The Economic Development Administration recently launched the Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership (IMCP) program, an initiative designed to accelerate the resurgence of manufacturing and help cultivate an environment for businesses to create well-paying manufacturing jobs in regions across the country. President Obama’s fiscal year 2014 budget includes funds for the Department of Commerce to award …
Slaughterhouse Fine
Silverlode recently completed an interesting real estate analysis project in the lovely town of Limon, CO. This rural community, situated on the high plains about an hour and half east of Denver, is home to a former meat packing plant and sale barn that has been vacant for several years. The Lincoln County Economic Development …
Energizing Careers
The Energizing Careers Grant Program Round 2 has begun for companies involved in wind, solar or biomass. The grant covers training expenses for existing employees. The Energizing Careers Program offers up to $6,000 per employee to train/re-train full-time, existing employees. Companies must demonstrate they are an OEM, Tier 1 Supplier, or a company that engages …
Ohio Third Frontier’s Next Round
The Ohio Third Frontier is back! The Third Frontier program provides research and development grants to companies developing new products related to various technology clusters. The Biomedical and Medical Imaging rounds opened recently, and we anticipate that the Advanced Materials and Sensors rounds will be released in early January 2011. Applications for the Biomedical and …
Economic Development and Customer Service
We have been fairly active lately in delivering presentations to state and local groups focused on economic development. Last week, for example, Dennis spoke at an Ohio “Compact for Cities” Task Force meeting in Columbus, and Steve presented at an Ohio Economic Development Association training course in Coshocton. While our topics were different, we both …
More tight deadlines…
Silverloders have been working around the clock the last few days to prepare and submit a number of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant applications. These new grants are being offered under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009 as the Industrial Technologies Program (ITP), and can be used to fund public and/or private investment …
Proud Sponsors of an Ox!
Silverlode is the proud sponsor of “I, Robotox.” This is just one of many creatively decorated oxen that are scattered around Cleveland’s St. Clair Superior neighborhood in celebration of the Year of the Ox. The St. Clair Superior Development Corporation’s annual fundraising initiative recognizes the strong Asian influence in the neighborhood, and the oxen are …
Site Selection Deadlines
When we first began helping companies with site selection projects about a decade and a half ago, the project timeline was often as long as nine months to a year. This was back before the internet was as robust as it is today, and gathering the significant amount of data required to conduct an effective …
Silverlode report influences Ohio tax policy
Just an update on our project for the Ohio Commercial Airports Consortium. Our analysis and findings were strong enough to help convince the Ohio legislature and Governor to pass an exemption on sales taxes for aircraft parts and maintenance labor. Newest Silverloder Jason Hamman was the lead author of the study, and we are very …
Recent Economic Development Projects
This has been a very busy spring for Silverlode! We have recently finished a few very challenging projects that garnered us some nice media coverage. Cleveland Clinic engaged us to complete a comprehensive fiscal and economic impact analysis of all of their operations (no pun intended!) in Ohio and the region. (Click here to see the Plain Dealer story) The …
