Dublin incentives to aid push for green businesses at The Dublin Entrepreneurial Center
September 21, 2009
Source: Business First of Columbus - by Jeff Bell
Dublin’s hopes of attracting green businesses have received a double shot in the arm.
City Council on Sept. 8 signed off on an incentive to bring the Ohio Fuel Cell Coalition to the Dublin Entrepreneurial Center off Post Road. Council also voted to create a green business incubator at the center, offering rent subsidies and other financial help to fledgling companies locating there.
The moves are another indication that Dublin wants to encourage the development of research and technology companies, said Dana McDaniel, deputy city manager and economic development director.
“Our goal is to provide support to the new green industry and ideas that can be converted to green companies and green jobs,” he said. “We see it as a next-generation industry that’s fairly high-tech.”
State support
The seven-month-old Entrepreneurial Center, a partnership between Dublin, TechColumbus and other groups that support small businesses, has office spaces sized for one- and two-person startups. It also provides tenants with entrepreneurial training, help with finding venture capital and other support services. It has 14 tenants, with another 11 in the wings to sign leases, McDaniel said.
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