Topics Covered in This Week’s Update:

• Rural Innovation Initiative Working to Bridge Opportunity Gap
• 2019 Ohio Trade Missions to South America, Asia, Europe and India
• Colleagues Kudos
• Independent Assessment of JobsOhio
• Blockland
• Upcoming Events

Topics Covered in This Week’s Update:

• NODE Holiday Breakfast and Tour
• Economic Developer Salary Data
• Additive Manufacturing Primer
• Industrial Internet of Things Primer

Topics Covered in This Week’s Update

• Governor’s Cup – Last Call for Announced Wins
• Business Climate Rankings
• Upcoming NODE Events
• SAVE the Date – January 17th for ED NOW
• Confessions of a Millennial Site Consultant

Topics Covered in This Week’s Update:

• Big Wins for Brunswick, Willoughby, Barberton and Euclid
• Incredible Interest in Industrial Internet of Things
• Akron-area Players Team Up on New Economic Development Strategy
• The Great Debate – Predicting the Future of Economic Incentives
• Integrating Housing and Economic Development Strategies
• Hudson Named as One of Smart21 Communities of 2019
• Tracked Bills in the Ohio House and Ohio Senate
• Do You Really Understand Community Reinvestment Areas?
• Scalerator Graduate Update
• Third Annual Northeast Ohio Manufacturer’s Survey

Topics Covered in This Week’s Update:

• Congrats NEO Award Winners and Newly-Certified Practitioners
• IIoT Event for Economic Developers
• Cleveland and Akron Metros Beat Midwest Averages
• Update from Europe
• Site Selection Data That Can Predict Cultural Fit
• Industry Insights and Materials

Topics Covered in This Week’s Update

• Being Average is a Choice. So is Being Extraordinary
• Spotlight on Ohio Workforce Success Measures
• Recent Company Announcements in NEO
• JobsOhio Growth Fund

Team NEO’s Research staff creates county job demand reports In May, Team NEO released an updated version of its Aligning Opportunities in Northeast Ohio report. The report analyzes the job demand and supply picture for the 18 counties of our region. Since its release, the report has received widespread attention…

Topics Covered in This Week’s Update:

• 2Q Middle Market Indicator Reports 6.7% Employment Growth
• Bridging the Talent Gap – Northeast Ohio Employer Survey
• Challenges to Your Community
• 3DP Tech Scouting at IMTS
• 3DP for Economic Developers
• Women in Bioscience & Healthcare Conference

Topics Covered in This Week’s Update:

• Ohio Incumbent Workforce Training Voucher Program Reopening in October
• Scalerator Opportunity for NEO Companies
• (IoT) for Northeast Ohio Economic Development Professionals
• New Online Platform Connecting Ohio’s Research Universities with Industry
• Cleveland Outperforms Cincinnati, Columbus in 2017
• Back to Basics – OEDA Annual Summit

Topics Covered in This Week’s Update

• Market Proximity, Workforce, and Teamwork Help Towards Huge Trumbull Win
• Swagelok Company Selects Solon as Site of New Global Headquarters and Innovation Center
• Site Selection Magazine is Aggregating Wins Data
• Smart Devices and the Internet of Things
• Connecting Your Companies to New Markets and Customers
• Utica Summit VI