CITYWIDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Steve Budd
(937)-853-2527

CITYWIDE ADDS TWO TO ITS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT STAFF

DAYTON, September 20, 2007?CityWide Development Corporation has hired Caitlin Bortolotto and John Krebs as Business Development Officers. In this capacity, they will work with business owners, developers and other CityWide clients in various business development activities as well as facilitate loans to area businesses owners who are establishing or expanding small to mid-size companies in Dayton.

Caitlin Bortolotto
Bortolotto holds a Master’s degree in public administration and a B.A. degree in political science from the University of Dayton. She was formerly employed by the Kettering Foundation as a research assistant. Additional past experience includes a Congressional internship in the Washington D.C. office of U.S. Representative Carolyn B. Maloney and a grant associate internship with the Mathile Family Foundation in Dayton. In 2006, Bortolotto traveled to Zambia, Africa as a member of U.D.’s Women’s Empowerment Research Task Force, and this year she was a presenter at the CWIL (Center for Women’s InterCultural Leadership) Conference at St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana.

John Krebs
Krebs recently earned his Master’s degree in Economics from the Richard T. Farmer School of Business at Miami University in Oxford. He also holds a B.S. degree in Business Economics from the University of Dayton, where he graduated in three years from the Honors Program. His experience includes employment at General Motors as well as serving as a tutor and graduate assistant in Economics, Econometrics and Microeconomics. .

CityWide Development Corporation is a private, nonprofit development firm which offers a full range of services including financing for economic development, housing activities, venture capital, site location, financial analysis, and federal and state financial assistance. CityWide is located at 8 N. Main St., Dayton, Ohio 45402.