Position: Planning & Development Department Director
Funding Organizations:
Direct Report: Tom Kneeland, Mayor of the City of Gahanna
Project Duration: 5 Weeks
Project Location: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan and Changzhou
Project Summary:
The project consisted of three trade delegation visits to multiple cities within China in order to encourage business executives from multiple companies within the automotive, advanced manufacturing, medical technology, e-commerce and logistics industries to make significant investments in Central Ohio.
Project Result:
The industrial and economic assets of Central Ohio were marketed to several high level executives at some of China's most prominent e-commerce and advanced manufacturing businesses. Multiple projects have initiated a due diligence phase that consists of additional data sharing on investment opportunities and available financial incentives.