“The answer to the future is not to protect what we have (the past), it is to innovate, or create opportunity.”

Sam PalmisanoPresident & CEOIBM Corporation

Strategic VisionStrategic Vision

Goal 1: Grow Springfield MSA

Goal 2: Develop the Workforce

Goal 3: Change Perceptions

Goal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community

Areas

Goal 5: Build a Culture of

Implementation

Goal 1: Grow Springfield MSAGoal 1: Grow Springfield MSA

PrimeOhio IIPrimeOhio IIPrimeOhio IIPrimeOhio II

Nextedge Nextedge ParkPark

Nextedge Nextedge ParkPark

Honey Creek Honey Creek Industrial ParkIndustrial Park

Park 235Park 235

Honey Creek Honey Creek Industrial ParkIndustrial Park

Park 235Park 235

Goal 1: Grow SpringfieldGoal 1: Grow Springfield

2009 Goal: 1,100

To Date: 1,028

*New Carlisle: 50+

Jobs Retained: 2,000+

Jobs Created: 900+

Investment: $86M+

Goal 2: Develop the WorkforceGoal 2: Develop the Workforce

Goal 2: Develop the WorkforceGoal 2: Develop the Workforce

“Education is the single most important thing that we can work on together as a community. It is the greatest gift that we can give to the next generation.”

Mike McDorman

Tecumseh LSD$87M investment

Northwestern LSD7 mill, 1% income tax

Goal 3: Changing PerceptionsGoal 3: Changing Perceptions

Goal 3: Change PerceptionsGoal 3: Change Perceptions

Branding Images:

Goal 3: Change PerceptionsGoal 3: Change Perceptions

Holiday In The

City

Heritage of Flight

Goal 4: Revitalize StrategicGoal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community Areas Community Areas

$175M - Springfield downtown$1.2M – New Carlisle

streetscape

Goal 4: Revitalize StrategicGoal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community Areas Community Areas

SpringfieldRegionalHospital

Goal 4: Revitalize StrategicGoal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community Areas Community Areas

Ohio ValleyMedical Center

Goal 4: Revitalize StrategicGoal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community Areas Community Areas

Downtown Park

Goal 4: Revitalize StrategicGoal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community Areas Community Areas

Fountain Avenue looking north

Goal 4: Revitalize StrategicGoal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community Areas Community Areas

Metallic Casket with RingsideMetallic Casket with Ringside

Goal 4: Revitalize StrategicGoal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community Areas Community Areas

Ice Arena RenderingIce Arena Rendering

Goal 4: Revitalize StrategicGoal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community Areas Community Areas

Inside Ice ArenaInside Ice Arena

Goal 4: Revitalize StrategicGoal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community Areas Community Areas

BikingBiking

BikingBiking$1MPhase 1Bike Trailscomplete

$500kPhase 2coming

Goal 4: Revitalize StrategicGoal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community Areas Community Areas

Buck Creek Corridor Plan

Goal 4: Revitalize StrategicGoal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community Areas Community Areas

WhitewaterWhitewater

Goal 4: Revitalize StrategicGoal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community Areas Community Areas

WhitewaterWhitewater

Goal 4: Revitalize StrategicGoal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community Areas Community Areas

BoulderingBouldering

Goal 4: Revitalize StrategicGoal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community Areas Community Areas

BoulderingBouldering

Goal 5: Build a Culture ofGoal 5: Build a Culture of Implementation Implementation

Over $750 million in new investment announced in last 3 years

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Discover. Dream Big.

Mark Twain

Goal 5: Build a Culture ofGoal 5: Build a Culture of Implementation Implementation

The time for action is now. Go on

the offense - play to win! Be

hypercompetitive!