Some good news for Ohio for a change. The Governor's Cup is awarded annually by Site Selection magazine to recognize the states with the most completed or announced corporate capital projects in 2007: 1. Ohio 399 projects
2. Illinois 362
3. Tennessee 293
4. North Carolina 291
5. Texas 281
6. New York 244
7. Michigan 210
8. Virginia 207
9. Florida 203
10. Kentucky 197
Top cities
Ohio communities that ranked in the top 10 in their respective categories:
• Akron: Tied for No. 2 in the country among metro areas with populations of 200,000 to 1 million, with 29 projects on the books in 2007. That's one project fewer than winner Greensboro-High Point, N.C.
• Dayton: Tied for No. 4, with 27 projects.
• Cincinnati: No. 2 in the country among metro areas with populations of more than 1 million, with 111 projects on the books in 2007. Chicago was the runaway winner, with 236 projects.
• Wayne County: No. 3 in the country among ''micropolitans,'' with 17 projects. Micropolitans are counties with an urban core of fewer than 50,000 people. Winner in this category was the Lexington-Thomasville, N.C. area, with 30 projects.
• Findlay: No. 6 among micropolitans, with 11 projects.
Ohio communities that ranked in the top 10 in their respective categories:
• Akron: Tied for No. 2 in the country among metro areas with populations of 200,000 to 1 million, with 29 projects on the books in 2007. That's one project fewer than winner Greensboro-High Point, N.C.
• Dayton: Tied for No. 4, with 27 projects.
• Cincinnati: No. 2 in the country among metro areas with populations of more than 1 million, with 111 projects on the books in 2007. Chicago was the runaway winner, with 236 projects.
• Wayne County: No. 3 in the country among ''micropolitans,'' with 17 projects. Micropolitans are counties with an urban core of fewer than 50,000 people. Winner in this category was the Lexington-Thomasville, N.C. area, with 30 projects.
• Findlay: No. 6 among micropolitans, with 11 projects.
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