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September 30, 2025

GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO: More Than Just A Pretty Place

Brian Fulton, founder and CEO of vehicle camping and storage system manufacturer Goose Gear, says in a recently posted video, “Our goal is to simplify everybody’s process, whether you’re camping or working … everything is right where you need it right when you need it.”

July 23, 2025

Find Your Town

A growing group of small and midsized cities and counties and their allies across the state exists to do exactly what its name suggests: Make connections between mom-and-pop operations and the economic development resources that are just as available to the little guy as they are to the corporate giants.

May 5, 2025

GEORGIA Moves Into a ‘New Phase’

Senior Editor Gary Daughters and Executive VP Ron Starner tackle what’s next in the state’s economic development future; tort reform; and what it feels like to travel the friendly skies with a college fight instructor to a booming flight training program in middle Georgia.

May 6, 2024

Spoiler Alert: Quad Cities No Longer Best Kept Secret

In management or editorial speak, “QC” stands for quality control, that endless process of getting things right as close to 100% of the time as possible. In the center of the United States, QC stands for “Quad Cities,” known for a manufacturing heritage that likes to do things right the first time. Forty years ago […]

November 20, 2023

Eyes on EVs

Raw materials and smarts propel Charlotte to a position of electric vehicle leadership.

November 20, 2023

Busting Loose

No question, Charlotte has stormed the scene.