Port authorities can facilitate and coordinate the various regulatory approvals needed from multiple agencies or jurisdictions, particularly for brownfield projects. As a result, the development process is streamlined, and projects can move forward more quickly and efficiently. Thus, port authorities enhance and supplement a community’s ability to accomplish development projects. These tools, along with a lean organizational structure and can-do attitude, afford the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority the flexibility to forge partnerships with local, state and federal governments, as well as the private sector in ways that encourage economic development.