Iowa: Home, Sweet Home
After 105 years in Sioux City, the Sioux Honey Co-op sticks with what works.
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2025 TOP METROS — TIER 3: Sweet Success in Sioux City
Company projects are attracted to the tri-state region known as Siouxland like bees to honey.
Health Care Report Card Finds Hawkeye State Cares Best
U.S. health care infrastructure might need some remedial help. To improve their grades, some states might look to the home state of ACT and the Iowa Assessments (formerly the Iowa Test of Basic Skills).
IOWA: Data Center Central
Projects in Greater Des Moines and Cedar Rapids show why the state is becoming data center central.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER CORRIDOR
Greater St. Louis and Fort Madison, Iowa, top our rankings of metros along the entire river’s length according to their project activity.
Project Bulletin, Feb. 24, 2025: Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Vinton, Texas; Endicott, New York
QTS officially named as data center developer in Iowa; Vinton Steel grows under Texas JETI program; BAE Systems expands manufacturing site in New York.
Iowa: Seeing the Whole Court
Two growing companies from Cedar Rapids shoot to national prominence by knowing how to dish off value for others.
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 […]
When Being Small Is a Big Advantage
Here’s why folks are fleeing the bright lights of the big city and loving it.
‘We Will Do Anything For Sports’
A broadcasting legend explains the Texas love affair with games.
Peloton to Prosperity
Iowa Intelligence Report: Peloton to Prosperity
The 2023 Regional Workforce Development Rankings
We examine state workforce climates (not programs) across four U.S. regions, with exclusive insights from Emsi on what’s attracting people to top counties for talent.
Governor Kim Reynolds On Iowa’s Next Chapter
Governor Kim Reynolds is determined to make Iowa the go-to state for businesses reshoring their operations and for those seeking low taxes and fiscal predictability.
LA is Back & Chicago Still Rules
Capital investments surged in 2021, especially into Tier 1 Metros, with Chicago breaking its own record for qualifying projects accumulated over a calendar year.
Home Base Iowa Connects in All the Right Ways
Two economic development leaders describe how one program makes a difference in the lives of veterans and the vitality of Clinton, Iowa.
The 2022 Regional Workforce Development Rankings
We examine state workforce climates (not programs) across four U.S. regions, with exclusive insights from Emsi on what’s attracting people to top counties for talent.
Opportunity Knocks
Iowa looks to leap, post-COVID.
Collaboration Across Boundaries Is Key To Wins for Twin Cities and Clinton, Iowa
As the cold winds of winter approached Iowa in late 2020, specialty fibers made residents of Clinton, Iowa, glow with warmth.
A Virtual Peloton Through Rural Iowa
Checking in on economic development news in the towns where those thousands of RAGBRAI riders would have stopped overnight.
3 Cities Bucking the Tide of Midwest Talent and Population Loss
Where jobs and people are growing, you’ll find 7 things these locations have in common.
Scorecard Charts Uptick in County’s Competitiveness
West Des Moines and environs have what recent financial sector investors are looking for.
Toledo, Des Moines Rank Among National Leaders in Opportunity Jobs
Employers needing to find workers for middle-skill jobs are increasingly turning to metro areas in the Midwestern U.S.
Steady As She Goes
Earning the trophy it last won five years ago is a tribute to Dubuque’s enduring allure.
Iowa To Host Premier Industrial Biotechnology Event In 2019
Iowa is the bioprocessing capital of the world. This is a fact I recognized quickly when I assumed the role of Executive Director of the Iowa Biotechnology Association in 2014.