Area Spotlights

North Carolina takes a bold and aggressive step to ramp up its competitive position.

The project is just one part of an evolving technology and mobility mega-region.

Industry diversity serves the Texan economy well whether its signature oil and gas sector is doing well or not.

Gov. Fallin’s policies create the sixth-lowest tax burden in the nation; investors take notice.

The Garden State is willing to throw some elbows to keep pharma companies, and others, inside its borders.

Key transport upgrades are increasingly connecting the Bayou State to global markets.

Show-Me State counties — 10 in recent months — show how work skills credentialing is done.

Is it possible that Mountain Time is not just a lifestyle, but a tool for productivity and well-being?

How Arkansas beat the competition to land a $1-billion project.

Major projects stay on track in a business climate with a new set of challenges.

Rembrandt Foods, Kraft Heinz and Seaboard Triumph invest in Iowa.

The Nevada-based company is investing at its Colorado locations in Louisville and Colorado Springs.

In Utah it’s hard to know which comes first, the optimism or the jobs.

Even the Internet of Things needs clusters. Greater Boston is happy to oblige.

Forget what you know about commercial sprawl in the Atlanta area. It’s a whole new ballgame along the South Fulton Parkway.

The growing automotive sector drives manufacturing growth.

From grilled cheese to Craigslist, Ohioans are changing the way we interact with the world.

Wyoming’s assets are becoming as varied as its landscape.

The Palmetto State’s industrial engine would sputter without the critical contributions of its three ports. A fourth is in the planning stages.

A walk down Main Street reveals a downstate region upbeat about the future.

Connections to Asia and to collaboration fuel smart economic development in Seattle, Portland and beyond.

Under Armour’s new headquarters campus is just one of the new Maryland’s millennial magnets.

A round-up of what’s on the minds of the four governors in this key region.

Good things start happening when an economic development organization gets serious about workforce development.