City of Kettering, Ohio

everything from the small entrepreneur driven busi- nesses to multi-million dollar international corpora- tions, has always been in demand but from time to time properties didn’t have the type of reinvestment we know is critical.Over the years the city took a position that if the private sector wasn’t going to redevelop properties, then we, the city,would act as a catalyst.That approach resulted in some tre- mendous developments for us, new businesses and jobs in our community and frequent recognition for those efforts.” BVM: Tell us more about the special partnership you have with your largest employer. Patterson : “We have an unbelievable public-private partnership with our largest employer, the Kettering Health Network.They are a huge Kettering cheer- leader and a part of the fabric of our community. We’re fortunate to have them partner with us. Ket- tering Health Network is the parent company of a very large hospital chain that operates in our region and we are home to their flagship hospital, the Ket- tering Medical Center.” Schwieterman : “For the last 25-30 years,we’ve Gregg Gorsuch, Economic Development Manager Mark Schwieterman, City Manager