Economic Development
Helping companies and communities structure expansions, secure incentives, navigate approvals, and build public-private partnerships.
Helping projects get approved, funded, and built.
LNE Group helps companies, developers, and communities navigate the government side of site selection, expansion, and major investment projects.
We coordinate incentives, approvals, infrastructure needs, and stakeholder engagement across state and local government, helping projects move from opportunity to execution.
- Major investment supported in Ohio
- $5B+
- Clients represented
- 330+
- Years of service
- 25
- Offices, two continents
- 6
How we support clients
- 01
Structure the opportunity
We help clients understand the public-sector environment surrounding a project, identify available incentives and infrastructure support, and build a strategy around the investment.
- 02
Negotiate incentives
Major projects often require coordination across zoning, permitting, environmental review, utilities, infrastructure, and multiple levels of government. We keep those processes aligned.
- 03
Build local support
Successful projects need more than approvals. We help clients engage elected officials, community leaders, development organizations, and other stakeholders early enough to build confidence and support.
Structure the opportunity
- Site selection and expansion strategy
- Infrastructure and utility coordination
- Public-private partnerships
Negotiate incentives
- State and local incentive negotiation
- Zoning and permitting
- Workforce and training incentives
Build local support
- Community and stakeholder engagement
- Government affairs and project advocacy
A group approach to economic development
Economic development projects often touch multiple LNE Group practices.
An expansion may require incentive negotiation, state legislation, infrastructure funding, permitting, or community engagement. Our Economic Development team works alongside colleagues in State and Local Government Affairs, Public Funding, Strategic Advisory, and Business Development to build the right team around the project.
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