What We Offer
Columbus combines the low cost and ambience of a small town with the vigor and internationalism of an urban area.
- Pro-business city government
- Financial incentives
- Tax incentives
- Regional center for health care, retail, arts, manufacturing and service organizations
- Internationally acclaimed for architecture
Columbus is centrally located with easy access to major transportation routes, shipping ports, and major cities including Indianapolis, Chicago, Louisville, and Cincinnati. The area has an educated and thriving work force, and possesses a strong quality of life. If your firm is looking for the perfect environment for today's emerging technologies, please contact us.
"Rising dramatically... between Indianapolis and Louisville, Columbus has become a bustling, vital community..." - TIME MAGAZINE
Columbus is a central location for today's technologies:
- Pharmaceutical
- Electronics
- Information Technology
- Computer Technology
- Advanced Manufacturing
Access to Research Institutions:
- Less than 100 miles from Columbus are Indiana University and Purdue University, two world-renowned research institutions
Access to major U.S. markets:
- 94 million people within a 500-mile radius
Quality of Life:
- Leading region of management and entrepreneurial talent
- Vast experience in building businesses and forming innovative public private partnerships
"Columbus... a town without any apologies for hard work, solid and industrious, yet one alive to and filled with art." - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
- All American City
- Greatest concentration of buildings designed by nationally known contemporary architects in any small town
- Regional health-care center; complete range of medical specialties
- National Gold Medal Award for best parks and recreation program in the U.S. for city of it's size (20-50,000 population)
- Convenient world famous sporting events including: Indianapolis 500, Kentucky Derby, professional football, basketball and baseball
- Home of Otter Creek, rated one of America's top 25 public golf courses since its inception in 1964
- Ranked eighth best small city in America by "Life In America's Small Cities"
"Columbus... exudes a sense of excitement and endeavor." — JAMES MICHNER