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Olympian Ideals

This autumn saw two projects spring into being that seek to turn the happy-future talk often bred by the Olympic Games into some tangible progress in the here and now.

From Classroom To Career

How Arkansas universities are tackling nationwide workforce challenges.

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Site Selection Awards Salute Eight Executives

“Leadership,” says Warren Benis, “can’t be taught; it must be learned, grown through experiences.” The industry’s experience grew a bit on Apr. 30, as Site Selection presented its Corporate Real Estate Leadership Awards to eight executives, chosen by SS’s editorial board from industry-wide nominations. (Two other winners were tapped as “Editors’ Picks.”) Appropriately, the Leadership […]

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CLEAN TECH/CLEAN ENERGY: MICHIGAN MADE

Revolutionary clean energy and clean tech companies are finding success in Michigan.

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Summer Reading

Three new reports from the International Energy Agency offer global insights into future investment needs, the next shale booms and the tremendous energy wasted by our 24/7 devices.

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Show Me the Incentives

Missouri’s business incentive programs usher in new investments across the state.

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Energy Report

Power Groves

On parcels known more for pecans and oranges, a Florida firm plans to raise huge crops of solar power.

Good Company in Cork

A steady personnel pipeline keeps life sciences thriving in Ireland.

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Spreading the Wealth:

150 Projects Aim to Transform the Northeast Corridor

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COVER STORY — GOVERNOR’S CUP

s if to underscore its claim to the 2004 Governor’s Cup, Texas ended the calendar year with a December new-jobs announcement that dwarfs the number of jobs associated with any of the more than 660 qualifying projects that won the state the award. Countrywide Financial will add 7,500 employees to its payroll in the state, […]

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KY INNOVATION

KY Innovation Hubs are helping small business entrepreneurs statewide.

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Frugal is Thy Middle Name

California nips at New England's heels in the latest energy efficiency scorecard.

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Energy Report

Economic Developers Need A Seat at the Smart Grid Table

The Smart Grid is a transformation in the electric industry with great potential for corporate competitiveness and regional economic development, and economic developers have a key role in making it happen.

How Texas Trains Workers for Today and Tomorrow

It starts with solid leadership and a multi-faceted approach.

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When the World Takes Notice

Access to markets, skilled workers lures foreign firms to San Bernardino County.

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Editor’s View: Continuing Education

We finished work on this issue, with an Infrastructure theme, as the fourth-largest US metro area’s infrastructure was overwhelmed, to understate the situation. It still is.

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Mind Matters

How creative marketers converged in Columbus to build a talented nucleus of product movers.

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Tax Credit Program:

Created in 2014 by the Governor’s Office of Business & Economic Development (GO-Biz), the California Competes Tax Credit program was renewed in 2018 with at least $180 million in tax credits available to allocate to businesses each year through 2023.

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Investment Profile

Made in Germany, Perfected in Saxony-Anhalt

German engineering is well known and highly regarded in the extremely competitive world of automotive manufacturing.

North American Reports

Blu Homes To Build Prefab Eco-Homes By Deep Blue Sea; ‘They Were There Last Time We Checked’; Billion-Dollar Bounce In South Carolina

by Adam Bruns

North American Reports: Blu Homes To Build Prefab Eco-Homes By Deep Blue Sea; ‘They Were There Last Time We Checked’; Billion-Dollar Bounce In South Carolina

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Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

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TOP INDUSTRIES

MARCH 2006 Transportation Equipment Tops Industry Ranking (cover) Arizona Refinery Moves Ahead Beleaguered Louisiana Grabs Top Projects High on the Hog Request Information TOP INDUSTRIES Transportation Equipment Tops Industry Ranking Automakers are cranking up assembly plants across the globe. by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com A lthough down somewhat in total numbers, the transportation equipment sector […]

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Toyota’s Turbocharged U.S. Drive: Life in the Car Wars? Fast Lane

Today may well be the king of today?s worldwide Car Wars. But its surge to becoming a true global powerhouse began more cautiously in the 1980s. The globalization was a nervy — and nervous– drive down a road paved with billion-dollar bumps. Despite its potent global clout, Toyota at the time had almost no experience […]

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Gulf Coast Ports Dominate Latest Tonnage Rankings

If you’re looking for business intelligence about waterborne cargo, there’s no better place than the Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Institute for Water Resources, which just released its annual tonnage report for 2022.

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Please Don’t Go

As the global economy struggles to recover from the worst recession in recent memory, persistent high unemployment and low investment have begun to redefine the way economic development policy makers think about employment goals. The simple but harsh math of economic development starts with a basic premise: There can be no job growth before first retaining existing employment.

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Want Big Projects?

New York Governor Says Big Site Prep Is Essential

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Area Spotlights

New Heights

Technology is pushing wind turbines higher and putting them into all sorts of new locations, including on top of skyscrapers, data centers and big-box retailers.

Mixing It Up

It was telling last month when both Arizona State University in Tempe and the University of Arizona in Tucson issued “Pardon Our Dust” press releases as students returned to matriculate. Those two institutions are creating plenty of dust and economic activity with new building projects as they both reach record enrollment totals.

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Will the Appalachian Basin Be the World’s Next Energy Hub?

According to the Appalachian Regional Commission, over 40 percent of the retired coal-fired capacity can be found in Appalachia.

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Right at Home

Sharp just made its 2-millionth solar panel in Memphis. CT&T is going to make electric cars in Spartanburg County, S.C.

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WORLD REPORTS

WORLD REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, November 2007 LCD Makers Invest to Meet Soaring Demand by JOHN W. McCurry john.mccurry bounce@conway.com The Triangle industrial zone in Zatec, Czech Republic, is home to new LCD manufacturing facilities built by Japanese firms. The Triangle is a former air base that has been redeveloped. E astern Europe is […]

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Super Sites II, Site Selection Magazine, January 2006

A mid threats that include residential encroachment, eminent domain backlash and logistics congestion, detail work has never meant so much in the assembly of large industrial project sites. But having those details in place can be the difference between a mega-project and mega-dirt. Proof positive came in the fall of 2005 when SeverCorr chose a […]

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Features

India’s New Auto Cluster

India’s western state of Gujarat has long been an industrial nexus, specializing in petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals and textiles.

Feel Free to Fret: Lansing’s Elderly Instruments Wins U.S. Chamber Small Business Prize

On October 19 at the inaugural America’s Top Small Business gala hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C., 51-year-old fretted instruments store Elderly Instruments won a $25,000 grand prize in the Chamber’s America’s Top Small Business Awards.

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A Good Mix

A beneficial tax climate helps grow Washington’s diverse economy.

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Splitting the Difference

Baxter's new center in Cambridge will draw talent from Austria and California.

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Old and In the Way

Companies don’t pay nearly enough attention to the cost of holding onto shuttered sites as a first-ever benchmarking report shows.

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Open Arms

Québec’s Minister of International Relations Pierre Arcand looks to new ties to unbind the province from its traditional industrial past.

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Life Sciences

‘Potent Formula’

Pfizer and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) official broke ground on Nov. 21 for the new location of Pfizer’s Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases (CVMED) and Neuroscience research units in Cambridge.

Where ESG and Diversity Cultures Thrive

The extent to which locations support companies’ Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) efforts is an emerging criterion companies and site consultants are using to shorten...

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PROJECT FINANCE

PROJECT FINANCE From Site Selection magazine, November 2007 Interest High in No-Interest Option Islamic finance achieves a higher profile in the industrial world. by ADAM BRUNS,adam.bruns bounce@conway.com T hrough the second quarter of 2007, the global issuance of Islamic bonds, or sukuk, had reached a record level of US$24.5 billion, and showed no signs […]

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Want Big Projects?

New York Governor Says Big Site Prep Is Essential

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NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS

MARCH 2006 Competition by the Numbers (cover) States Ranked by Workers’ Comp Cost Request Information NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS Competition by the Numbers Work force quality is job No. 1 when it comes to boosting regional competitiveness — no matter who’s counting. Dozens of economic development agencies and their state counterparts are celebrating their shares of 13 […]

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The Nation’s Breadbasket, Pantry and Refrigerator

While most operations are clustered in the Kansas City metro, food and beverage producers can be found across the state.

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Life Sciences

Long-Term Care

An energy study at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, in Vancouver, Wash., may have a national impact on the future of hospital design.

Meeting of the Minds

In late May, Intel announced the launch of the Intel Collaborative Research Institute for Sustainable Connected Cities in partnership with Imperial College London, University College London and the emerging Tech City cluster of East London.

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TOP TEN GROUPS OF 2007

TOP TEN GROUPS OF 2007 From Site Selection magazine, May 2008 Triumph of the Heartland Middle America sets the pace in economic development performance. Todd Mahaney, assembly center plant manager for Soo Tractor Sweeprake, is part of a talented and expanding work force in the American Heartland area known as Siouxland. Encompassing parts of Iowa, […]

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Machinery Still Revs the Economy, But Logistics and Life Sciences Are Where the Growth Is

Leading sectors, featuring a global map with the biggest projects in each.

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Where Talent Is Migrating To — and From

For the last five years, Emsi has been tracking how communities are faring in their efforts to attract and develop talent.

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After the Summit, The Journey Continues

In addition to the Investment Summit held the first week of May, SelectUSA is also a conduit to data resources that make for an ideal post-summit follow-up.

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Life Sciences

Hub of Knowledge

Twenty years after German reunification, Berlin is Germany’s political capital, a cultural metropolis, an attractive business location and one of Europe’s leading centers for science and research.

New Facilities 1990 (Charts), page 4

From Site Selection magazine, February 1991 New Facilities 1990 Continue to next page | Site Selection Online ©1991 Conway Data, Inc. All rights reserved. SiteNet data is from many sources and is not warranted to be accurate or current.

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Rexburg: The Millennial Hot Spot of Idaho

Innovative firms find motivated, highly educated workers in this rapidly growing college town.

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From Paris to Palatka: Why a Global Giant Picked a Small Town in Florida

A French conglomerate is investing $235 million to double gypsum capacity in Putnam County.

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TOP TEN DEALS OF 2007

TOP TEN DEALS OF 2007 From Site Selection magazine, May 2008 North American Honorable Mention International Top Deals International Honorable Mention Staying Power The best economic development deals of the year aim to create sustainable advantage for all concerned. Amazon.com’s headquarters expansion will create 3,000 new jobs in the South Lake Union District at the […]

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Aerospace Company Sierra Nevada Corp. is Poised for Growth in Colorado

The Nevada-based company is investing at its Colorado locations in Louisville and Colorado Springs.

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Area Spotlights

The New Technology Triangle

Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada lure high-tech firms seeking access to Western markets.

Location, Location, Changxing

Not far from Shanghai lies a Chinese county, and a development, that are quickly becoming magnets for foreign direct investment.

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The Numbers Add Up In Kansas

In key state rankings and cost of living, the Sunflower State shines brightest.

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New Facilities 1995, page 5 (Charts)

From Site Selection magazine, February 1996 U.S. Facilities 1995 Continue to next page | Site Selection Online ©1996 Conway Data, Inc. All rights reserved. SiteNet data is from many sources and is not warranted to be accurate or current.

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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: LEADERS IN INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE

n today’s extremely dynamic business environment profit margins are smaller and the line that divides success from failure has narrowed. This narrow line is enterprise wide, from operations to finance to human resources. This narrow success margin benchmark extends to service providers as well. The skills and competencies that once defined an outstanding or world […]

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The ‘Great Human’ Theory

In Ontario, the technology is nearly as astounding as the people who create it.

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International Update

Is Germany Europe’s Safest Bet?

by Adam Jones-Kelley

Germany: Is Germany Europe’s Safest Bet?

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Omaha: The Next Financial Capital

When a metro area has accounted for nearly half of its entire state’s corporate facility locations and expansions since the beginning of 2008, it’s hard to ignore.

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Plowing the Fast Lane

Every time a new Kubota compact tractor speeds off the assembly line in Jefferson, Ga., it’s a reminder of just how multinational commerce has become in the Peach State.

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North Dakota, Shamrock Farms, Louisiana, and much more!

Travelers flying over North Dakota at night will soon see fewer lights from natural gas flares.

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TOP DEALS

Judged by capital investment and job creation, these were the Top 20 economic development projects in North America and Top 20 abroad in 2024.

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AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY DRIVES KENTUCKY’S ECONOMY FORWARD

Brands like Ford, Lincoln, Toyota and GM propel Kentucky to No. 1 per capita in passenger vehicle production in the U.S.

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International Update

Still Good Chemistry

Does the photograph on this page frighten or inspire? How a company or a country answers that question goes a long way toward explaining the maturing and increasingly integrated global role of China as a production, research, talent and market base.

Ripe for an Upswing?

With the fall of the Iron Curtain a quarter century ago, previously closed nations in Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) welcomed an immense influx of foreign direct investment (FDI), helping it become one of the world’s fastest growing regions.

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Leading Indicators

Investors, occupiers and developers all are moving their money toward a new distribution paradigm, but population centers still drive the truck when it comes to location.

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Goin’ Up the Country

Even where there’s hardly ever a cloud in the sky, everyone wants the cloud.

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Hyperscale or Hyper Scale-Back?

The best location right now for cloud service providers? Everywhere.

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STATE OF STEEL

The strong business climate in Kansas makes the state a hero in the heartland.

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Features

Thinking Ahead

China’s plan to build thousands of hospitals and other healthcare facilities bodes well for the medical device sector. U.K.-based consultancy Epsicom Business Intelligence says the prospects for medical device spending in China are huge as the country’s healthcare reform plan unfolds over the next several years.

Development Assistance Programs

E conomic development organizations worldwide are designing novel programs to enhance their appeal. From interactive web sites and work-force development plans to invent finance and tax incentives, local officials are creating new and innovative programs to lure business expansions and developments. In the slowing economy, these plans are developed to distinguish each individual community and […]

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Watch and Learn

How has North Carolina managed to rank No. 1 in Site Selection’s annual business climate rankings eight times in the past nine years? It may have something to do with its infrastructure of higher learning.

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Expedition Leader

Paul Allen and his city take the reins in pursuing global life sciences frontiers.

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Kings of the Land & Sea

Once considered a longshot, the 2026 World Cup is coming to Seattle.

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Putting the Pieces in Place

When the 100-MW Quartzsite Solar Project in La Paz County, Ariz., receive US Dept. of Interior approval on June 3, it was just the latest in a series of projects around the world for the large-scale solar developer.

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Back For More

Back For More: Space Coast leaders and aerospace workers give thanks for a boost from Boeing.

OHIO

When a state is recognized for economic development success, as is the case with Site Selection’s annual Governors’ Cups (one for total capital investment projects the previous year and one for total projects per capita), the big projects that create thousands of new jobs near major metros naturally come to mind.

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Squarely In the Middle

The community of Russell offers the perfect blend of industrial opportunity with a high quality of life.

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Top U.S. Metros for Aerospace Employment & Manufacturing

New research explains where job markets in this sector are gaining altitude in manufacturing, air transportation and support activities.

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Below the Radar Screen No More

How the proliferation of industry clustering is moving the needle in Idaho.

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Site Selection October Highlights

In November, U.S. voters will once again choose the nation?s chief executive. Their decision will have a far-reaching impact on business operations in the United States and abroad for the next four years. The following are excepts from the October Site Selection?s quadrennial Presidential Face-Off, comparing and contrasting the views of Democratic candidate (and incumbent […]

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Features

Cargo Evolution

John Carver, Jones Lang LaSalle’s vice president for port, airport and global infrastructure, says there will be four East Coast ports ready to receive the mammoth post-panamax ships in 2014.

Capitalizing On Coastlines

A wave of economic opportunity crashes into Mississippi’s shores.

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Southeast Georgia’s Next Generation Is Ready for Growth

A look into the eyes of the next generation in Effingham County is a look into the confidence face of tomorrow.

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Nashville Rising

Nashville Rising: A year after devastating floodwaters struck Music City, we take a look back at a model local disaster response, and why one area company decided to rebuild instead of relocate.

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Crowded Skies

There is nothing like new competition to keep a player on his game. And there are new kids on the aviation services block in Southeast Asia that other contenders in the region will want to keep an eye on.

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Message to IDRC Members: Change or Become Obsolete

O RLANDO, Fla. — Corporate real estate executives have a choice: Change in the face of the e-business revolution or risk being made extinct by it. In a nutshell, that was the overriding theme of the 76th North American IDRC World Congress, held Nov. 4-8 in the tourism capital of the world: […]

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Area Spotlights

Reinventing Connecticut

It didn’t take long for the Bioscience Connecticut initiative to bear fruit.

Reverse Migration Offers the Eastern Bloc a Booster Shot of Talent

A reverse migration trend brought about by the pandemic have meant that countries in the bloc have managed to thrive amid the difficulties of 2020.

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Southwest Louisiana Out in Front and Not Looking Back

Southwest Louisiana continues to improve a business climate that is already a national leader.

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Changing Perceptions

The CEO of the South Baldwin Chamber on the Alabama coast wants the rest of America to know that, despite the calamitous effects of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, her community is resilient and poised to rebound.

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E-Commerce & Logistics: Logistics Industry Is All In on Texas Growth

From New Year’s Day 2021 to mid-November 2023, Site Selection’s Conway Projects Database has tracked 6,282 U.S. facility investments with a logistics function.

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COMPETITIVENESS AWARD

overnors are naturally proud of big economic development wins for their states, and Alabama Gov. Bob Riley is no exception. When MeadWestvaco announced in September 2004 a US$10-million expansion in rural Lanett, on the Alabama-Georgia border, Riley noted, “What makes this expansion even better is knowing that this plant won the competition for these [55] […]

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Investment Profile

How To Fast-Track a Shanghai Operation

Executives at small and mid-sized companies assigned the task of opening a Shanghai office or facility might find that assignment daunting if it’s the company’s first foray into the Chinese market.

Work Force Incentives Deserve a Closer Look

W hen manufacturer Superior Walls of Central Illinois opened for business in the Springfield Enterprise Community, it created job opportunities for 42 low-to-moderate-income neighborhood residents. “These employees show great pride in producing a quality product,” says Springfield developer Mike Suhadolnik, owner of Superior Walls. Suhadolnik’s enthusiasm is matched by that of […]

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PROJECT FINANCE

PROJECT FINANCE From Site Selection magazine, November 2008 Taking One for the Team What does playing ball with stadium subsidies say to multinational corporations? Giving onto a vista of downtown Minneapolis, the Metrodome, which opened in 1982, is held up as a model project in terms of its financing balance, and is the only […]

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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: MEXICO ADVANTAGE

ore Mexico in the world and more of the world in Mexico,” was Felipe Calderon’s challenge as he entered his term as President of Mexico. There is no doubt that President Calderon and his administration is business friendly. The Mexican Government is moving ahead with aggressive plans to invigorate the Mexican economy, with the introduction […]

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New Battlefields for the ‘Real Estate Revolution’: ‘Expandable Infrastructure,’ ‘Demand-Side Space’ Like the larger business world, the corporate real estate industry is in huge flux. Far-ranging issues like infrastructure integration and workplace metrics are the latest weapons of choice in what many call ‘the real estate revolution.’ b y J A C K […]

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Material Legacies Converge

Pennsylvania-based stainless steel and premium alloy manufacturer Carpenter Technology Corp. in October chose a 230-acre (93-hectare) site near the Limestone County, Alabama, municipality of Athens, in the Huntsville metro area, for a US$500-million new plant that will make premium alloy products.

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Departments

SITE Visit: Don’t Fence Me In

Greater Columbus and the State of Ohio work to corral Bob Evans Farms’ headquarters in the Village of New Albany.

China’s Medicine Cabinet

All things biomedical and pharmaceutical can be found in the Nanjing Biotech and Pharmaceutical Valley, a key part of the Nanjing Jiangbei New Area.

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Project Bulletin, July 21, 2025: Tucson, Arizona; Uttar Pradesh, India; Shippingport, Pennsylvania

Project Blue receives approval in Arizona; SAEL boosts domestic solar cell production in India; Dormant natural gas plant gains new life in Pennsylvania.

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Perfect Match

Put analytics and the assembly line together, and watch the sparks fly.

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Ardmore, Oklahoma: All Eyes On Ardmore

All Eyes On Ardmore

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Flying High: How Aerospace Propels Michigan Economy

Talent, educational facilities and capital lift state into tech stratosphere.

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Investment Profile

From Dream to Reality

North Carolina Biotechnology: From Dream to Reality

European Union: How Europe is Rewriting Its Site Location Rules

Highlights from Site Selection ? February/March 1998 European Union: How Europe is Rewriting Its Site Location Rules by Mark Arend On January 1, 1999, the euro will emerge as a negotiable currency, replacing several Western European currencies — the exact number of which will be determined in the coming months. “It is very likely that […]

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Rexburg: The Millennial Hot Spot of Idaho

Innovative firms find motivated, highly educated workers in this rapidly growing college town.

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Food Processing Industry: New Systems, Projects On Sector’s Horizon, Site Selection Magazine, November 2003

T he opening of the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Food Processing Technology Research Facility in 2004 may well trigger a boost in high-tech investment in the metro Atlanta area. Obvious beneficiaries of the US$9.4 million center are commercial food processors that adopt systems developed by the Food Processing Technology Division of the Georgia Tech Research […]

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May 29, 2025: Is Your Country Carrying Dead Weight?

UK-based TMF Group yesterday released the latest edition of its Global Business Complexity Index (GBCI), which studies the layers of bureaucracy that can form “a dead-weight burden on business that stifles local innovation and deters foreign direct investment with no obvious societal benefit.”

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NATIVE AMERICAN WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT: Our Hope Lies in the Future

Native American youth prepare for the jobs of the future.

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World Reports

Cold Storage; ABB Launches New Factory in Shanghai; BASF Boosts Capacity In Japan, Taiwan and Bahrain; Nestlé Investing Around the Globe;

Features

Let’s Talk

For those struggling to create jobs in their communities, it may pay to take up the art of real conversation with business leaders. By now, most economic developers have at least a cursory knowledge of a growing field within their profession called business retention and expansion, often referred to as “BR&E.” The concept or strategy behind BR&E is relatively simple: Concentrate your efforts on existing industry, as that will be where most newly created jobs and investment will occur.

Technical Services

Brings Unique Approach to Growing Array of Tools

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Safe Harbor

Three rankings shed light on the power of economic zones to catalyze industrial growth and commerce.

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North American Reports

From Site Selection magazine, November 2002 NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS Edited by ADAM BRUNS Lilly Growing in Puerto Rico Too NOTHING COULD BE FINER: Eli Lilly executives join with local residents and community officials to break ground on a $450-million facility in Carolina, Puerto Rico. The plant is Lilly’s third major facility announcement of 2002, with […]

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Wanderers Are Welcome Here

Why tourism rebounded faster in Mississippi than it did in other states.

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The Directory of Due Diligence

The growing roster of site certification programs converges with the need to certify the skills you’ll find near those qualified parcels.

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Features

Next-Gen Site Selection

A new generation of commercial transport changes the rules of where facilities supporting this bellwether industry are located. Airbus has opened a new, 650-employee facility in Broughton, Wales, where wings for the A350 XWB will be manufactured. Boeing has not yet determined where it will build its new 737 MAX airliner. Renton, Wash., has been home to 737 production for decades, but the aerospace giant is also considering other locations.

IAMC INSIDER

JANUARY 2009 A Time for Change (cover) People & Projects Request Information

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JobsOhio Leads From the Front

Under the leadership of J.P. Nauseef, state agency reels in a record haul.

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Mississippi Leaders Prioritize Workforce Preparation

Investments into higher education accelerate Mississippi’s economic growth.

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The Nation’s Top-Performing Micropolitan Areas Unmask Opportunities In Tough Times

Micropolitan areas were socially distanced before it became a thing.

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Hungary Fills the Sweet Spot of Europe

What do a major international automotive manufacturer and one of the world’s top-selling furniture companies have in common?

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Reform School Showdown

by Adam Bruns

Reform School Showdown: When it comes to corporate tax reform, Washington wonks differ on who needs to clean up their act.

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Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

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New Plant Scoreboard

Continue to: 2003’s Top Metros – “Chicago Dominance More Than Mythical”

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Eyes Wide Open

Is this a new business retention tool for economic developers?

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Not an Island

A North Carolina-based CRO continues to grow in Ireland and worldwide.

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IDRC Abstracts

Abstracts of recent major presentations of the International Development Research Council (IDRC), the world?s preeminent corporate real estate association. ?New New Strategies for Inner-City Economic Development,? Keynote Address by Michael Porter; IDRC New England World Congress, Apr. 26, 1999: ?The inner city is becoming the new hot spot,? offering location strengths, major pools of available […]

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So Much Winning

Look beyond the conflict headlines, and there’s real economic growth under way.

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