The document outlines 5 goals for the Springfield MSA region: 1) Grow the region through business parks and job creation, 2) Develop the workforce through education investments, 3) Change negative perceptions through branding and events, 4) Revitalize strategic areas like downtown Springfield through investments, and 5) Build a culture of implementation to achieve the goals through offensive action. It provides updates on achieving Goal 1 through business park development and job numbers, and lists many urban planning and infrastructure projects to achieve Goal 4 around revitalization.

1. “ The answer to the future is not to protect what we have (the past), it is to innovate, or create opportunity.” Sam Palmisano President & CEO IBM Corporation

3. Goal 1: Grow Springfield MSA PrimeOhio II Nextedge Park Honey Creek Industrial Park Park 235

4. Goal 1: Grow Springfield 2009 Goal: 1,100 To Date: 1,028 *New Carlisle: 50+ Jobs Retained: 2,000+ Jobs Created: 900+ Investment: $86M+

5. Goal 2: Develop the Workforce

6. Goal 2: Develop the Workforce “ Education is the single most important thing that we can work on together as a community. It is the greatest gift that we can give to the next generation.” Mike McDorman Tecumseh LSD $87M investment Northwestern LSD 7 mill, 1% income tax

7. Goal 3: Changing Perceptions

8. Goal 3: Change Perceptions Branding Images:

9. Goal 3: Change Perceptions Holiday In The City Heritage of Flight

10. Goal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community Areas $175M - Springfield downtown $1.2M – New Carlisle streetscape

11. Goal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community Areas Springfield Regional Hospital

12. Goal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community Areas Ohio Valley Medical Center

13. Goal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community Areas Downtown Park

14. Goal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community Areas Fountain Avenue looking north

15. Goal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community Areas Metallic Casket with Ringside

16. Goal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community Areas Ice Arena Rendering

17. Goal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community Areas Inside Ice Arena

18. Goal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community Areas Biking Biking $1M Phase 1 Bike Trails complete $500k Phase 2 coming

19. Goal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community Areas Buck Creek Corridor Plan

20. Goal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community Areas Whitewater

21. Goal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community Areas Whitewater

22. Goal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community Areas Bouldering

23. Goal 4: Revitalize Strategic Community Areas Bouldering

24. Goal 5: Build a Culture of Implementation Over $750 million in new investment announced in last 3 years

25. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Discover. Dream Big. Mark Twain

26. Goal 5: Build a Culture of Implementation The time for action is now. Go on the offense - play to win! Be hypercompetitive!