On August 23, the Ohio Third Frontier Commission awarded a combined $9.5 million to two Entrepreneurial Signature Programs (ESPs) following an advisory board retreat at Deer Creek Lodge and Conference Center in Mt. Sterling, Ohio, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. CincyTech was awarded $5.5 million and the Dayton Development Coalition was awarded $4 million, the article said. These awards were provided after the commission ended its fiscal year “having spent only 20 percent of the $190 million it had available to invest,” $40 million of which was budgeted for its Entrepreneurial Signature Program, the article said. For more, read the full story.
Two ESP programs awarded Ohio Third Frontier Commission funding