Less than a year into her tenure leading economic development organization Choose Columbus, Missy Kendrick is already in the middle of a controversy: Project Ruby, a proposed $5.18 billion hyperscale data center.
Kendrick has become the public face of this project, defending its economic potential while responding to community pushback. She spoke to the Ledger-Enquirer about her experience.
“I have been doing economic development for over 30 years, so this is not the first controversial topic that I’ve ever run across,” she said. “What has been challenging, and I think it’s just a sign of the times, is that people now tend to be more vicious. They just tend to have personal attacks. And, to call somebody, whether it’s an elected official or whatever, a liar, without having anything to back it up with, is just a different situation.”…