Why is the Toledo region a great logistics site? Within a 300-miles radius of Toledo, our region has access to the most industrial square footage in the United States and Canada. No other site in North America can make a similar claim.

No matter your choice of transportation and distribution, the Toledo region offers every available mode to meet the global needs of your business. Three of the country's most traveled interstates cross through Toledo (I-80, I-90, I-75). Its location has made it a center for the trucking industry, including distribution centers for UPS and Federal Express. Toledo is also the largest general cargo port on the Great Lakes, and together with the ports of Sandusky and Huron, Toledo links to global markets through the St. Lawrence Seaway. Toledo is one of the top five rail centers in the country, in terms of tonnage handled, with major trunk lines providing service to the entire region. Toledo Express Airport is home to BAX Global/Schenker's North American air freight hub, which includes international freight service to Frankfort, Dubai and Sydney, as well as Canadian and Mexican destinations. Toledo Express ranks as the 16th busiest cargo airport in the nation.

The region offers abundant acreage for development of air-related freight distribution centers at Toledo Express Airport and deep water sites for heavy industry at the Port of Toledo. With the ability to break bulk onsite at the port, along with intermodal terminals for Trailers on Flat Cars and Containers on Flat Cars, northwest Ohio is highly accessible to most locations across North America.

The Toledo region has been named a 5-star Logistics Metro by Expansion Management magazine, and IBM Global Business Services identified Toledo as a primary and advantageous location for value-added logistics.

Beyond its logistical advantages, the Toledo region provides opportunities and resources conducive to business growth. For starters, we offer, perhaps, the most ideal location for businesses in the United States. Nearly 100 million people live within a 10-hour drive. The region carries a long and proud tradition for recognition of its loyal and dedicated workforce. Labor has shown its commitment to retraining and education in order to meet the demands seen with technological advancements in all industries.

And when it comes to education, northwest Ohio can boast of nearly 180,000 students enrolled at one of the area's 49 universities, colleges or post-secondary institutions located within an hour's drive.

Recently, business leaders across Ohio collaborated to initiate the most sweeping tax reform in the state's history. Elimination of taxes on capital investment, inventory, sales of goods and services to customers outside of Ohio, as well as corporate income and franchise taxes, combine to help make Ohio the ideal location to build a successful global business.

The Regional Growth Partnership, as the lead economic development organization serving Toledo and northwest Ohio, is focused on working with site consultants and businesses in the logistics, transportation and distribution industries. And as a private firm, the RGP is adherent to confidentiality and meeting the needs of clients in an innovative and time-sensitive manner.