This Competitive Assessment represents the critical first step in this process. We engaged with Market Street services to examine a wide variety of demographic, socioeconomic, economic, and quality of life indicators to tell a story about the community and uncover the key strengths, weaknesses, assets, and challenges that must be leveraged and addressed in order to raise levels of prosperity in the region.

The second phase of this comprehensive strategic planning process, the Target Business Analysis and Marketing Review, sought to identify and profile those sectors which possess the greatest potential to elevate prosperity through job and wealth creation in the years and decades to come.

This Regional Prosperity Initiative brings together the findings from the first two phases of the process to create a “Vision for a Greater Columbus.” This holistic five-year community and economic development strategy is a consensus blueprint for raising prosperity in Greater Columbus. Strategic recommendations are driven by the research findings – both qualitative and quantitative feedback.

While the Community and Economic Development Strategy details what Greater Columbus needs to do, the Implementation Plan outlines how it will be accomplished. For each of the strategic recommendations, the Implementation Plan identifies lead implementers, key partners, potential costs, the appropriate timeline for implementation, and metrics for gauging implementation success