Site Selection picked the Dayton Region as one of the top
economic development regions in the nation. What's your perspective on
that?
I think you've got a region that has become very focused about what the opportunities are. In general, we focus on four technology platforms: Aerospace systems, information technology, human sciences and healthcare, and then advanced materials and advanced manufacturing. But the other key to this is pursuing opportunities related to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Wright-Patterson is the largest single site employer in the state -- over 26,000 employees. There's a research lab there that does $2 billion of research annually. Some of it's contracted out, but what we've got is a group of stakeholders than have all gotten focused around real opportunities that are linked to Wright-Patterson that are linked to those four technology platforms. And that can mean real growth for the Dayton region in the near term. And we've seen companies that have taken notice and are relocating and expanding in the Dayton region.
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