Franklin County joins national network to boost development in targeted areas
The Columbus Foundation, the Columbus Partnership and venture-capital group Rev1 are joining Franklin County in a two-year pilot program to focus on “business growth in underserved neighborhoods,” The Columbus Dispatch reports. The county is joining Forward Cities, a national “economic-development network based in North Carolina” that works “to boost business startups and expansions in neighborhoods” that “haven’t benefited economically as much as other parts of participating metro areas have,” according to the article. The local program will be backed by “$250,000 in funding from the county and the three other partners” and “will include the formation of an innovation council.” For more, read the full article.
