Ohio's $1.4-billion Third Frontier program already has created nearly 10,000 new jobs and nearly $300 million in tax revenues since it was approved by voters in 2005, according to a new report by a coalition of business executives, reports the Cincinnati Enquirer.
All of the state dollars will be paid back with new tax revenues by 2014, with an annual return of 22 percent, according to the Ohio Business Roundtable, a Columbus-based group of state business leaders who commissioned the report to determine Third Frontier's value.
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