The Cincinnati Business Courier (subscription required) reports that the board of directors of the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority has appointed Laura Brunner as its new president. Brunner has held management roles at several private sector entities, outside and in Ohio, including Cassidy Turley and most recently Al Neyer Inc. in Cincinnati.
Although the Port Authority was originally formed in 2000 to "stimulate growth in the regional economy" and "enter into public-private partnerships to provide infrastructure financing for development projects and redevelop Brownfields," a restructuring of the Port Authority in 2008 paved the way for the Port Authority to assume an even greater role in promoting economic development in the region. Brunner will take the reigns and lead the agency as it "expands beyond its traditional role in public finance and Brownfield redevelopment," the article said. Some of the expanded duties that the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority will embark upon includes the establishment of a land bank, assembling land in urban areas for future development opportunities and carrying out a number of mandates identified in the City of Cincinnati’s Go Cincinnati Plan, just to name a few.
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