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Posted December 12, 2003 in Press Releases
Cincinnati Enquirer A report issued today by a Cleveland research group says Ohio's 5-year-old Third Frontier Action Fund, part of the state's flagship economic development program, has generated few jobs and little commercial activity. Full Article read more
Posted December 12, 2003 in Press Releases
Dayton Daily News COLUMBUS -- A grant component of Gov. Bob Taft's Third Frontier Project has modest economic benefits while the oversight of its administration is inadequate, according to a report being released today. Full Article read more
Posted December 12, 2003 in Press Releases
The State of Ohio’s Third Frontier Action Fund, the oldest part of Gov. Bob Taft’s hightech economic development program, has created only a modest number of commercial jobs and is operated without sufficient accountability to... read more
Posted November 10, 2003 in Op-Eds
Wealthy benefit most from enterprise zones, but the program was supposed to create jobs in economically depressed urban areas. The Ohio Enterprise Zone Program, created in 1981 to spur economic development and job creation in... read more
Posted November 02, 2003 in Press Releases
Ohio's enterprise zone program is more likely to bring jobs and investment to wealthy areas than the poor neighborhoods the program is supposed to help, according to a report by Policy Matters Ohio, a Cleveland... read more
Posted October 29, 2003 in Press Releases
Benefits attributed to Ohio's Enterprise Zone Program (EZP) are more likely to go to higher-income school districts than to lower-income school districts, according to a new study conducted by Kent State University Assistant Professor Mark... read more
Posted October 10, 2003 in Press Releases
As an investor, public could profit from high-tech startups successes The Toledo Blade COLUMBUS - If Ohio voters approve a $500 million bond issue on Nov. 4, the state and local governments could have more direct financial... read more
Posted October 10, 2003 in Press Releases
Report: State would be risk investor Cincinnati Enquirer Backed by Republicans and Democrats, business executives and unions, Ohio Gov. Bob Taft is stumping statewide for the Nov. 4 ballot issue authorizing the sale of $500 million in... read more
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