TAMPA: Sleuths are at work in Hillsborough County, digging up information on out of state executives and their businesses. Economic development guru Rick Homans leads the charge.
Since 2012, Homans’ organization, the Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corp., has attracted more than 10,100 new jobs to the county and more than $816.7 million in capital investment for new and existing businesses.
“The key is to keep that pipeline of jobs and capital investment flowing into our community,” said Homans, president and CEO of the EDC
These days, at least part of Homans’ focus is on finding and luring a Fortune 500 headquarters here, lining up with Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik’s $1 billion plan for downtown redevelopment.
