Principal & Founder at The Montrose Group
Dave founded The Montrose Group in 2009 after 10 years managing practice groups in large law firms; serving as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives; and working as the Economic Development Director of Ameritech Ohio, Press Secretary for Columbus Mayor Greg Lashutka, and general counsel of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Robinson is the co-author of over 50 strategic economic development plans. Today, he brings his clients more than 30 years of experience in economic development and lobbying, and he has negotiated $220M in local, state, and federal financing for economic development projects.
For many companies choosing where to locate a facility, the cost of doing business and economic development incentives at a site are only part of the equation. With the challenge of recruiting a high-quality workforce, many corporate site location projects also measure the quality of place of a region. Regions with affordable housing, vibrant downtowns, walkable communities, parks, and green space are attractive to a wide range of the workforce of the future. The Montrose Group has created a Quality of Place index that can be part of their corporate site location process. Regions such as Newark, Ohio are working to address their quality of place through a redevelopment of their Downtown with the historic Newark Arcade at the center of that effort. Leaders from the Montrose Group will provide an outline of how their Quality of Place index works and Newark Development Partners will provide an overview of the vision and public and private sector funding that has turned that vision into a reality at the Newark Arcade during their panel presentation at the Heritage Ohio Annual Conference. Approved for 1.00 LU Credit.