Regional economic-development group outlines 3-year plan, urges county collaboration on sites and workforce

Ready Cincinnati, the regional economic development organization serving the Cincinnati metropolitan area, presented its updated three-year strategic plan to the Warren County Board of Commissioners, detailing targeted industry priorities, site-development needs and workforce strategies.

The presenter, identified in the meeting as a Ready Cincinnati representative, said the organization’s work “is solely economic development,” and that Ready spends roughly 80% of its time on existing-industry retention and expansion. The presentation said Ready employs a staff of 23, has worked on about 775 projects over 11 years and helped bring roughly 68,000 jobs to the broader region. The group said it will focus attraction effort on life sciences (pharmaceuticals, medical devices), aerospace and aviation, food and flavor, chemicals and materials, and targeted headquarters and technology projects. The Ready representative also noted Ready is one of the JobsOhio network…