COVER STORY From Site Selection magazine, July 2007   Get in Line A regional economy may set sail behind an expanding fleet of nuclear plants. T by ADAM BRUNS adam.bruns bounce@conway.com Southern Co.’s Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, located in Waynesboro, Ga., is one of more than a dozen nuclear sites in the Southeast […]

EDITOR’S VIEW From Site Selection magazine, July 2007   Where Fast Tracks Get Fast-Tracked by MARK AREND mark.arend bounce@conway.com R eturning from a trade mission and editorial research trip to Spain a few days ago, I couldn’t help but feel humbled by the new infrastructure I saw and toured there, because I would be hard- […]

JULY 2007 Coming Into Our Own (cover) Professional Forum Report Meet a Member Blue Ridge Facility Wins Gold From Green Request Information

NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, July 2007   Sample the Soil Same Day, Next State Over Compass Points to Magnetic South The scale of ThyssenKrupp’s steel project gives new meaning to ‘teamwork’   by ADAM BRUNS adam.bruns bounce@conway.com  Central to solving the logistics challenges faced by the Alabama site was the pledge by […]

PROJECT FINANCE From Site Selection magazine, July 2007   IFC Launches Municipal Scorecard 2007  The World Bank and You An institution known for backing developing- world infrastructure projects has plenty of irons in corporate fires. by ADAM BRUNS, adam.bruns bounce@conway.com B eyond its internal governance battles and external reach into projects in every corner of […]

ncentives exist at various levels of government, and may even be found from sources outside of the traditional economic development agencies. Even locations that claim to have nothing to offer are mistaken in that assertion. The incentives that can be offered by the federal government exist on a nationwide basis and are often overlooked. This […]

CEO or corporate real estate decision maker looks for the same fundamental things in an industrial real estate development company that each of us looks for in any business deal. Chief among those fundamentals is trust. We try to find those with whom we have a relationship or with whom we feel we can build […]

onsultant: We need to check and see if you are located in any Economic Development Zones. Client: We aren’t. I already checked the federal Enterprise Zone maps.    Consultant: Federal Maps. Do you mean Enterprise Communities?    Client: Maybe it’s Empowerment Communities?    Consultant: That’s Empowerment Zones.    Client: Back to Enterprise Zones …    Taxadvantagegroup llc maintains a database […]

TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX From Site Selection magazine, July 2007    Developing Divestiture Strategies A new service targets surplus properties. by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com C hevron‘s mergers with Texaco in 2001 and Unocal in 2005 left the San Ramon, Calif.- based oil giant with a considerable number of surplus properties. The company is now evaluating […]

WORLD REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, July 2007   France Attracts Engineering Firm, Roche Opens Basel Biotech Center Fiber Firms Form India JV, Announce Plant Near Mumbai by JOHN W. McCurry john.mccurry bounce@conway.com  Thomas Fahnemann, chairman of Lenzing’s management board, (right), shakes hands with Satish Modi, chairman of India’s Modi Group, following a joint venture agreement […]