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From Toys to Furniture and Golf

Ever wondered what happened to all those vacant big boxes after Toys R Us went out of business? So did we.

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GEORGIA Moves Into a ‘New Phase’

Senior Editor Gary Daughters and Executive VP Ron Starner tackle what’s next in the state’s economic development future; tort reform; and what it feels like to travel the friendly skies with a college fight instructor to a booming flight training program in middle Georgia.

A Web Solution That Defies Gravity

D espite the prolonged shakeout among occupants of commercial real estate Internet “space,” not all Web services catering to the industry are floundering. Indeed, observers of the market at its height all predicted the shakeout, and the economic slowdown has underscored its impact. It’s not that there isn’t a role for the Internet in the […]

Toward a National Skills Framework

In an exclusive adaptation from his book “Human Work in the Age of Smart Machines,” Lumina Foundation President and CEO Jamie Merisotis makes the argument for transparent credentials and competency-based learning.

SITE Visit: How to Count to 1,000

Would you rather have 1,000 high-quality manufacturing jobs within a decade, or 1,000 high-tech services jobs within 20 years?

Going for the Baker’s Dozen

How Governor Greg Abbott keeps pushing Texas to new levels of achievement.

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Anatomy of a FinTech Project Growing in the Heartland

Shifts in consumer behavior to digital financial and insurance services is creating a new generation of companies.

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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.

Ohio’s Small Community Refresh

A Norman Rockwell painting has nothing on Ohio.

Cobb’s Magic Waters

The Braves project alone will generate 5,200 new jobs, and the organization, was delighted with the Cobb team’s ability to keep the discussions utterly confidential.

Diamond in the Rough

In three years time, Botswana will celebrate its fiftieth year of independence. Before it sees another 50, the extensive diamond deposits that have been its source of prosperity will have long run out.

What Down Year? Kansas Outperformed in 2020

Back to basics approach fueled resurgent effort
in economic development.

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How Pittsburgh Wrote the Book for TrustBelt Turnaround

by Ron Starner

Former Mayor Tom Murphy urges civic leaders to exit their comfort zone and embrace urban renewal.

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Philadelphia Is Leading a Biotech Revolution

Kymriah is an advanced therapy medicine that fights leukemia.

Gloom vs. Bloom

It's just the beginning. But for some, the EPA's Clean Power Plan announced this week might as well be the end.

Rating Best Places: Going Beyond Real Estate in Making Location Decisions

A fter a period of rapid growth, company managers may step back and ask if their current facilities structure — often haphazardly cobbled together through mergers and acquisitions and building on existing operations — can be rationalized in a strategic manner to more efficiently and cost-effectively meet the needs of the integrated firm. […]

Ten Things I Learned at TrustBelt

A parade of distinguished speakers and panelists reinforced the notion that how we build our companies and our cities is changing as rapidly as the modes of transportation we use.

The Shift Is On

Puerto Rico’s recently changed tax scheme is just one of many topics under the microscope after an election that has produced a new governor and a groundbreaking call for a status upgrade.

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by Adam Bruns

Lt. Col. Beau “Strap” Wilkins, 514th Flight Test Squadron, puts an Indonesian F-16C Fighting Falcon into a high-g climb during a functional check flight on Nov. 21, 2017, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.

U.S. Air Force photos by Alex R. Lloyd

An Enhanced Use Lease strategy proves key to growth and to the mission at Falcon Hill in Utah.

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2016 Top Deals

The Top Deals all amount to one thing: opportunities for growth — in innovation, market share, regional GDP and, in many cases, human as well as profit potential.

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.

Campus Housing

Sprawling corporate campuses in Upstate New York that were formerly associated with two industry icons will soon be home to an array of young high-tech companies.

Why Indy, Philly Stand a Shot to Land Amazon

We all love lists, and now we have the one that we have all been waiting for: Amazon’s Top 20 finalists for its HQ2 campus.

A Big Day, and Bigger Plans Ahead, for Mississippi Industry and Workforce

Major projects stay on track in a business climate with a new set of challenges.

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The New Pioneers

by Gary Daughters

Entrepreneurship is making a mark in Montana.

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The Quality Location For the Shooting Set

Mississippi’s top industry recruiter — Governor Tate Reeves — used his visit to the SHOT Show 2023 convention in Las Vegas in January to make the case that the state’s firearm and ammunition industry is on fire.

Amazon Delivers $1.5-Billion Package to Kentucky

Business climate improvements, incentives and an accommodating airport add up to a prized delivery for the Bluegrass State.

Agtech is a natural for Missouri.

Agtech & Food: Agtech is a natural for Missouri

Top Industries: Milestones

When nine out of the top 10 corporate facility projects in a sector are valued at more than US$1 billion, you've officially arrived as a force to be reckoned with.

Complexity Simplified

Nine years after selecting Tampa over Atlanta to open its first-ever Southern Business Center, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. announced this spring that it will expand its Florida operation by up to 255 jobs with total average compensation of nearly $100,000.

International Update

Head Offices Head the List

by Adam Bruns

Bloomberg’s new European HQ in London is considered one of the world’s most sustainable buildings.

Photo courtesy of Foster + Partners

Brexit or not, new corporate campuses bring thousands of jobs to UK cities.

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RUNNING ON ALL CYLINDERS

Arkansas is winning through specialization and diversification.

Talent, Business Climate Drive Headquarters Expansions

Amazon, Starbucks, Costco and Microsoft are household names in the Seattle metro’s corporate headquarters community.

Rare Breeds

Seventy manufacturing plants across the United States join an exclusive club. Twenty communities hope to join one too.

Doors of Opportunity Are Wide Open in Kansas

A KC suburb and college towns are the Sunflower State’s hot spots in 2016.

Philadelphia’s Transformative Waterfront Campus

The Navy Yard in Philadelphia has a new lease on life, and the life sciences are a big reason why.

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Textiles, Robotics Among Sectors to Gain R&D Funding

by Mark Arend

Awards include $1 million to support the new ARMada initiative, which will enhance the offerings of the Fabric Discovery Center to include robotics.

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FDI in America: Is FDI Still Booming?

On balance it is, and the US is a much more welcoming recipient of that investment than ever before.

Emissions Transformed

A biofuel/biogas project in Denmark is one of 39 projects across the EU benefiting from a unique funding program.

Huge Opportunities Begin to Turn Real in Opportunity Zones

The dollar amount invested in Federal Opportunity Zones climbed to another high in the third quarter of 2022, according to figures released in late October by Novogradac.

Small Town, Big Opportunity

With ample space and easy access to markets, Abilene draws companies to Northwest Texas.

The $4 Billion Machine That Never Sleeps

How the University of Missouri in Columbia propels the entire state to new heights.

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In Pursuit of the Summit

by Gary Daughters

Virginia, Maryland and Delaware constitute the core of a region where you truly get what you pay for.

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Workforce Programs Aim to Keep Local Talent Local

LaunchED and other initiatives take root in Birmingham.

FOOD & BEVERAGE: A Bountiful Spring

Chobani and Ferrero Group break ground on multiple sites at once.

How Texas Hooks ‘Em

Elon Musk and Tesla join the march to the Lone Star State.

The Joy of Work

Coaching Can Be a Conduit for Companies Seeking Neurodiverse Talent

IDRC Log: IDRC Expands Electronic Member Services Menu

IDRC, the world’s leading professional association for corporate real estate executives, is going electronic with its membership services offerings. “Members on the Web” will include a number of new interactive features through IDRCNet, the group’s World Wide Web site in response to the growth of event registrations and other services on line. “Visits on IDRCNet […]

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Healing and Learning Combine to Drive Earnings

by Adam Bruns

Major projects will improve these institutions’ already sturdy constitutions.

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Tri-Cities: Where Legacy and Innovation Meet

With four communities in one, the Tri-Cities area is one of Washington’s economic powerhouses, and it’s only growing stronger by the minute.

Ready. Set. Go.

Kentucky’s ability to quickly move companies from the project stage to operation helps fuel rapid growth.

Project Bulletin, Jan. 20, 2025: Fort Worth, Texas; Grand Forks, North Dakota; Columbus, Ohio

Bell Textron increases its range in Texas; Agristo plants roots in North Dakota; Anduril makes single largest job creation investment in Ohio.

The New Science of Space Demand Forecasting

Of all the management skills required of today’s corporate real estate manager, none is more elusive than the requirement that he have soothsaying skills. After all, predicting real estate space requirements is central to an organization’s ability to manage physical assets wisely and, as importantly, strategically. Real estate clairvoyance is known in professional circles as […]

Front Door to The Silicon Valley

The ‘Sustainability Corridor’ of Greater Sacramento provides the highly skilled talent coveted by Apple, Oracle, HP, Intel and other tier-one employers in Northern California.

Life Sciences

THC, CBD and GDP

by Adam Bruns

Recreational cannabis just turned legal in Canada two days ago. Cannabis-related firms have been building facilities in Canada for years.

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10 Countries. 10 Challenges.

The following is a compilation highlighting unique initiatives taking place in every South American country, each with its own unique approach to common challenges faced by investment promotion agencies. Examples range from tactical — such as the Peruvian approach to place branding — to strategic, such as Colombia's effort to improve its image.

Everything You Need

Three company leaders explain why San Bernardino County is a healthy place to grow.

Forging Ahead: How Arkansas Became a Global Leader in Steel Production

Once known as Plum Point before incorporating in 1853, Osceola, Arkansas, has become the plum spot for steel.

Intellectual Energy

Baton Rouge, Lafayette and New Orleans bolster Louisiana’s vision of a technology ecosystem.

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.

Life Sciences

Silent Scourge

by Adam Bruns

If drugs are the lifeblood of the life sciences, their abuse and misuse by the workforce is a health crisis.

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Data Centers Straining the Grid? Alternatives Lurk Underwater

In Europe, data center projects are pursuing a number of alternative paths to resiliency in order to reduce pressure on a grid stretched to capacity.

A $250 Billion Bet on America’s Workforce

The Brookings Institution’s Martha Ross and Mark Muro explore how federal, state and local leaders can leverage the CHIPS and Science Act as a landmark workforce opportunity.

Made in Kentucky: How Manufacturing Drives The State’s Economy

How manufacturing drives the state’s economy.

Pennsylvania Overhauls Its Web Site To Help Businesses Grow

Economic development groups are among those likely to participate in the Keystone State’s newly designed Web site, PA PowerPort, an Internet portal for business development. Pennsylvania is broadening its efforts to be recognized as a technologically savvy place in which to grow a business. The Keystone State’s various public-private technology partnerships and healthy business climate […]

HEALTH TECH & LIFE SCIENCES CENTERS: Fast Times in Winston-Salem

The Innovation Quarter brings new life to Winston-Salem. And a new health care door opens in Upstate South Carolina.

Area Spotlights

Labor Supply: Half Full or Half Empty?

by Mark Arend

An employer needs survey takes the temperature of the Tar Heel State’s labor market.

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The Rich Get Richer

According to JLL’s newest Life Sciences Outlook, the favorites are still winning the race despite rising costs.

Semiconductor Industry Review: Microprocessor Makers Seek Solid State, Site Selection Magazine, September 2003

T he global business scene is full of paradoxes. Here’s one: The market’s getting bigger, and the world is getting smaller. In the semiconductor industry, this yin-yang trend plays out in its own fashion. First, the wafers are getting bigger while the chips that come from them are getting smaller. Second, the plants that make […]

Vital Statistics

Facts, Figures and Market Commentary Behind Success in Southwest Cities

The Race is On

A billion-dollar fund and a gigantic conglomerate drive biopharma investment in South Korea.

Ahead of the Curve

Georgia’s Movement on E-Mobility Mirrors the State’s Broader Infrastructure Leadership

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Roadmap for Change

The Flexible Industrial Distribution Facilities Network of the Future

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Silicon Valley Still On Top, Amsterdam On the Rise

Startup Genome says these leading startup hubs have a major role to play in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Go Outside and Play

Utah expands a diverse manufacturing base.

More Than Just Fun & Games

A thriving sports culture is a unifying force for Charlotte.

Tailor Made

If there is one thing that site selection consultants agree on, it’s that no two projects are the same.

Transmission for the Transition

CBRE says these markets are focused on how to provide renewable energy for data centers. Plus, we list top global territories for recent data center development.

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How a Countryside Project Landed Cityside

by Mark Arend

A rendering of the thyssenKrupp Elevator Americas Complex planned for Cobb County, Georgia

Image courtesy of thyssenkrupp Elevator

Elevator engineers may soon be among those with birds-eye views of major league baseball games.

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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.

The Silver State’s Silver Lining

Southern Nevada has been a magnet for California-based firms seeking new locations for several years.

Washington’s Ready to Work

No matter the industry, statewide workforce development programs grow with federal support.

The Strategy Alignment Model

A n increasingly sophisticated body of theory and practice has emerged over the past 20 years among those working to define the role of real estate in enhancing corporate business strategy. The discussion has covered many levels, from on- and off-site workplace concepts, to overall site and facility guidelines, to the planning and management of […]

Voices Worth Heeding

Like many of our readers’ organizations, we shifted focus in response to the pandemic, scrapping our previous plans in order to devote our July issue to covering the world’s response and recovery strategies.

Features

PhDs and MDs Drive Economic Redevelopment

The design for the University of Maryland, Baltimore – Health Sciences Research Facility creates an efficient lab block oriented east-west.

Photo by Alan Karchmer courtesy of HOK

Three recent projects in the northeastern U.S. demonstrate the economic power of eds-and-meds districts.

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A Goldmine for Startups

Known as the birthplace of fintech, Arkansas demonstrates leadership in the field.

IAMC Insider: LETTER FROM THE CHAIR

A letter from the Chair and an interview with water expert James Eklund.

AI Challenges Traditional Site Selection

Could AI help you pick your next major facility location or expansion?

European Facilites: Fallout from the Fallback

T he queues were shorter, but the destinations more varied. That is one conclusion to draw from the annual “European Investment Monitor” report from Ernst & Young. European new facilities and expansions dropped 12 percent in 2001, but it was a good year nonetheless for “gatecrashers, EU (European Union) accession countries […]

The Rise of Richard Florida – Revisited

"Great communities have the same underlying characteristics," says Richard Florida, author of "The Rise of the Creative Class” and “Who’s Your City?” “They have a vibrant downtown, and they offer something for folks who are looking for something distinctly different."

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Driver Not Needed

by Ron Starner

How Torc Robotics engineered a leading position in self-driving vehicle tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.

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Offshore Platform

Command Medical Products, an Ormond Beach, Fla., manufacturer of disposable medical tubing, needed a new low-cost manufacturing platform to accommodate its growth in business.

It’s Time to ‘Diversify Our Economic Suite.’

Film and TV production, clean energy, education and small-town infrastructure lead the agenda of newly elected Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham.

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: SHOVEL-READY SITES

ne of the fastest growing trends in the site location business is the demand for certified industrial sites. The reason is simple: The capital investment decision- making process is at the most fundamental level a process of identifying and eliminating risks wherever possible. This applies to the site selection component of the capital investment decision […]

WEYERHAEUSER CASE STUDY: Winning Project North Star

Winning in economic development requires great infrastructure, favorable taxes, low business costs, and a strong workforce. These factors are non-negotiable for companies that are locating a new facility or expanding an existing one.

Unleashed: Greece’s Business Climate Roars Back

Which strategic advantage do multinationals as diverse as Nokia, Microsoft, IBM, Coca-Cola and Delhaize share that their competitors do not?

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Cementing a Legacy

by Ron Starner

Lehigh Hanson’s $600-million expansion and modernization is the largest in their 100-year history.

Photos courtesy of Lehigh Hanson

Lehigh Hanson expands upon a century of work in Indiana.

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TESTIMONIALS: Why CEOs & Business Leaders Choose Michigan

Companies choose to invest in Michigan for a variety of reasons, but chief among them is the consistent support they receive from Team Michigan, including the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and its many partners at the local, regional, and state levels.

Top Metros: Strength In Diversity

Manufacturing, logistics and internet technology propel central Ohio’s Licking County.

Why Europe Beckons

PLEASE VISIT OUR SPONSOR ? CLICK ABOVE JANUARY 1999 Why Europe Beckons by MARK AREND Foreign direct investment in both the emerging and established markets of Europe is robust, thanks to investors’ flight to stability. Two European business location reports document where site seekers have been — and where they’re looking now. Whether a global […]

Site Selectors Survey: Here Come the Boys from the South

Site selectors keep Southern locations at the top of their short lists.

In This Together

The center of a tornado is characterized by a dramatic drop in pressure. It’s the twister’s aftermath that brings high pressure to bear.

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Talent, ‘Boldness’ Mark New State Agenda

by Adam Bruns

Retooling how education systems prepare children for the workforce is central to Gov. Mike Parson’s economic development vision.

Photo by Aaron J. Scott courtesy of Community Foundation of the Ozarks, cfozarks.org

In August, after unions submitted enough signatures to put repeal of a right-to-work law on a referendum, Missouri voters overwhelmingly rejected it.

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Project Bulletin: January 9, 2024

Biotechnology company National Resilience, Inc. plans to add 440 new jobs at its West Chester, Ohio, site with a $229 million investment, announced in December 2023.

CIGNA’s Infrastructure Integration: Remaking The Corporation

One of the late 20th century?s most significant business trends, infrastructure integration is an idea whose time has come — and with it, a new role for real estate. Case in point: CIGNA corporate real estate?s (CRE) innovative Vision 3 Initiative, which merited a prestigious Best Practices Award from the International Development Research Council (IDRC), […]

Global IT Expert: ‘Think Digital, Act Analog’

W hen Lee Arnold talks about the impact of the Internet on corporate real estate executives, he uses phrases like “fast-moving flexibility,” “blurring of the lines,” “bandwidth access” and “the barrier of inertia.” With Arnold, information technology chairman for global service provider Colliers International (www.colliers.com), the concepts of speed and transition aren’t just fodder for […]

Standing TALL

A longtime partnership with the military opens new economic opportunities.

Accelerated Production

Powering one of America's most important automotive manufacturing regions is just one of the many tasks of Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative.

Investment Profile

Oasis of Opportunity

by Adam Bruns

This growth nexus just south of Albuquerque speeds your project to market, so you can deploy multiple transport modes to speed your products to customers.

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Work-Force Training Programs

t has been interesting to observe over the past 15 or so years the evolution of economic incentives for companies relocating to a new community. Early on, the emphasis for many state and local governments was to orient their overall incentives package towards capital-intensive companies with minimal regard to the needs of non-manufacturing and service-based […]

Beautifully Big Business

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

The U.S. South: Population Boom Ignites Facilities Explosion

If there?s one thing a company needs, it?s people. People to work, run and operate the business — and people who?ll buy its products and services. That simple fact is one of the big reasons facilities are flocking to the U.S. South. Strong population growth across much of the region translates into an abundant work […]

Bridges to Prosperity

By ship, railcar or truck, Illinois gets the job done.

New Facilities 1993 (Charts), page 4

From Site Selection magazine, February 1994 New Facilities Index & Forecast 1985-94 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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Region on the Rise

by Adam Bruns

Birmingham’s city center revs the growth engine of an area leading the UK in startups, FDI and talent.

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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 […]

Top Competitive States

North Carolina has the workforce, infrastructure and other assets required by enterprises competing to win. But will an incentives rift today affect project results down the road?

View from Space

The University of Oklahoma was awarded a $166-million grant from NASA that could change the agriculture industry in the US.

Drilling Down on Main Streets

We comb through the data from Cushman & Wakefield’s report on the world’s priciest retail avenues. This year a European shopping district beat out New York’s Upper Fifth Avenue for the first time as Via Montenapoleone in Milan, Italy, was declared the world’s most expensive retail street.Photo by Andrei Domanin: Getty Images If you associate […]

Amid Disruption and Diffusion, Silicon Valley Still Tops

Findings from the Global Startup Ecosystems Report 2023 also highlight emerging and surging locations.

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Back From the Brink

by Gary Daughters

Pittsburgh International Airport will undergo a $1.1-billion modernization beginning next year.

Rendering courtesy of Allegheny County Airport Authority

With a boost from shale reserves, Pittsburgh International Airport is ready to soar.

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How Pittsburgh Wrote the Book for TrustBelt Turnaround

Former Mayor Tom Murphy urges civic leaders to exit their comfort zone and embrace urban renewal.

How Oregon Drives Innovation Forward

Fearless in flight, innovators take off.

Platform for Performance

Already serving a growing range of commercial and industrial firms, FPL continues to help Florida uncover new opportunities.

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.

Balls In the Air

To win The Masters this weekend at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., will require supreme skills, patience and fortitude. It will also require a superior match of golfer and equipment.