Creating and retaining jobs not only provides income directly to the employees holding the created and retained jobs, but also has an impact on the regional economy as the employees spend their earnings and pay taxes. Cuyahoga County will continue to use jobs projected to be created and retained as a measure of the effectiveness of its lending programs. In 2018, Cuyahoga County made three large loans to mixed-use construction projects. These project leveraged substantial capital investment, improved existing properties, and will bring increased tax revenues when complete. By nature, mixed-use construction projects that produce residential apartment units create more construction jobs than permanent jobs.  Additionally, a total investment of $3.7 million in infrastructure improvements associated with the Euclid and North Randall Amazon Distribution Centers leveraged a projected 3,000 new jobs in 2018.