, print and electronic, to tell our story with
purpose and consistency to multiple audiences
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Leads
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Responses
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Aug
July
May
June
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Mar
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Jan
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Dec
Most importantly, multiple, significant expansion or new investment projects
have been announced, or initiated, this past year. These projects, as noted
elsewhere in this report, will result in hundreds of millions of dollars in new
investment in Licking County. Hundreds of new manufacturing, professional,
technical, and logistics jobs will be created, and hundreds of existing jobs of
similar type will be retained, within our community. We believe this is a
significant validation, by the market and our partners, of GROW Licking
County’s early efforts. Perhaps more importantly, it lays a solid foundation for
an even more proactive, collaborative, aggressive track of success – for our
organization, our community’s businesses, and our residents. It takes the efforts
of many people, and many organizations, to effectively pursue success. We are
most grateful to all involved, and all who will become involved, in this effort.
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Oct
Our partnership, just over one year old, is yielding results. We are marketing
our community and its assets proactively and professionally, with new print
and electronic media. We are speaking with one voice, to clients and to our
regional partners. We are, as our tag line suggests, pursuing multiple ways to
“simplify success” for our current businesses and those considering making
Licking County “home.”
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Manufacturing
This achievement occured while total
Labor Force also reached it highest
reported level since at least Jan. 08
• 87,300 people are in our labor force
Logistics/DC
Nov
GROW Licking County is a true collaborative
partnership, with both investors and a board of
directors secured from the public and private
sectors. Our CIC serves as the principal economic
development agency for all Licking County. Our
mission is to provide a single, comprehensive
resource to help business expand in or relocate to our area. We are the “front
door” of the community - welcoming development, connecting resources and
increasing opportunities. One visible sign of these efforts is the CIC’s new,
interactive website: www.growlickingcounty.org.
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ADR & Associates
AEP Ohio
Anderson Layman Company
City of Heath
City of Newark
City of Pataskala
C-TEC
First Federal Savings & Loan
Heath-Newark-Licking County Port
Authority
Jerry McClain Company
Jobes Henderson and Associates, Inc.
Licking County Board of
Commissioners
Licking County Chamber of
Commerce
Licking Memorial Heath Systems
Mid-Ohio Development Corporation
Ohio State University-Newark/
Central Ohio Technical College
Park National Bank
ProLogis
Robertson Construction
Rotary Club of Newark
Shai Commercial Real Estate, Ltd.
Southgate Corporation
The Energy Cooperative
Village of Granville
Village of Hebron
Village of Johnstown
Workenomics
Active Prospects, By Type
Sept
From the Director
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Licking County experienced its highest
level of employment in over 5 years,
and has remained near this level
• 81,100 residents are gainfully employed
Aug
Jim Lenner – Village Administrator, Village of
Johnstown
Mayor Clifford Mason – Village of Hebron
Dan McVey – Vice President, The Energy
Cooperative
Roney Murphy – President, Mid-Ohio Development
Corporation
Jerry Newton, AICP – Director, Licking County
Department of Planning and Development
Robert O’Neill – President, Southgate Corporation
Rick Platt – President & CEO, Heath-NewarkLicking County Port Authority
Erin Tschanen – Vice President, Park National Bank
Working with multiple Licking County companies & regional, state, and federal
partners, to:
• Advance existing business retention and expansion efforts;
• Attract prospective new business investment;
• Facilitate job growth and economic opportunity
• Ensure that Licking County’s workforce development remains “leading edge”
July
Timothy M. Boland – City Administrator, City of
Pataskala
Timothy E. Bubb – President, Licking County Board
of Commissioners
Jennifer Chrysler – Director of Community
Development, City of New Albany
John D. Fisher – Director of Licking County
Department of Jobs and Family Services
Patrick Guanciale – Coldwell Banker King
Thompson Real Estate
Cheri Hottinger – President, Licking County
Chamber of Commerce
Mayor Mark Johns – City of Heath
LABOR FORCE
June
The efforts of GROW Licking County are directed by an all-volunteer Board of Directors. As with our
Investors, these 15 individuals serve as the backbone for conceiving, designing, and establishing the goals,
objectives, and direction of our economic development effort. Appointed by The Licking County Chamber
of Commerce, Licking County Board of County Commissioners, and the Heath-Newark-Licking County Port
Authority, these individuals reflect the depth and breadth of leadership and talent throughout Licking County.
Our Results
Facilitating Growth
May
Board of Directors
This group of investors makes the work
of GROW Licking County possible. The
list of investors reflects that ours is an
authentic public-private partnership.
Twenty-eight (28) different organizations,
representing 8 different business sectors,
have participated in the initiation and
on-going funding of GROW Licking
County. Our community stands behind,
and serves as the foundation of, our
economic development efforts through this
financial support.
Apr
Our INVESTORS
Our Focus & Activity
STRENGTHENING OUR NETWORK
Building strong partnerships, and relationships, with Columbus 2020,
JobsOhio, and our regional education and workforce development partners
• Affords us multiple opportunities for lead generation and client contact
• Facilitates proactive coordination of education and development assets
• Provides comprehensive resources for existing and new businesses
INVESTMENT & JOBS
There are many ways to measure
success. One clear indicator, of
course, is through projects.
Ultimately, it is the ability to help
leverage new investment that helps
to secure a strong local economy,
generate new job opportunities,
retain existing employment within
our county, and create the
opportunity for additional business
relationships for and among Licking
County businesses. This measure –
project announcements - suggests
GROW Licking County’s efforts are
making a difference, and laying the
groundwork for even more success
in the future.
We are proud that Ascena Retail
Group, Inc., Menlo Logistics, Inc.,
Owens Corning, Inc., RevLocal,
SpeedFC, Inc. - companies with
national and international presence
- are among the 8 new investment
projects that have been announced, or
initiated, in Licking County this past
year. These projects represent both
retention and expansion of existing
firms, as well as new company
investment.
These projects, upon completion,
will result in over $100 million
dollars in new investment in Licking
County. Over 900 new jobs will be
created, and over 600 existing
jobs will be retained, within our
community.
That’s a difference in which we’re proud
to play a part.