Richland Community Development Group Inc.

“Management reviewed and approved the 990 prior to filing”

“Governing documents are made available upon request to management”

“Postage - $381special projects - $34239 telephone - $2612misc $77central park beautification - $20 north main street project - $1300be focal buy local - $1309richland young professionals - $9385in-kind expenses - $54239”

“Rcdg works collaboratively with many area agencies and governments to improve the economy of the region. These include dmi, inc., richland area chamber, bellville, shiloh, lexington, ontario, teamneo, jobsohio, mansfield, ohio means jobs richland, odot, mansfield/richland area convention and visitors bureau. All work is done through the advice of the 60 member leadership board. Rcdg is a 501(c)3 organization funded by the private sector. The executive board is 100% private sector and the leadership board private sector membership always exceeds 50%.rcdg sponsored events focused on worker compensation, small business assistance from government, internships and long range planning. Over 400 companies from five counties were represented at this wide variety of gatherings. Rcdg has partnered with the richland county foundation for the last three years to improve the quality of place aspects of the county. Generous grants from the foundation have enabled the citizen sectors of rcdg to improve the look and feel of the area. The richland community development group works diligently to bring new business into our county. In 2014 rcdg worked with seven potential new companies interested in this region. Gb fabricating in shiloh, ohio is being assisted by rcdg and the village as it grows in the former voisard facility. Currently, 70 employees have been hired by this new company. Rcdg contracts with teamneo in order to utilize their global business attraction services. This organization is a long standing and very successful business attraction organization rcdg is designated by the state of ohios business attraction organization jobs ohio as the single point of contact for any new businesses interested in the county. Rcdg maintains an active property database listing industrial sites available in the community. The property database is collaboration with area commercial realtors and economic developers. Recognizing that workforce talent is the crucial issue with our employers, rcdg has developed an organized approach to improving our talent. The talent innovation network has brought together the training providers, the funding sources for training, the public schools and the business/industry sector. This network will ensure that we meet the employers needs for skilled workers now and in the future. The talent innovation network also focuses on attracting and retaining young professionals. Richland young professionals (ryp) has been created as a sector of rcdg, again focusing on the attraction and retention of the workforce. This group has grown to over 200 members who focus on networking, professional development and social events. Our ten under forty event in the summer recognized exemplary young professionals.leaderrichland is a part of the talent innovation network. In 2014, nine schools and over 900 students from two counties took part in this daylong event. Schools have already opted in for 2015 and we expect over 1,200 students to participate.rcdg continues its regular effort to connect with local businesses and industries through company visits. In 2014, the executive director made over 70 company visits and worked with over 22 companies on specific issues and possibilities. By the numbers five projects leveraged state assistance that brought$800,000 in incentives to the companies including arcelormittal and school specialtywill result in over $11,497,000 in additional payroll when completedwill create over 506 new jobs for the areawill entail $ 59,663,000 in capital investments by the companies”