Silverlode has new offices! We have moved a vast distance – OK, it is actually only about two blocks, but it sure felt like a lot more than that during the move! We now occupy the entire second floor of a beautiful 1872 mansion. Our new address is 3043 Superior Ave, which is on …
Ohio Third Frontier Success
The State of Ohio recently awarded Ohio Third Frontier Cluster Program grants to organizations with projects in the areas of Biomedical, Medical Imaging, and Sensors. Silverlode is pleased to announce that two of its clients, Bettcher Industries and US Endoscopy were awarded $1 million grants to accelerate their R&D projects. Over 80 organizations applied in …
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 …
The Ohio Job Creation Tax Credit
Still think it’s the same old program? The Ohio Job Creation Tax Credit has gone through significant changes over the last year. Companies may be able to qualify for the credit based on new payroll to be created over three years. Since many companies are rehiring staff, this may be the time to look into …
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 …
Global Site Selection
We have been working for a few weeks on an exciting site selection project that has involved gathering and analyzing location data from many countries around the world. There is a tremendous amount of variance in the kinds of data that is available from one country to another, which presents some challenges in completing comparative …
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 …
