In May 2012: - Columbus 2020 had 100 projects started year-to-date, over 50% higher than the 2011 pace. There were also 37 first-time visits to the region year-to-date, more than double the 2011 pace. - Several companies announced new projects in the region creating over 300 new jobs total. - Columbus 2020 conducted business visits and attended conferences to promote the region domestically and internationally.

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2. COLUMBUS 2020 MONTHLY UPDATE | MAY 2012
PROJECTS MAY 2012 AND YEAR-TO-DATE
MAY 2012 & YTD PERFORMANCE NUMBER OF PROJECTS (2012 v. 2011) FIRST-TIME VISITS (2012 v. 2011)
May 2012 30 27 15
25 12
22 Projects (100 YTD) 25 22 12
7 First Time Visits (37 YTD) 19
20 17 18 9
16 9 8 8
14 13 7 7 7
15 12 12 6
Year to Date 11 11 10
9 9 9 6 5
Through May 2012, Columbus 2020 had 100 projects 10 4 4
3
started year to date, more than 50 percent higher than 5 3 2 2 2 2
the 2011 pace. There were also 37 first-time visits to the 0
0 0
Columbus Region by companies year to date through Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
May, more than double the 2011 pace. 2011 2012 2011 2012
PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENTS IN MAY CASE STUDY: FOOD SAFETY NET SERVICES
Company Description Jobs Food Safety Net Services-Ohio, based in San Antonio, will
open a food-safety testing facility on the West Side of
Allied Mineral Products Expansion of metal Columbus. Scheduled to open in November, the project will
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(Columbus) manufacturing facility create 40 jobs with an annual payroll of $1.3 million. Many
of the new jobs will be for lab technicians. Jobs: 40
Autotool Expansion of tooling,
30
(Jerome Twp, Union) automation supplier Capital Investment: $800,000
The company tests food for restaurants and food
Facility: Testing laboratory
Discover Financial Call center jobs and new companies to make sure the products are safe. Customer
162
Services (New Albany) data center 12,400 sf
demand and government regulations are helping drive
Food Safety Net New food-safety testing growth and the need for the expansion. The company
40
Services (Columbus) facility chose the Columbus Region over locations in Atlanta,
Dallas, Los Angeles and elsewehere around the U.S. for its
superior access to customers.
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3. COLUMBUS 2020 MONTHLY UPDATE | MAY 2012
ACTIVE PROJECTS AS OF MAY 31, 2012
TOTAL ACTIVE PROJECTS EXPANSION PROJECTS: EXPANSION PROJECTS:
(110 PROJECTS) PROJECTS BY SOURCE PROJECTS BY INDUSTRY
25
21
20
28%
38% 15 12
10
67% 6
62% 5%
5 3
0
Columbus 2020
New Existing Local ED partners
JobsOhio
ATTRACTION PROJECTS: ATTRACTION PROJECTS: ATTRACTION PROJECTS: ATTRACTION PROJECTS:
SUSPECTS AND PROSPECTS PROJECTS BY SOURCE PROJECTS BY INDUSTRY DOMESTIC/INTERNATIONAL
60 51
35 31
50
30
40 13%
25
30
20
10% 20 34%
17
20 13
15
10 10 66%
77% 4
0 5
Suspect Prospect
0
Suspects = Projects identified and
qualified via direct dialogue with the Columbus 2020
company or consultant representing the Domestic International
Local ED partners
company.
JobsOhio
Prospects = Projects qualified,
parameters defined and the company or
consultant has visited the Region.
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4. COLUMBUS 2020 MONTHLY UPDATE | MAY 2012
BUSINESS ATTRACTION | DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
MAY 2012 COMPLETED ACTIVITIES
NORTHEAST MISSION: The 2020 business development team made
corporate calls in the greater New York / New Jersey metro area, as
well as Albany, Springfield, and Boston.
CHICAGO: The 2020 team attended the Black Enterprise
Entrepreneurs Conference. The 2013 conference will be held from
May 15 - May 18 in Columbus.
PHOENIX: The 2020 team attended the Area Development
Consultants Forum, engaging with a number of national and global
site location advisors.
In Israel, the 2020 team partnered with BioOhio to attend ILSI-Biomed 2012, a
leading international conference in the biomedical, health care and life sciences
industries.
JUNE - AUGUST 2012 PLANNED ACTIVITIES
CHICAGO
Internet Retailer Conference & 3PL Summit
SALT LAKE CITY
Logistics Development Forum
LAS VEGAS
Cosmoprof Personal Care & Beauty Conf.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MISSIONS:
Cleveland, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Detroit, Toledo, New York
INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Columbus 2020 Toronto Mission; business meetings in China
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5. COLUMBUS 2020 MONTHLY UPDATE | MAY 2012
BUSINESS RETENTION & EXPANSION | MAY 2012
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT VISITS CONDUCTED BY LOCATION VISITS CONDUCTED BY INDUSTRY
20 16
May 2012 Performance: 17 14
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36 Visits in May (235 YTD)
15 12
26 by 2020 staff and 10 reported by local
economic development partners 10
8 8
10 8
6
5 5 6
5 3 4
2 2 2
28% Columbus 2
2020 0 0
Local ED
72% partners
CASE STUDY: DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES
Discover Financial Services announced plans for a $76 million
data center and 162 new call-center jobs at its campus in New
Albany. With a presence in the Columbus Region since 1985, the
company already has 1,500 employees and a payroll of $66.5
million at its campus. The new jobs will add $7.6 million to the Jobs: 162
payroll. Work on the project is expected to begin in July, with Capital Investment: $76.2 million
completion by August 2013. Facility: Data center
In addition to the Columbus Region, Discover considered 97,000 sf
locations in Arizona and South Carolina for the project. If they
had selected an alternative location, there would have been the
risk of jobs lost due to eventual consolidation away from the
Region. Key to the deal was a long-term plan, including state and
local tax incentives and a lease agreement with the Franklin
County Finance Authority, who will own the data center.
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6. COLUMBUS 2020 MONTHLY UPDATE | MAY 2012
BUSINESS CREATION
NEW BUSINESS REGISTRATION* BUSINESS DISSOLUTIONS, PATENTS BY REGION INVENTORS &
SURRENDERS, WITHDRAWALS ASSIGNEES
350
332
1500 1,401 64
63 63
300 57
1,178 1,202
1250 1,163 250
195 204
200 171
1000
150
19 21 19 18
750 100
50
500 0
Jan Feb Mar Apr Jan Feb Mar Apr Inventor Assignee
Jan Feb Mar Apr
Source: Ohio Secretary of State Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
*Note: Registrations are only an indicator of business formation and do not represent actual new businesses. For example, a registration may be filed to
reserve a business name or for other reasons in advance of a potential business. Dissolutions, surrenders and withdrawals do not include mergers,
consolidations, reinstatements and other changes that may lead to a loss of a business. In addition, not all businesses that close make a filing.
CASE STUDY: SEEMORE INTERACTIVE TECHCOLUMBUS INVESTMENT OF $3.15M
IN 18 STARTUPS SINCE START OF 2012
On May 30, TechColumbus announced its commitment to invest
$350,000 from its Pre-Seed Fund into retail software developer
TechAngel Funds
4 deals
$800K
technologies, retailers and consumer goods, marketers will be
able to embed product details, pricing and other information into TechAcceleration Pre-Seed Fund
5 deals 7 deals
touchpoints (displays, hangtags, packaging) surrounding a Funding: $350,000 pre-seed $2.1M
$100K
product within the retail environment.
TechGenesis
3 deals
Using a mobile device, consumers will be able to purchase
$150K
products in real time and simultaneously gather additional
information on related items, pricing, product usage, special
19 investments in 18 companies for a
promotions, sales, warranty and other data key to purchasing
combined total of $3.15M
decisions. In addition to the Pre-Seed investment, SeeMore has
received follow-on funding and in-kind commitments from a
number of other regional investors.
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7. COLUMBUS 2020 MONTHLY UPDATE | MAY 2012
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEWS
COLUMBUS IN THE NEWS LEGISLATION AND ADVOCACY
Columbus Region highlighted in Chinese media Columbus Region advertising in Times Square Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base. The Columbus
The Shanghai-based Oriential Morning Post covers Six videos on the Columbus Region are currently running in
Columbus, including its advantages in logistics and rotation on a Super Screen located at 42nd Street between Congressmen to save 200 full-time jobs at our
consumer goods. http://bit.ly/JPSPpx 7th and 8th Avenues in New York City's Times Square. Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base. Specific language
Watch the videos at: http://bit.ly/JQaR9R in the House version of the FY13 Defense Appropriations
Columbus among top U.S. cities for job growth
bill, championed by Congressman Steve Austria, would
Analysis ranks Columbus no. 1 among large Midwest cities
stop the proposed aircraft reductions the Air Force
for job growth in 2011. http://bit.ly/M1MUes
announced earlier this year, and save the 200 full-time
Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference jobs at Rickenbacker. Rickenbacker has a local economic
In May 2013, Columbus will be host to the Black Enterprise impact of over $82 million every year.
Conference and Expo, drawing more than 1,500
professionals, entrepreneurs and executives.
http://bit.ly/JUxxSR
COLUMBUS BIG BOARD
The Big Board comprises 50 publicly traded companies in the
Columbus Region including: Fortune 1000 companies that have
headquarters or a major presence, major foreign companies and
members of The Columbus Partnership. The price of each
company's stock is weighted equally in value at the start of the
quarter, as calculated by Google Finance. Since the start of 2012,
the Big Board is up 5.7 percent compared to the Dow Jones
Industrial Average's 1.4 percent.
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8. COLUMBUS 2020 MONTHLY UPDATE | MAY 2012
REGIONAL ECONOMIC DATA
NUMBER EMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (APRIL 2012) NUMBER OF WEEKLY UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS
(WEEK ENDING 3/3/12 TO WEEK ENDING 5/26/12)
Continuing New
Unemployment Change from
Apr 2011 to 18,000 1,800
rate
(Apr 2012) Apr 2012 17,000 1,600
16,000 1,400
8.1% (-1.7) 7.8% (-2.3)
1,200
Marion Morrow 15,000
16,116 (+244) 1,000
27,175 (-428) 14,000
800
7.0% (-2.0) 13,000
7.8% (-1.2) 600
Logan Knox 12,000 400
21,029 (-48) 5.1% (-0.7) 27,245 (-301) 11,000 200
Delaware
5.4% (-1.4) 10,000 0
87,121 (+1,486)
3/31
4/7
5/5
3/3
3/10
3/17
3/24
5/26
4/14
4/21
4/28
5/12
5/19
Union
25,191 (+426)
Number
employed 6.9% (-0.8) Source: Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
residents Licking
(Apr 2012) 78,932 (+1,326)
6.9% (-1.0)
Franklin
6.1% (-0.1) 581,151 (+10,232)
Madison
18,794 (+326) COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE HOUSING SALES
6.4% (-1.1) (AS OF MAY 31)
Fairfield
7.8% (-1.5) 69,608 (+1,203) 3,902
Direct Asking 3,629
Pickaway $165K
Use Vacancy Rate Rent 3,068 $153K
22,491 (+395)
(per sf)
1,891
1,704 1,748
Office 16.0% $15.01
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment
Statistic, Seasonally Adjusted Industrial 8.9% $3.23
New In Closed Average
Listings Contracts Sales Sales Price
Retail 10.4% $10.17
Apr 2011 Apr 2012
Source: Xceligent Source: Columbus Board of Realtors
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