Area Spotlights

Tennessee acts on a blueprint for future success in its automotive sector.

As the United States and Mexico focus on a number of key bilateral and domestic economic efforts, the US-Mexico border region's economy finds itself at a time of potentially enormous transition.

On April 3rd, Gov. Gary Herbert hosted The Governor’s Utah Economic Summit 2014 in Salt Lake City.

Sectors beyond energy add zip to Gulf of Mexico economies.

With resurgent sales and new big-dollar plants, the distillery industry hits its stride in Kentucky.

State entities will occupy vacant Pfizer buildings.

Iowa continues to be a case study in fulfilling the promise of the wind.

Arizona site options extend well beyond the Phoenix and Tucson metro areas, as companies in Coolidge, Snowflake, Buckeye and other rural communities can attest.

Momentum from 2013 carries over as Ohio's project pipeline remains fuller than ever.

Georgia has emerged as the state to beat, according to recent Site Selection rankings and the project activity behind them.

A state on the move sees new investment from aerospace, energy and wind.

If, probably when, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker wins re-election in November, it will be the third time he has done so in four years.

The state and provincial governments of the Pacific Northwest already are known for their strong environmental positions when it comes to development and permitting.

In 2013 Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton and the state legislature demonstrated a financial commitment to future economic development by allocating $86.6 million in funding for business incentives in the state’s biennium, the two year budget cycle covering fiscal years 2013-2014 and 2014-2015

An overhauled tax code, a revamped incentives package and a reinvigorated energy plan are making the Northeast U.S. one of the most closely watched regions of the country.

Wyoming is the best state in the US for taxes on businesses, and its capital, Cheyenne, is the best city in which to find a job, according to recent analysis.

Energy is big business in Eddy County, N.M., the busiest community currently drilling in the oil-and-gas-rich Permian Basin.

Marjorie Taylor had a challenge. She needed to find a way to communicate to high school students the importance of taking the ACT WorkKeys assessment seriously.

Kids’ bikes and scooters can’t compete with a Boeing 787 or a BMW 4-Series in the expensive-transportation arena. And Kent International doesn’t try to compete with Boeing and BMW on the economic impact of their new facilities, either.

The mutual benefits that corporations and higher learning institutions can confer on one another were illustrated in December when Lilly Endowment awarded $5 million to Indiana University, one of a series of grants totaling nearly $63 million.

Citing a highly skilled workforce, the cost of doing business and the number of aerospace companies already located in the state, a report released in December 2013 by PricewaterhouseCoopers proclaimed Florida number one in aviation manufacturing attractiveness.

California’s automotive design cluster has 22 design centers in Southern California alone, including facilities from GM, Toyota, Ford, Volkswagen (Santa Monica), BMW (Newbury Park), Volvo and Mercedes (Carlsbad).

If Maryland state leaders have their way, the aviation and aerospace sectors will blast off with new opportunities in high tech and high-paying jobs in the next few years.