Economic Development

The Ohio Chamber is advocating for continued tax breaks for data centers, saying it has new research showing central Ohio and the Miami Valley have enough water to sustain data center growth through 2030.

Killer Brownie's gourmet desserts will soon be produced in Springboro, with help from the Ohio Tax Credit Authority.

More than 200 Montgomery County leaders, artists, community members, art institutions and business leaders attended the inaugural Montgomery County Arts Forum.

Demolition work has begun from the West Carrollton River District. The project will clean up a former wastewater treatment plant and a segment of the Great Miami River that's not safe for swimming.

WCR, an international manufacturer, is bringing jobs to Xenia. The company makes heat exchangers for everything from milk production to the energy industry.

Leaders in the defense and aerospace industries say Ohio is ripe for more economic growth in these areas. Many spoke at the Ohio Defense and Aerospace Forum held at Wright State University.

Montgomery County Commissioners unanimously decided to redirect $1 million from the 2025 Economic Development/Government Equity fall funding cycle to support operations at The Foodbank, Inc., which serves Montgomery, Preble and Greene counties.

This is the third expansion for the Wisconsin-based company United Alloy — and its first in Ohio.

Looking at 2024, Dayton Mayor Jeffrey Mims highlighted the arrival of companies like the Sierra Nevada Corp. and Diné Development Corp., 28 new businesses and over 300 housing units downtown.

The University of Dayton and Premier Health are partnering with onMain on this three 3-phase project that could take as long as 20 years to fully complete.

Formerly the Appvion Wastewater Treatment Plant, the city acquired the site in 2012. The site was contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls or PCBs from the 1960s to the early 2000s. The space will “support access to recreational opportunities for low to moderate income residents as well as community members throughout the Dayton region.”

Through an initiative called Light Up Navajo, outside visiting utility workers come to install equipment so dozens of homes can be connected to the electric grid for the first time.