Editorial: Huge Toledo opportunity

Despite the 4,711 potential development properties in JobsOhio portfolio, Gov. Mike DeWine proposes the creation of an All Ohio Future Fund. The governor’s budget proposes $2.5 billion to make sure there are shovel-ready sites within easy commuting distance of all Ohioans. That means property prepared for economic development with roads, water, gas, electricity, and broadband connections. “Since the Intel announcement Ohioans outside central Ohio have been asking how about us,” Mr. DeWine said during his State of the State address Tuesday. Read more Blade editorials Mr. DeWine says the disparity of results between metro-Columbus and the rest of Ohio is driven by the availability of primed and ready land. The governor says the All Ohio Future Fund will change that and pay dividends through economic growth for many years to come. While the evidence suggests there is no shortage of available development sites in Ohio, there are many reasons to support the AOFF which the governor did not mention. The era of globalization has ended. Capital investments that have shifted to low-cost foreign manufacturing locations like China for the past 40 years are coming back to America because of the Beijing’s support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and threat […]

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