Rick Platt

This column is a regular sharing of the family, work, and community perspective of Rick Platt, President and CEO of the Heath-Newark-Licking County Port Authority.

Sunday, May 17, 2026

Three Thoughts: Economic Development Is Everyone’s Job

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  I’ll never forget the question, 25 years ago, when hundreds of jobs in Steubenville, Ohio were on the line:   “What’s the blue light speci...
Saturday, May 2, 2026

Three Thoughts: Local Impact Matters, Do The Math

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  Imagine the euphoria from the reports that a project creating over 32,000 jobs was coming to Columbus. Huge.   That kind of job creation...
Saturday, April 18, 2026

Three Thoughts: Spending Our Demographic Dividend

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Woody Hayes said, “You win with people.”   His sports mantra might as well be a mantra for industrial development too.   Like in football, e...
Saturday, April 4, 2026

Three Thoughts: STEM is More Than an Acronym; It’s Key to Our Potential

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  Battelle’s Rich Rosen cited a national statistic twenty years ago:   80% of parents discourage their kids from science and technology care...
Saturday, March 14, 2026

Three Thoughts: Data Center Backlash

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  Nationally, data center bashing is a bipartisan issue.   The backlash is not going away either. The first time I heard about a data cent...
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Rick Platt
Licking County, Ohio, United States
Dad of 4, Port Authority CEO, champion for manufacturing, STEM learning advocate, and avid promoter of all things Ohio.
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