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Improving the Soil

by Adam Bruns

SumaGrow, the flagship product of Hattiesburg-based Bio Soil Enhancers, Inc., is not only growing prizewinning crops, but a deep roster of global clients.

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A revolutionary agricultural technology rejuvenates crops around the globe from its home base in Hattiesburg.

Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

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Offshore Care

A brief visit to the fast-changing world of medical tourism.

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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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Health Care As Incubator

Expanding health care environments offer growth and attraction opportunities for science.

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Global Logistics Boosts Competitive Advantage

Logistics management is giving companies new ways to improve customer service, control costs and make the most of opportunities in emerging markets. As a result, the global expansion equation is being revised as companies employ world-class logistics based on advanced information technologies. Once upon a time, location was the word that companies invoked to ensure […]

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Texas Bests its Neighbors for Renewables

The Lone Star State expects a solar boom to go with its oil & gas resurgence.

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What America Can Learn from Lynchburg, Virginia

by Ron Starner

This south central Virginia city did not set out to become a model for regional rebirth, but things changed.

Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

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Power Management in the Pacific Northwest

With plenty of wind and fresh water, the Pacific Northwest holds the country’s greatest penetration of renewable energy, yet the region struggles to make those two resources work together. The challenge of integrating intermittent wind power is complicated by competing interests of power generators, salmon runs, and residents accustomed to cheap utility rates.

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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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Volkswagen in Brazil: Power to the People

The Volkswagen Group is expanding its ecological and social commitment in Brazil as its growth trajectory there gains altitude. “The Brazilian automobile market has significant growth potential.

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A Lasting Impression: 7 Things I Learned in Sarasota County, Florida

What do a new baseball stadium, the Fountain of Youth and the Ringling Brothers have in common? If you answered the Florida Gulf Coast, you’d be right.

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Fiber Boost: Owens Corning has opened a new facility to produce glass composites in Yuhang, China.

Some of the world’s leading producers of fibers and fiber-related products have large new projects in various stages of development. Here’s a look at two.

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Go Outside and Play

by Gary Daughters

Photo courtesy of Enve Composites

Utah expands a diverse manufacturing base.

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A Smarter Global Platform

Two advanced developments in Honduras connect forward-thinking companies to worldwide markets.

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Headquarters For the World

The founder of AutoNation, Extended Stay America and Waste Management Inc. enjoys his daily commute. He likes the view from his South Florida office even better.

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Can Kvaerner Re-Launch U.S. Shipbuilding?

PLEASE VISIT OUR SPONSOR ? CLICK ABOVE JANUARY 1999 Can Kvaerner Re-Launch U.S. Shipbuilding? by Jack Lyne Riding a wave of lofty expectations, and $430 million in incentives, European power Kvaerner has sailed into Philadelphia with the future of U.S. shipbuilding at stake, many observers insist. T“In the global economy, it is a bit funny […]

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Leader of the Pack

Washington’s Governor shares insight into factors that created the state’s leading status.

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The New World Discovers Columbus

NCR just opened a new ATM manufacturing plant in town as part of its big move to Georgia

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Export Juggernaut

by Gary Daughters

In 2017, the Lone Star State blew away all comers to further cement its reputation as the No. 1 exporter in the US.

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The $117 Billion Region

‘Big’ is a relative term in Southwest Louisiana, as industrial plant investors from around the world converge on a 5-parish area rich in resources and infrastructure.

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Tide’s Churning

A project in the East River snares the first license from FERC.

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Decision Data: Watching Where Your Money Goes

Relocation: What’s Your Currency Conversion? How far will your employees’ current salaries go in a new location? Homefair’s Web site (www2.homefair.com) provides online assistance in that important currency conversion. We randomly picked 10 U.S. cities and calculated how far a US$100,000 salary in relatively low-cost Peoria, Ill., would go in each. And $100,000 of Peoria […]

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‘We Figure Out How To Make Things Better’

The Columbus Region’s expanding manufacturers laud the ingenuity and resilience of the Central Ohio workforce.

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Further Action

Last week more than 200 people from around the country attended an event at Willow Run, a signature automotive brownfield site in Ypsilanti, Mich., and one of 89 former General Motors properties in 14 states under the aegis of the Revitalizing Auto Communities Environmental Response (RACER) Trust. It’s the factory where the inspiration for Rosie the Riveter worked, and a site that has been called “the world’s largest room” for its massive assembly floor space.

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From Temple to the Top

by Ron Starner

How Drayton McLane built a Texas empire that touches the world.

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Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

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Conduits for Change

To attendees of the 30th Summer Olympic Games in London (not to mention Londoners themselves), the most important underground asset is the city’s venerable Tube, operated by Transport for London. Due to celebrate its 150th anniversary next year, the system carries more than 1 billion passengers a year (more than the entire National Railway Network), and is in the midst of a major upgrade of all its lines.

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MAGS GAMMA AWARDS

ite Selection has won two prestigious awards from the Magazine Association of the Southeast – the Gold Award for Best Magazine Website (www.siteselection.com) and the Bronze Award for Best Custom Publishing for business-to-business magazines. Both awards represent the top prizes awarded in each category. The association announces the winners of these and other awards at […]

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Handle State Tax Liabilities Your Way

A new state incentive program flexes its muscle.

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How to Build a Better Business Climate

Dixon: Cut red tape, streamline regulations, lower taxes, fund innovation and train workers.

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Seize the Day

Recognizing opportunity is key for this year’s Top Micropolitans.

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TrustBelt

Cybercrime: Just How Bad Is It Going to Get?

by Ron Starner

It’s not just about the money, says expert; it’s about regime change and altering the story.

Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

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Hello Springfield

"The Simpsons" and Site Selection's New Plant Database both were launched 25 years ago, and both continue to provide insights into the Springfields of the world.

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NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS : March 2025

Apple’s $500 billion bet on the United States; GlobalFoundries in New York; a new lithium refi nery in Oklahoma; CBRE’s 100 largest o ce leases; Diageo in Alabama; Novva Data Centers in Arizona

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Eccentric Arkansas Climbing Festival Reaches New Heights

A how-to guide for discovering a new kind of outdoor adventure.

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A World Turned Upside Down

The food supply bent but didn’t break. The strongest will survive.

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Georgia Startups Are Geared Up for Growth

Measured by VC deals, Georgia is almost Top 10.
As for top-performing firms, Georgia’s already arrived.

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TrustBelt

The Scoop on Toyota-Mazda’s Drive to Alabama

by Ron Starner

Session at IAMC reveals how a $1.6-billion deal came together.

Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

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Full Disclosure

Companies and institutions like to hold onto IP for all it's worth. But could they be squeezing the life out of innovation?

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Taking Flight

Propelled by a vibrant workforce of engineers, advanced manufacturing soars

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2015 Governors Cup

New leadership in this year’s winning states for attracting new facilities are looking ahead, not behind, at how to keep their states at the top of their game.

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Fresh Start

This week marks the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina striking New Orleans. This summer marks a milestone in one company’s comeback from that storm’s devastation. MECO Inc., founded more than 80 years ago in New Orleans as Mechanical Equipment Co., announced in June that it would invest $11 million to construct a new 80,000-sq.-ft. facility at the Alamosa Business Park in Mandeville, St. Tammany Parish, La., that would create 127 new direct jobs, retain 81 existing jobs and result in 168 new indirect jobs.

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How Data Centers Are Reshaping Rural America

Hyperscalers are spending billions to turn farmland into fiber hubs.

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Energizing Flint

by Ron Starner

Downtown Flint —University of Michigan Flint campus

Photo by Mike Naddeo

Historic partnerships fuel renewed investment into Vehicle City.

Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

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Creating the Talent of Tomorrow Today

Missouri’s four-year universities are educating and training the workforce of tomorrow.

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AN UNMATCHED QUALITY OF PLACE

Living the good life is easy to do in Mississippi.

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Something Ventured

Dig into the national data and you’ll find Kansas playing a more and more prominent role in sparking innovation.

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Springfield: Room to Grow

The third largest city in the Show-Me State, Springfield is a tried-and-true location for companies looking to locate in the Show Me State.

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San Bernardino County, California: Passing the Spark Of Imagination to The Next Generation

From drones to animatronics, the future is here today in San Bernardino County.

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Power Lunch

by Gary Daughters

Southern fried prawns with heirloom cauliflower, from Chef Joseph, at One Energy’s complimentary company kitchen in Findlay, Ohio.

Photo courtesy of One Energy

A craving to jolt the energy landscape.

Gary Daughters
Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine

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TOP INDUSTRIES OF 2008

TOP INDUSTRIES OF 2008 From Site Selection magazine, March 2009 Follow Your Counter-Intuition Real projects push aside dour projections. by ADAM BRUNSadam.bruns bounce@conway.com J udged by the number of corporate facility projects tallied globally over the course of 2008 by the Conway Data New Plant Database, the apparently suffering transportation equipment sector comes out on […]

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IAMC INSIDER

JANUARY 2008 To Green or Not to Green (cover) Meet a Member Learning What Counts Request Information

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Dealing With the Squeeze

Government cutbacks spur site selectors to seek locations with strong balance sheets. A new era of fiscal austerity — from the federal level on down — is prompting site selection consultants to steer an increasing number of projects toward destinations that have their financial houses in order.

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New Facilities 1993 (Charts), page 7

From Site Selection magazine, February 1994 New Facilities 1991-93 Continue to next page | Site Selection Online ©1994 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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Search for Cures Equals Jobs

While our economy struggles to recover from a severe recession and ongoing investor uncertainty, the bioscience industry is garnering attention globally and at home. In Kansas,where our economy is traditionally based on agriculture, aviation and the services industry, the significant growth in our bioscience sector has caught the eye of other states who are now working to duplicate economic development programs like the Kansas Economic Growth Act of 2004 and the Angel Tax Credit program.

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Energy Report

Sun and Wind Projects Debut in Northwest Ohio

by Adam Bruns

A new manufacturing plant will create 500 jobs, while a new wind farm creates electrons for GM.

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Ontario Vintner: ‘Biodynamic’ Is Better

Better Vines. Better Wines. Better World. So reads the description of the biodynamic farming methods in place at Southbrook Vineyard

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GRADE SCHOOL: Laying the Foundation

Worker training no longer begins after high school. Kids are now gearing up at much younger ages.

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Next Level

Cambodia’s Minister of Commerce moves fast with reforms so that new FDI will move faster to his homeland.

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Texas Sets the Standard for Business Performance

Noted economist Dr. Ray Perryman forecasts that real gross state product in Texas will grow from $1.5 trillion in 2016 to about $1.8 trillion in 2021, representing a 4.11 percent annual rate of expansion.

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Top Groups: Staying the Course

While other community agencies retrenched in 2009,
the winning organizations redoubled their economic development efforts and grabbed the prize.

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Energy Report

Soup’s On in New Jersey

by Adam Bruns

A new project at Campbell Soup Company’s world headquarters showcases a company and a state leading the way in solar power deployment.

Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine

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A Commitment to Connect

They say the phrase “aging gracefully” is just a nice way of being told you’re slowly looking worse. We respectfully disagree. At 65, we’ve never looked better.

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How Colorado Forms Governance, Employment & Energy Policy

Named America’s fourth best state for business by CNBC in 2022, Colorado has been implementing measures in recent years that should keep it near the top of that ranking and others in the future.

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There’s Plenty of Ground to Cover in Illinois

World-class culture, outdoor adventure and food make Illinois a destination for all seasons — even in challenging times.

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Bright Horizon

A corner of Northwest Ohio meets two nations’ energy demands with a growing critical mass of projects.

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Surveying the Landscape

Quick Updates on Selected Site Certification Programs

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10 Ways Loudoun County is No. 1

by Gary Daughters

From data centers to wineries and breweries, the fastest-growing county in Virginia leads its region, state and nation in a striking number of metrics.

Gary Daughters
Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine

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Institutional Impact: Insights from Stony Brook’s New President

Last summer, Dr. Maurie McInnis took office as the sixth president of Stony Brook University.

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Betting on Malaysia

South Korea, China or Malaysia? If you were forced to bet on which of these three ranks highest for global competitiveness, which would you choose? Without knowing the subject of this piece, few would have picked Malaysia, but this beautiful nation in Southeast Asia habitually beats its higher-profile neighbors to the north in some key statistics.

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Two for Two

Texas is two-thirds of the way to sweeping Site Selection's big three annual state rankings.

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Entek Finds a Home in Terre Haute

A region with shovel-ready property meets an Oregon company ready to engage with a community.

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Everybody Knows This Is Somewhere

An economic development veteran makes the case for ‘Nowhere, America.’

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Features

NATURAL SELECTION: Mapping the Startup Genome

by Adam Bruns

Image: Getty Images

Analysis from the 2018 Global Startup Ecosystems Report highlights cities where both global and local connectivity is strongest for life sciences.

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Expedition Leader

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

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TOP MICROPOLITANS OF 2008

TOP MICROPOLITANS OF 2008 From Site Selection magazine, March 2009 Spreading the Word The appeal of Statesville-Mooresville is no longer a secret, as expanding firms become the North Carolina community’s best recruiters. by RON STARNERron.starner bounce@conway.com Kooks Custom Headers relocated from Long Island, N.Y., to the Statesville Business Park along U.S. Highway 70 near […]

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Best Practices Award

IDRC?s Best Practices Research Award recognizes excellence in the practice of corporate real estate in selected areas identified by the International Development Research Council. The objective? To identify and promote best-in-class examples of how firms are meeting the major challenges facing corporate real estate practitioners today. Best Practices Award CLW Realty Group Real Estate Service […]

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Location Neutral Jobs On the Horizon

Colorado encourages job creation, talent attraction across the state with new rural development incentives.

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The Border Economy’s Energy Transitions

Energy is the lifeblood of economic development. As both a high value product in its own right and an essential input for every industry, energy production and supply are key factors in the competitiveness of any region.

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Catching a Buzz

by Gary Daughters

Just in time for the first World Bee Day, Fortune 500s are swarming to ‘Bee Downtown.’

Gary Daughters
Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine

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Just Press Print

Austin-based Startup ICON is changing the way houses are built around the world and at home.

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Winning Bet: How BMW’s Location Gamble in ’92 Paid Off

The ‘Power of Innovation’ draws more investment from overseas capital investors.

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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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Tourism Grants Make All of Illinois a Destination

The Middle of Everything campaign has delivered huge returns.

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Editor’s View: Prime Time, Site Selection Magazine, January 2004

by MARK AREND O n the occasion of my turning 40 in November, a slightly older, out-of-state friend sent me an e-mail, saying, “Welcome to the prime of your life – it’s better over here.” As Site Selection turns 50, my colleagues and I are busy making sure the next 50 years of publishing this […]

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Into the Fast Lane

by Gary Daughters

Fiat Chrysler’s legendary Toledo Assembly Complex is building the next generation Jeep Wrangler.

Photo courtesy of FCA US

Northwest Ohio’s automotive sector is accelerating into the future.

Gary Daughters
Senior Editor of Site Selection Magazine

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China’s Site Selection Challenges: How One Company Hopped the Wall

by Robert Gaudreau, Regus Frankly, people thought we were crazy when we began considering going to China. It was 1990, only a short time after the Tiananmen Square crackdown. Fears of political backlash and international trade sanctions against China certainly weren’t unwarranted. In addition, there were China’s sky-high real estate prices, labyrinthine bureaucracy and Third […]

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COVER STORY

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 […]

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A Complete Business Cycle

Iowa investments from one corner to the other cover every link of the food chain.

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Innovation That Puts the ‘Eco’ in ‘Ecosystem’

n September, semiconductor parts and equipment clearinghouse Moov Technologies showed more than 19,200 active listings

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COVER STORY: SCIENCE & RESEARCH PARKS

COVER STORY: SCIENCE & RESEARCH PARKS From Site Selection magazine, July 2009 Want to kick your organization into overdrive? Explore the critical mass offered by national institutions. Sandia Science & Technology Park and its tenants have capitalized on their neighborly relationship with Sandia National Laboratories. by ADAM BRUNS adam.bruns bounce@conway.com s the United States government […]

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Departments

Editor’s View: Is the Labor Pool Half Empty or Half Full?

by Mark Arend

Just how bad is the workforce shortage in the U.S.? We report on huge new projects and expansions in every issue. Are there skilled workers to fill them all?

Mark Arend
Editor Emeritus of Site Selection Magazine

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Where is Nestlé NotInvesting?

Someone tell Nestlé that Europe's economy is on the ropes. In the past 18 months, the Vevey, Switzerland-based nutrition and food services giant has invested in new facilities in France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland — and three in the UK (not to mention China, Jamaica, the UAE, Malaysia and Argentina, among other places). It’s also expanding a Purina pet food factory in Bük, Hungary, adding 150 jobs to that site.

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FILM & TELEVISION: Turning Dreams into Reality

It’s not just about the incentives in Kentucky. It’s also about the people, settings and skillsets for filmmaking found in abundance statewide.

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Ardmore, Oklahoma: All Eyes On Ardmore

All Eyes On Ardmore

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True Story

TVA’s designated data center sites have plenty to lure corporate interest, but the story was the hook that caught a big fish named Google.

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New Anchor Employer Catalyzes Redevelopment of Legacy GE Complex In Fort Wayne

The project speaks to the transformative momentum in northeast Indiana.

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Investment Reports

Essential Opportunity

by Mark Arend

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Company leaders from the life sciences, corporate services, IT and medtech sectors tell us why the talent and value they find there justify their continuing strategic investments in Costa Rica.

Mark Arend
Editor Emeritus of Site Selection Magazine

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Uniquely Oregon

Six distinct regions offer business advantages and quality of life to boot.

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‘Up with the Sun, Gone with the Wind’

Consumers Energy and Michigan communities leave coal behind on the road to a net-zero future.

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Call Centers: New Demands Drive Pan

N on-European firms seeking to establish a call center in Europe faced relatively few obstacles in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They opened individual centers in whichever countries they felt the need to be in. By today’s standards, the centers were generally low-tech, and the notion of networking multiple centers had yet to catch […]

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To Sell and Lease Back? Or Not? – Special Advertising Section from Site Selection Magazine, September 2003

S uppose you sold and leased back your office building 15 years ago and put the cash into your business. Say you received $10 million for a 50,000-sq.-ft. (4,645-sq.-m.) facility. Since you carried out the sale-leaseback in 1988, at the beginning of the economy’s descent into the 1990 recession, you might have offset a loss […]

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HIGH WATER MARK

The bi-state Burlington area earns the third annual Big Muddy Cup.

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Area Spotlights

Bi-National Region Tackles Water Use, NAFTA & More

by Adam Bruns

A conversation with Council of the Great Lakes Region President and CEO Mark Fisher.

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Beautifully Big Business

There’s no denying the power of large-scale investments from companies that already have scale.

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Putting a Charge into an Old Facility

Meeting the electrical power needs of expanding Midwest companies is work that sometimes leads to expansion projects of its own.

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Cooling It

Yahoo! is building its latest data center in Lockport, a northern suburb of Buffalo.

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A New Generation Of Farmers

Western Growers is cultivating an AgTech workforce.

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Cropping Up

Funds from 2008 disaster recovery bonds will support a US$2-billion fertilizer plant in Indiana, even though Gov. Mike Pence pulled state support earlier this year over concerns about potential disaster from its parent company’s products abroad.

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Powering the Digital Revolution in CHINA

The world’s largest e-commerce market is set for a boom in hyper-scale data centers.

Ohio River Corridor: Bridge Economies

Louisville and Cincinnati top this year’s rankings with major assists from communities across the river.

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State of the States

Our annual 50-state report takes you on a guided tour of economic development laws, leaders, policies, indicators and projects from the past year. Use it as you look to update your location portfolio.

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Who’s Investing in Latin America?

In the past decade, Latin America has appeared more visibly on the radar screens of many companies considering expansions of their global footprints. More of these companies today are deciding to set up manufacturing facilities, distribution centers or services operations in the market.

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Mobility Solutions for the Masses

Multiple projects show why Asia is a key growth location for Bombardier’s rail systems business.

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Statistical Profile

How America Works.

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Area Spotlights

The Florida Less Traveled

by Ron Starner

Two bridges connecting Amelia Island and Big Talbot Island, Florida. Nassau County.

Photo: Getty Images

Sometimes you have to get off the beaten path to find the hidden gems.

Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

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Tarsands Testimonial

Economist Thomas Faranda, in a spring 2011 talk before the Industrial Asset Management Council, called Canada a sleeping giant, albeit one that’s about to wake up. And its alarm clock is perched on its Western half.

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Could a Post-Pandemic National Industrial Strategy Advance the Cause of Advanced Manufacturing?

A new report urges the U.S. government to develop a national industrial strategy.

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Numbers Don’t Lie

Greater Phoenix Beats the Competition

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Turning the Switch On

Consumers Energy delivers creative solutions to complex industrial challenges.

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The Yard Keeps Growing

Iroko Pharmaceuticals was little more than a seed five years ago. But it planted itself in one of the most fertile growth mediums for life sciences: Greater Philadelphia. On Dec. 12, it achieved full bloom with a new headquarters, and sought to seed the future at the same time.

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Wake-Up Call Delivered

by Ron Starner

Wildlight development means rural Nassau County may be sleepy no more.

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Crossing Boundaries

Founded by a man from Denmark, currently based in the UAE, and with offices in such locations as Moscow and Johannesburg, energy storage and smart grid firm Rubenius is nothing if not global.

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NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS : January 2025

Amgen in North Carolina; Amazon in Fort Myers; a plastics pioneer in Fort Worth; Eli Lilly in Wisconsin; an automotive company in Michigan; a printing facility turns into a data center in Kansas City.

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Home Sweet Home

Sugar Land's goal: Become 'destination city' for employers of choice and their talented workers.

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How Arkansas Saved 100,000 Jobs

Data-driven approach to decision-making saves lives and jobs.

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Where the Action Is

The German cities receiving the most attention from corporate investors include trivago’s hometown of Düsseldorf.

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LAND HO!

by Ron Starner

Sioux City, Iowa, anchors a tri-state Siouxland Region that consistently ranks as the No. 1 metropolitan area in the country among all tier three metros, according to Site Selection.

Photos courtesy of Iowa Economic Development Authority

Iowa launches a certified sites program that’s landing big projects.

Ron Starner
Executive Vice President of Conway, Inc.

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‘One Heck of An Advantage’

Comprehensive logistics assets and a desirable work force are two criteria common to most site selectors’ wish lists.

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Feel at Home in the Heartland

Five reasons to plant roots in the Sunflower State.

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The Startup Sandbox

Beaches aren’t the only draw for entrepreneurs in the Sunshine State.

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COSTA RICA: Three in Costa Rica

Three investment projects encapsulate this nation’s life sciences leadership.

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MISSISSIPPI’S ENERGY PROFILE: Mississippi’s Power Infrastructure Gives State A Competitive Edge

From natural gas to nuclear power, the Mississippi energy equation gives the state a competitive edge.

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Cover

2018 Prosperity Cup

by Mark Arend

It’s as if North Carolina’s short-lived HB2 experiment never happened.

Mark Arend
Editor Emeritus of Site Selection Magazine

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Project Bulletin, Mar. 10, 2025: Muttenz, Kanton Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland; Gujarat, India; Panjin, Liaoning, China

Global CDMO expands in Switzerland; Jabil announces second silicon photonics manufacturing facility in India; One JV marks a milestone in China.

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Deck These Halls

Tourism surges as Ohio expands iconic Halls of Fame.

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SILICON RANCH: How Communities Win In the Solar Farm Arena

Running a state’s economic development office — or the state itself — affords those officeholders valuable opportunities to hear what’s on the minds of company executives looking to invest capital in new facilities.

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EDITOR’S VIEW: ‘Elbows Up’

Exactly 10 years ago, on May 14, 2015, the Prime Minister of Canada and the Governor of Michigan announced that a new, publicly owned bridge between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan, funded completely by Canada, would be named the Gordie Howe International Bridge after the Canadian hockey legend who led the Detroit Red Wings to four Stanley Cup victories.

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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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