Dublin City Council will vote Aug. 17, on three employer incentive packages totaling up to $660,000 in city funds, a batch of deals that would bring 244 jobs to the city if all three companies meet their commitments.
The deals, introduced as first readings at the Aug. 10 council meeting, are scheduled for second readings and final votes at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 5555 Perimeter Drive.
Northwest Bank: $510,000, 120 jobs
The largest package would give Northwest Bank up to $510,000 to relocate its headquarters from Columbus to Dublin. The publicly traded company would bring 120 jobs with the move, Columbus Business First reported Aug. 5.
Landing a corporate headquarters is a competitive win for Dublin, which already hosts more than 20 corporate headquarters and 4,300-plus businesses, according to the city's economic development office.
John W. Danforth Co.: 100 jobs
John W. Danforth Co., a mechanical services firm currently at 5532 Shier Rings Road, is seeking incentives to relocate to another Dublin facility and create 100 new jobs. The city has not publicly disclosed the dollar amount of the Danforth incentive.
Unlike the Northwest Bank deal, Danforth is already a Dublin employer. The incentive would keep the company in the city while supporting its expansion.
InnoSource: $150,000, 24 jobs
InnoSource, a staffing and human resources company, would receive up to $150,000 to stay in Dublin and move to a new location within the city, adding 24 jobs. As we reported Aug. 13, the deal is structured to retain an existing Dublin employer while growing its local workforce.
How the city structures these packages
A comparable deal approved May 26 shows how Dublin builds employer incentives. Council gave Ruscilli Construction a 10% performance incentive on withholdings capped at $185,000, plus a $50,000 location grant, in exchange for retaining 120 jobs and creating 26 new positions by 2032.
The structure is performance-based. The city returns a percentage of income tax withholdings collected from a company's employees over a set period, but only if the company hits job-creation and location milestones. Miss the targets? The city pays less or nothing.
Economic Development Director Jeremiah Gracia said in a June city overview that Dublin remains one of the region's most active destinations for business relocation and expansion. The city represented 15% of all Central Ohio leasing volume in the first quarter of 2026.
Also on Monday's agenda
Council will hold a work session on the 2027-2031 Capital Improvements Program, which covers approximately $350 million in planned infrastructure spending.
