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Total capital investment dips, but jobs rise 56% in 10-county region.

Employers needing to find workers for middle-skill jobs are increasingly turning to metro areas in the Midwestern U.S.

The City of Fishers, Indiana, has launched a search for chefs who will become the first occupants of its restaurant accelerator, the Fishers Test Kitchen.

How current trade policies may be ushering in trouble.

This month, we introduce a new TrustBelt Report feature called From the Mailbag.

Making it big in rural America requires paying attention to the little things.

The impact of trade tariffs is being debated in many corners, but a team of researchers has found evidence that Ohio is bearing the brunt of the backlash.

Female entrepreneurship is making solid gains across the country, with a notable surge in women-led startups taking place in the Midwest.

As the conversation of blockchain solutions moves its way into the mainstream, we must continue to invest in understanding this powerful technology.

The annual TrustBelt Corporates & Consultants Forum has always featured a speaker lineup of considerable star power, but the 2019 roster in Louisville promises to be the best one yet.

While Opportunity Zones are very young, four tactics will drive them to be a source of economic development growth in 2019.

Trying to make sense of the Amazon debacle in NY yields valuable lessons.

How a furniture store in Northern Minnesota became an innovation center.

In addition to TrustBelt’s high-quality programming content and unparalleled networking opportunities, this year’s Forum will give attendees the opportunity to experience some of the most unique and memorable venues in Louisville.

A Michigan County known for its strength in the automotive sector shifted its employment efforts into high gear recently by posting the country’s largest gain in manufacturing jobs over an 18-month period.

Heminger now leads the country’s biggest refiner by volume, as a result of Marathon’s acquisition last year of its former rival, Andeavor.

Holiday gifts arrived early for a handful of cities around the country; for other cities it may seem like the economic development equivalent of coal in a Christmas stocking.

Sidney's Second Act - The Rebuilding of a Company Town

With Amazon’s scavenger hunt for a second (and third) headquarters now a thing of the past, lingering questions have been left in its wake, especially surrounding the water cooler aspects of the hunt.

What’s driving the U-turn in capital investment project trajectories from offshore locations back to U.S. sites – and to the Midwest in large measure?

If the Midwest needed a wake-up call, it was delivered in a big way on Nov. 26 when General Motors announced that it would schedule five automotive plants for closure and lay off 14,500 workers.

Creeping inflation and looming trade wars are pushing America steadily toward another recession.

Rather than try to build the next Silicon Valley, why don’t you try to create something better?

With Louisville Forward serving as the official host sponsor, the city of 617,000 people on the banks of the Ohio River will welcome attendees of the fifth annual TrustBelt Forum on August 19-21, 2019.