DevelopOhio https://www.bricker.com/DevelopOhio/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:12:37 -0400 Opportunity Zone Redesignations Are Coming: Action Items for Economic Developers https://www.bricker.com/sp_resources-blogpost-opportunity-zone-redesignations-are-coming-action-items-for-economic-developers blogpost-opportunity-zone-redesignations-are-coming-action-items-for-economic-developers Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:00:01 -0400 Economic Development Project Information Now Confidential: New Risks for Public Officials & Employees https://www.bricker.com/sp_resources-blogpost-economic-development-project-information-now-confidential-new-risks-for-public-officials-employees blogpost-economic-development-project-information-now-confidential-new-risks-for-public-officials-employees Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:00:02 -0400 City of Columbus Pays School Districts Nearly $6M for Tax Abatements to Attract Developers https://www.bricker.com/sp_resources-blogpost-city-of-columbus-pays-school-districts-nearly-6m-for-tax-abatements-to-attract-developers blogpost-city-of-columbus-pays-school-districts-nearly-6m-for-tax-abatements-to-attract-developers Wed, 03 Sep 2025 09:00:03 -0400 Opportunity Zone Redesignations Are Coming: Action Items for Economic Developers https://www.bricker.com/DevelopOhio/opportunity-zone-redesignations-are-coming-action-items-for-economic-developers Max Upton, Andrew J. Hinton, Mike Jacoby, CEcD, John Flis opportunity-zone-redesignations-are-coming-action-items-for-economic-developers Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:00:04 -0400 The Opportunity Zone program is moving into its next phase, and communities should start preparing now.

Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OB3A), the program is now permanent and will operate on a rolling 10-year redesignation cycle. The next group of Opportunity Zones (OZ) will take effect on January 1, 2027, which means communities and developers have an opportunity to advocate for the inclusion of census tracts when the nomination period opens in Ohio on June 10, 2026.  For our Ohio partners, it is expected that the number of opportunity zones designated within the state will decrease by 20%. This makes having a strategy to secure the nomination of an eligible census tract much more important for communities and developers alike in 2026.

]]> Economic Development Project Information Now Confidential: New Risks for Public Officials & Employees https://www.bricker.com/DevelopOhio/economic-development-project-information-now-confidential-new-risks-for-public-officials-employees Jeffry D. Harris, Adam W. Seeley economic-development-project-information-now-confidential-new-risks-for-public-officials-employees Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:00:05 -0400 Ohio Revised Code (R.C.) Section 9.66 is well-known to economic development practitioners as the oft-cited state law provision requiring disclosure in economic development assistance applications of any outstanding liabilities owed to Ohio governments; this statute also addresses the issue of using false statements in such assistance ...

]]> Preparing for Ohio’s March 31 Local Tax Incentive Filing: Compliance Essentials https://www.bricker.com/DevelopOhio/preparing-for-ohios-march-31-local-tax-incentive-filing-compliance-essentials John Caleb Bell, CRE®, Michaella N. Radich, Adam W. Seeley preparing-for-ohios-march-31-local-tax-incentive-filing-compliance-essentials Mon, 16 Feb 2026 09:00:06 -0500 For villages, cities, counties, and townships with real property tax incentive programs there are both short-term and long-term reporting processes that must be followed to ensure compliance with state law. While reporting and monitoring activities should be ongoing throughout the year, March 31 marks an important transition date. By March 31 of ...

]]> City of Columbus Pays School Districts Nearly $6M for Tax Abatements to Attract Developers https://www.bricker.com/DevelopOhio/city-of-columbus-pays-school-districts-nearly-6m-for-tax-abatements-to-attract-developers Robert F. McCarthy city-of-columbus-pays-school-districts-nearly-6m-for-tax-abatements-to-attract-developers Wed, 03 Sep 2025 09:00:07 -0400 Seven school districts in the Columbus area have agreements with the City of Columbus; the city “has an initiative for certain qualifying companies building in Columbus” that provides them with tax breaks, and the city helps lessen the impact those incentives have on revenue loss to the districts, NBC4i.com reports. The city “is paying ...

]]> Four Ohio Properties Awarded $225M in All Ohio Future Fund Support https://www.bricker.com/DevelopOhio/four-ohio-properties-awarded-225m-in-all-ohio-future-fund-support Robert F. McCarthy four-ohio-properties-awarded-225m-in-all-ohio-future-fund-support Wed, 03 Sep 2025 09:00:08 -0400 Properties in Coshocton, Lorain, Montgomery, and Muskingum counties will receive more than $225 million from the All Ohio Future Fund (AOFF), which “will be used to improve infrastructure” to help prepare the sites for future economic development, Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jim Tressel, and Ohio Development Director Lydia Mihalik ...

]]> PACE: A Flexible Economic Incentive That Doesn’t Interfere with a Political Subdivision’s Existing Tax Revenues https://www.bricker.com/DevelopOhio/pace-a-flexible-economic-incentive-that-doesnt-interfere-with-a-political-subdivisions-existing-tax-revenues Darby O. Dooley pace-a-flexible-economic-incentive-that-doesnt-interfere-with-a-political-subdivisions-existing-tax-revenues Thu, 21 Aug 2025 09:00:09 -0400 PACE leaves your current tax revenues intact.

Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing is an economic development tool that does not subtract or redirect a political subdivision’s existing tax revenues. Many economic development tools provided under Ohio law focus on abating or redirecting tax revenue through some form of ...

]]> Economic Development Changes Abound in Ohio’s Operating Budget Bill https://www.bricker.com/DevelopOhio/economic-development-changes-abound-in-ohios-operating-budget-bill Jeffry D. Harris economic-development-changes-abound-in-ohios-operating-budget-bill Wed, 02 Jul 2025 09:00:10 -0400 For those considering state government jobs after college or graduate school, certain opportunities often come with the informal – but widely known – warning: this can be a hard job during the state’s biennial budget drafting season. This year’s Amended Substitute House Bill 96 (Am. Sub. H.B. 96; State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2026 and SFY 2027) proved that truism, testing the fortitude of legislative staffers and budget analysts more severely than past budget seasons.

]]> Community Foundation to Invest $1B in Cincinnati Region https://www.bricker.com/DevelopOhio/community-foundation-to-invest-1b-in-cincinnati-region Robert F. McCarthy community-foundation-to-invest-1b-in-cincinnati-region Tue, 17 Jun 2025 09:00:11 -0400 Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF) is looking to make big, long-term changes to address the area’s critical issues through bigger investments, announcing plans “to invest $1 billion in the region over the next 10 years,” the Cincinnati Business Courier reports.

]]> Factory 52 Developer Investing $90M in Vacant Newport Property https://www.bricker.com/DevelopOhio/factory-52-developer-investing-90m-in-vacant-newport-property Robert F. McCarthy factory-52-developer-investing-90m-in-vacant-newport-property Tue, 17 Jun 2025 09:00:12 -0400 PLK Communities, the developer behind Norwood’s Factory 52, is planning to invest $90 million to transform a “long-vacant riverfront industrial site in Newport” into “a large mixed-use development,” the Cincinnati Business Courier reports.

]]> New Community Authorities (NCAs) - An Economic Development Tool Most Ohio Communities Aren’t Using https://www.bricker.com/DevelopOhio/new-community-authorities-ncas-an-economic-development-tool-most-ohio-communities-arent-using Tyler J. Bridge, Tyler J. Compton new-community-authorities-ncas-an-economic-development-tool-most-ohio-communities-arent-using Tue, 13 May 2025 09:00:13 -0400 Local governments across Ohio are engaged in a competitive race to spur economic development, attract developers, and secure long-term prosperity.  And while most local governments are familiar with traditional economic development tools—Bricker Graydon LLP mapping of active New Community Authority (NCA) usage across Ohio’s 88 counties ...

]]> John Caleb Bell, CRE® https://www.bricker.com/team/john-caleb-bell bio-john-caleb-bell Dylan F. Borchers https://www.bricker.com/team/dylan-borchers bio-dylan-borchers William T. Conard II https://www.bricker.com/team/william-conard bio-william-conard Price D. Finley https://www.bricker.com/team/price-finley bio-price-finley Jeffry D. Harris https://www.bricker.com/team/jeffry-harris bio-jeffry-harris Mike Jacoby, CEcD https://www.bricker.com/team/mike-jacoby bio-mike-jacoby Colin J. Kalvas https://www.bricker.com/team/colin-kalvas bio-colin-kalvas