Our success is measured by the community's capacity to understand and manage its local economy.

Our Mission

To serve as a resource for education, training, and research assistance to help communities identify and address opportunities and issues that impact their regional and local economies.

Our Objective

To provide the tools, training, and resources needed to develop the capacity of communities to analyze and monitor their regional and local economies, and use this information as a basis for economic development action and planning.

The Ohio State University was involved in the original development and became an early adopter of BR&E principles and methodology.

Since 1986, the Ohio Business Retention & Expansion Initiative has developed the capacity of community leaders via more than 140 BR&E programs in 77 Ohio counties.