Business View Magazine Jan-2019

181 land-locked community to grow their medical cam- pus, and turned into additional projects being built and additional employment.We’ve also worked with them for safety reasons.We built a bridge over the thoroughfare that their hospital sits on, so pedes- trians could get from one side of the campus to the other. It was an opportunity for us to show them that our number one employer and an asset our residents treasure having so close to home, is very important to us.” BVM: Do you provide the infrastructure for your Business Parks? Schwieterman : “Kettering boasts two thriving busi- ness parks in our community, the Kettering Business Park and Miami Valley Research Park. The Kettering Business Park is the city’s largest and longest term re-use effort. Once the Gentile Air Force Station, the campus is now home to Synchrony Financial, Alternate Solutions Health Network and Ketter- ing Health Network Data Center. Companies like Reynolds & Reynolds, CommunityTissue Services, Kodak,Wilmer-Hale & Resonetics call Miami Val- ley Research Park home. The city has significant ownership of both business parks and thus signifi- cant control over ensuring that the infrastructure is sufficient for development.Often,we already have the roads, sewer, and water.Where we work with our regional partners like the Dayton Development Co- alition and the state of Ohio is on the expansion of roadways. In fact in 2019,we’re extending another section of roadway in Miami Valley Research Park to enable expansion of existing tenants as well as future development.“ Patterson : “I’ve been Mayor for 13 years, and a com- mercial realtor for 40 years, so I have a very pro- business background. I understand that when com- munities don’t aggressively try to attract businesses, those cities struggle.And I know the importance of the tax base to be able to deliver the services our residents deserve.We’ve grown our commitment to redevelopment over the years with the Kettering Business Park and, last year,we had the opportunity