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To recognize Columbus 2020 for helping create 150,000 jobs two years ahead of this community’s 10-year goal and for driving Columbus’ growth.
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WHEREAS, Columbus 2020 serves as the economic development organization for the 11-county Columbus Region, working in partnership with state and local partners to generate opportunity and build capacity for economic growth; and
WHEREAS, during the tail end of the great recession, Columbus 2020 boldly committed to create 150,000 jobs in Central Ohio by 2020; and
WHEREAS, due to the outstanding leadership of Kenny McDonald and the determination of the economic development professionals in both public and private positions, the Columbus region added 150,000 jobs two years ahead of schedule; and
WHEREAS, after barely adding 3,000 net new jobs from 2000-2010, this has been the strongest decade of job growth in the Columbus Region’s history; and
WHEREAS, Central Ohio has transformed into an international economic center, attracting both new businesses and residents while growing hometown industries; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
To recognize Columbus 2020 for helping create 150,000 jobs two years ahead of this community’s 10-year goal and for driving Columbus’ growth.