Location promotion with new management
Stephanie Kiener has taken over as Managing Director of Limmatstadt AG, succeeding Jasmina Ritz. Ritz remains active as Vice President of the Board of Directors. Kiener is now in charge of the further development of location promotion.
The handover in the management of Limmatstadt AG has been completed. Stephanie Kiener has taken over from long-time Managing Director Jasmina Ritz, the location promotion agency announced in a press release. Following her withdrawal from the operational business, Ritz will continue to be involved in Limmatstadt AG as Vice President of the Board of Directors.
One of Kiener’s new tasks is to lead the process with which the location promotion agency intends to define its future direction. To this end, joint seminars with representatives from the Board of Directors and the Executive Board as well as the member municipalities and the Economic Advisory Board are planned from November. They will be supported by external consultants. “I am pleased to inform you about the results and the strategy for the coming years once the process has been completed,” Kiener is quoted as saying in the press release.
In recent months, the location promotion team has created promising conditions for the future, according to Limmatstadt AG. The member municipalities want to make a greater financial commitment in future. The member municipalities of the Zurich Limmat Valley Planning Group are planning to increase their contributions as of 2025, while the four member municipalities in Aargau want to follow suit in 2026 and have approved a project contribution for the coming year.
In addition, the number of members with annual contributions has been increased. This serves the objective of securing funding in the medium term in equal parts from the private and public sectors. The acquisition of new members will continue.