Brad Ehrhart Email & Phone Number

Ravenna, Ohio, US

• The Portage Development Board's mission is to help companies locate, stay, and grow in Portage County, Ohio. PDB's mission is measured in companies’ assisted, new investment, and jobs and payroll created and retained..
• Assisted 134 companies that have invested or will invest over $1.18 billion which will create 6,031 new jobs and retain 5,475 jobs for a total annual payroll of over $561.8 million.
• Developed in coordination with state, regional, and local agencies, the Portage County Business Retention and Expansion Program, an annual business calling program whose goal is to visit 150 companies, make referrals.
• Received Economic Development Leader Award in 2024 from Team NEO.* Agency received awards from Team NEO in 2013 for Regional & Cross Border Collaboration and Business Attraction.
• Agency received the 2013 IEDC Bronze award for its part in the GAC Business Retention and Expansion Program.
• Developed Produced in Portage to celebrate manufacturing month in Portage County. The inaugural event featured 37 manufacturing companies and the career day portion involved over 300 students from grades 7 to 12 from 8.

Clarion, Pennsylvania, US

• CCEDC is private non-profit 501 (c) 3 whose mission is assist companies to stay, grow, start-up, and locate in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, a rural community of 40,000 residents. CCEDC's mission was measured in.
• Directly assisted 26 companies that resulted in over $36.5 million in new investment. Projects include SBA 504 loans to two expanding companies, a machinery loan to a new company, six local revolving loans approved.
• Working in Partnership with the Northwest PA WIB, CCEDC developed funded training plans for 20 companies ranging from manufacturing, health care, transportation, and hospitality.
• Developed a business calling program and trained staff to make annual calls on 125 companies in Clarion and Forest counties and to make referrals.
• Leader in efforts to repeal the proposed tolling of Interstate Route 80.
• Lead efforts to keep county attractive to Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Play.

Hermitage, Pennsylvania, US

· Lead for 113 company projects that resulted in over $300 million in new investment resulting from new location, expansion, retention or start-up of wealth generating establishments in Mercer County, PA. Activities include lead generation, site/facility selection, loan/grant packaging, and coordination of resource partners.· Led development of the.

· Managed foreign investment projects in Pennsylvania that resulted in 25 new establishments, 12 expanded establishments, and one joint venture.· Developed an outreach program on existing European operations in the state.· Developed a data base of Pennsylvania firms that were interested in joint-venture with foreign firms.· Prepared tax comparison data and.

· Recommended alternative methods to select transportation engineers.· Published an article entitled “Zoning Hearing Board's Costs, Fees, and Practices” in the Pennsylvania Department of Community Affairs' Reports Volume 15 Number 3.· Participated in team project studying the consolidation of Pennsylvania's inorganic laboratories that resulted in a limited.

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