The Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce launched LEAD, a private sector driven five-year economic development plan for the region with the goal to raise between $8-9 million over five years to fund the Regional Growth Partnership. LEAD stands for Leadership for Economic Advancement & Development and has three themes - Create. Contribute. Compete. The LEAD Campaign successfully ended in early 2006, with a total of $9.2 million dollars committed to the campaign.

The five-year program creates a system to increase development activity providing jobs for our citizens and increased investment for our governmental infrastructure. It is a program where the private sector will contribute time, ideas, involvement and resources to enable the program to succeed. And, we will successfully compete with other locations to win in the attraction arena and retain job providers already here in our region.

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For more information on LEAD and how your company can get involved, please contact Mark V'Soske, President, Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce at     419-243-8191 or via email at mvsoske@toledochamber.com