Ohio has announced a new economic development strategy that includes 33 new efforts designed to create jobs, improve productivity through innovation and grow the income of all Ohioans.

The two programs with high priority are called Ohio Means Home and Ohio Hubs of Innovation and Opportunity.

Ohio Means Home is a marketing and recruitment program that will try to woo former Ohioans back to the state. Ohio Hubs of Innovation and Opportunity will focus on specific industries in different regions of the state.

Not surprisingly, Dr. Ned Hill of Cleveland State University has had a strong hand in the plan.  Ned is one of the smartest economic development minds in the nation, and Ohio is lucky to have him at the helm -- or as "midwife," as he described himself.  Ned told Crain's Cleveland Business that the strategy “is comprehensive, but at the same time it’s practical; it gives a framework for a department of 800 people and a common theme for the first time.”

Read more in Crain's.

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