High Technology

"Rising dramatically...between Indianapolis and Louisville, Columbus has become a bustling, vital community..."
          -TIME MAGAZINE

  • 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...a town without any apologies for hard work, solid and industrious, yet one alive to and filled with art."
          -NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Central location for today's technologies

Pharmaceutical
Electronics
Information Technology
Biomedical
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

"Columbus...exudes a sense of excitement and endeavor."
          -JAMES MICHNER

Columbus has been a long time leader in providing the kind of environment in which emerging businesses can thrive and prosper.

"Columbus now has all the groundwork in place for the emerging technologies of the new millennium."
          - Anthony Moravec
            Founder and President
            Applied Laboratories

"Columbus is the perfect environment for our software engineering firm. Our customers are world-wide and Columbus provides a partnering culture that allows us to maintain a competitive edge and an individual sense of accomplishment."
           -Christine Mullholand
            Chairman and CEO
            CyberMetrix

What We Offer

Columbus combines the low cost and ambiance 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

What We Want

  • Information technology firms
  • Pharmaceutical firms
  • Biotech firms
  • Electronics firms
  • Medical diagnostic firms
  • Financial processing
  • Advanced manufacturing

If your firm is looking for the perfect environment for today's emerging technologies...please contact us.

"Indiana seems to have everything, plus. And the plus may well be Columbus..."
           -ST. LOUIS MAGAZINE


500 Franklin Street, Columbus, IN 47201 - Tel: 812-379-4457, Fax: 812-372-6756



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