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Toledo Finds the Energy To Reinvent Itself
The Wall Street Journal - December 18, 2007
This city became famous in the last century for being one of North America's leading glass centers. The industry has been in decline since the 1980s, but Toledo hopes to be known for its glass again.

Business group adds blog to site
Akron Beacon Journal - December 15, 2007
The Ohio Business Development Coalition has added a blog to its Web site, featuring interviews with Ohio executives providing their perspective on what it is like to work and live in Ohio.

Cynthia Booth helping to attract businesses to Ohio
The Cincinnati Herald - December 15, 2007
Local McDonald's franchise owner Cynthia Booth, president and CEO of COBCO, sends a message throughout the country and world this week that it is possible to succeed in business and at the same time give back to your community in the Cincinnati and Ohio business climate. (subscriber access only)

Ohio would be good for you, ads tell CEOs
The Columbus Dispatch - December 14, 2007
In the pages of The Wall Street Journal, Ohio is the place where top executives can come to enjoy the good life.

Wilks featured in national business ad for Ohio
The Journal-News - December 12, 2007
The 1943 Hamilton High graduate and founder of the Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park is featured in an advertisement that appeared Wednesday in The Wall Street Journal. The ad, paid for by the non-profit Ohio Business Development Coalition, targets corporate executives and promotes Ohio as a prime spot to live, said Ed Burghard, executive director with the coalition.

A strong state of business
PR Week - December 10, 2007
Two years ago, former Governor Robert Taft asked Procter & Gamble for help when he created the Ohio Business Development Coalition (OBDC), a public/private partnership to market Ohio and attract capital investment. The company 'loaned' marketer Edward Burghard to serve as OBDC executive director. (subscriber access only)

OSU Takes Jab at Michigan Via WSJ Ad
WWJ Newsradio 950 - November 14, 2007
Ahead of Saturday's U of M-Ohio State football clash in Ann Arbor, the Ohio Business Development Corporation is taking a swipe at Michigan - with the help of the Wall Street Journal.

Ohio can give Michigan the business
Akron Beacon Journal - November 14, 2007
In a survey of how the world perceives individual states, Ohio had the best image in the Midwest. Michigan was fifth.

Ads Used To Draw Executives To Ohio
WTVN Newsradio 610 - November 13, 2007
Ohio State University Football players are not the only people gearing up for Saturday's game against Michigan. The Ohio Business Development Coalition has been placing ads in the Wall Street Journal for several months featuring executives in Ohio. Ed Burghard is the Executive Director of the Ohio Business Development Coalition who makes the ads. He says so far they have ran about 24 stories on executives in Ohio and plan to run about 20 more.

Ohio gets high marks for business climate
The Daily Reporter - November 8, 2007
Ohio's business climate is the seventh-best in the nation according to new rankings by a national business planning magazine, SITE Selection. (subscriber access only)

Local executive featured in national ad campaign
Dayton Daily News - November 6, 2007
MIAMI TWP. - Chief Operating Officer Bruce Langos of Teradata Corp. - one of the world's largest data warehousing and enterprise analytics companies - is featured in the Ohio Business Development Coalition's "Why Ohio?" advertising campaign.

Ohio universities 9th in R&D funding
The Daily Reporter - November 2, 2007
Ohio ranks ninth in the nation in the amount of research and development funding its universities receive from various sources, including the federal government, according to a new report by the National Science Foundation. (subscriber access only)

Ohio is committed to success in wind energy development, says coalition
North American Wind Power - October 18, 2007
Ohio is investing in two new projects to develop utility-scale wind energy, according to the Ohio Business Development Coalition (OBDC).

pdf icon The Power of the Sun
Newsweek - October 8, 2007
The search for renewable-energy sources is making clean-tech jobs hot.

Ohio ranks 9th in number of international students
The Daily Reporter - September 5, 2007
...The Buckeye State, in fact, ranks ninth in the nation in the number of foreign students studying at its universities, according to the Institute of International Education. More than 18,000 international students currently are pursing educations in Ohio. (subscriber access only)

Ed Burghard: Marketing Authority and Determined Competitor
MarketingCrossing - September 4, 2007
Ed Burghard took the first step in his journey towards marketing excellence in a rather unusual and unprecedented manner. It occurred when he made a proposal that he knew might result in the loss of his own job.

Ohio health-care startups lead Midwest in venture capital investments
Business First of Columbus - August 16, 2007
Ohio leads the region in venture capital investments for health-care bioscience companies, pulling in nearly $245 million in the first half of 2007.

Ohio health-care startups lead Midwest in venture capital investments
Dayton Business Journal - August 16, 2007

Ohio health-care startups lead Midwest in venture capital investments
Business Courier of Cincinnati - August 16, 2007

Ohio Offers Ideal Environment For Success In The Logistics Industry
Logistics Online - August 7, 2007
Ohio's supportive business environment and strong manufacturing infrastructure creates an ideal location for executives in the logistics industry to build their business.

New fuel cell technology is turning waste into reliable, renewable energy
Fuel Cell Works - July 23, 2007

Ohio works to put more force beneath its aviation wings
Cincinnati Business Courier - July 20, 2007

New tax plan removes business barriers
Ann Arbor Business Review - June 28, 2007

Ready for Takeoff; New Ohio Aerospace Institute CEO calls for better collaboration, marketing of state's dense offerings in industry
Crain's Cleveland Business - June 4, 2007

Nation's Focus is on Ohio for Growth and Investment in Fuel Cell Industry
dBusinessNews - May 25, 2007

pdf icon Place Branding; An interview with Edward M. Burghard, Executive Director, Ohio Business Development Coalition, Columbus, OH
Leaders Magazine - January 1, 2007