Economic Development Matters
Personally curated by President and CEO Kenny McDonald, the Columbus Partnership’s weekly blog offers up our perspective on everything from economic development chatter to exciting new developments in the Columbus Region. Subscribe to get the latest blog in your inbox each Monday.
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August 21, 2023
SHOULD WE HAVE MORE CONCERN ABOUT THE THINGS CHANGING OR THOSE STAYING THE SAME?
“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with…
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August 16, 2023
FROM DOG DAYS TO SCHOOL DAYS
“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” …
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July 24, 2023
BURN THE BOATS
“No visions are ever rendered to us in the dead of night that we are incapable of pursuing…
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July 17, 2023
175 DAYS
“Lost time is never found again.”-Ben Franklin Mid-summer is a great time—a time to enjoy the communities we’ve…
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June 12, 2023
PLANNING HORIZONS
“Cities are beautiful because they are created slowly; they are made by time. A city is born from…
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May 23, 2023
COMPETE, COMPARE, EXPLORE, INNOVATE
“Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which…
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May 15, 2023
THE DANCE
“Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoe and dance.” …
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May 2, 2023
JUST THE BEGINNING
“Information is the oil of the 21st century, and analytics is the combustion engine.” -KPeter Sondergaard, Senior Vice…
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April 24, 2023
LOOK CLOSELY
“Good questions inform. Great questions transform.” -Ken Coleman Economic data has been a mess since the pandemic. Given…
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April 17, 2023
IN SEARCH OF THE REAL ECONOMY
“Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irrelevant and original matter.” -Richard Feynmann Investors are…
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April 3, 2023
DROWNING IN THE DESERT
“There are two easy ways to die in the desert–thirst and drowning.” -Craig Childs Believe it or not,…
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March 13, 2023
LOOKING UP
“America is the greatest engine of innovation that has ever existed, and it can’t be duplicated anytime soon,…
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February 27, 2023
A WORKING NATION
“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at…

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