STRUGGLING TO FIND REGIONAL SOLUTIONS.

Koehler said Team NEO was talking with a software development firm that was looking for a site for at least 150 software developers. In the conversation, the company was surprised that Team NEO's pitch came as close as it did to matching the company's needs; Team NEO's data didn't match what the company had put together for the region. In August, after North Olmsted city council approved merging its emergency dispatch center into Chagrin Valley Dispatch, which serves 125,000 residents in 26 municipalities across Cuyahoga County, the council walked back the move. William Koehler, CEO of Team NEO, believes his regional organization, and the JobsOhio money it has to invest, makes sense for the communities within the region. [Extracted from the article]