Lucas County recognized for business development projects
This follows an announcement made by Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz, where the city of Toledo was named #1 for new business investment, by Site Selection Magazine.
TOLEDO, Ohio — Lucas County’s ability to provide skilled workers, and effective training programs needed to help attract new companies and support existing ones grow, has contributed to the region earning first place in the 2021 Site Selection Governor’s Cup.
The Lucas County Commissioners are proud that the investment that continues to be seen in the community, and has once again been recognized as being among the top mid-size metropolitan areas for investment.
“This honor is in large part the result of the hard work we have done to prepare job seekers through our workforce system,” Commissioner Tina Skeldon Wozniak said.
“The Lucas County Workforce Development Board and the Department of Planning and Development have helped job seekers hone the
skills necessary to find and keep good-paying jobs in the area.”
“It comes as no surprise that we have been recognized as a top site for development again,” Commissioner Pete Gerken added. “We have the best workers anywhere. Businesses know that our workforce bring the highest quality products to market on-time every time.”
“That the Toledo region has been recognized as the top community of its size for investment demonstrates that our development partnerships have worked,” Commissioner Gary Byers said.
“The relationship between the City, the County, and the economic development practitioners throughout the region has
never been stronger.”
Site Selection Magazine, whose readership includes CEOs, corporate real estate executives, human resource managers, and consultants, ranked the areas by examining projects involving a capital investment of at least $1 million, creating at least 20 new jobs, and gains of at least 20,000 square feet of floor area.
The magazine ranked the Toledo Metropolitan Area, which includes Lucas, Fulton, and Wood Counties, number one among metros with populations between 200,000 and 1 million, tying with Savannah, Ga.
The rankings were released Monday, March 1. Other metro areas in the same tier with lower rankings include Baton Rouge, La., Greensboro-High Point, N.C., Dayton-Kettering, Oh., Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, S.C., and Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.
