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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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ASIA: Investment Insomnia

APAC Executives' Mixed Perceptions of U.S. Investment Climate

WORLD REPORTS

WORLD REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, January 2009 Tire Plants Gain Traction In China Korea-based Kumho Tire has opened a new tire plant in Nanjing, China. by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com G lobal tire manufacturers continue to site production facilities in China to serve that country’s growing demand for tires. Two major names […]

Tech Nexus

Tech Nexus: Innovation and lifestyle draw Google to Kitchener-Waterloo.

COSTA RICA: Three in Costa Rica

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

Eyes on EVs

Raw materials and smarts propel Charlotte to a position of electric vehicle leadership.

TrustBelt

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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Power Play

Move over, banking. The Charlotte region’s energy sector is on a roll, coalescing into an economic force with a critical mass large enough to attract new players of all sizes.

One Scandinavian Country Tops Two New Rankings

Two new reports this month offer different perspectives on country-level economic performance.

All in Favor?

Asked in 2013 to what degree they agreed with the statement “The oil and gas industry provides significant benefits for the whole country,” only 54 percent of those polled in Québec somewhat or strongly agreed.

IDRC Abstracts

Abstracts of major presentations of the International Development Research Council, the world’s pre-eminent corporate real estate association. “Disposition Strategies for Surplus Property in the Economic Downturn,” Texas World Congress, Oct. 23, 2001: “What every corporate real estate department needs to realize in this economic downturn is that every asset has a […]

Sidney’s Next Saga: Finding Jobs to Replace Those Lost to Cabela’s-Bass Pro Merger

In rural Nebraska, a small town faces a massive rebuilding project for the second time in five decades.

TrustBelt

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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Nevada and five other sites are chosen for UAV development work

Silver State officials explain the significance of being a winning site; 25 proposals from 24 states were in competition

Origin and Destination

Interstate highway access — check. Commercial airport site — check. Quick proximity to 50 percent of Florida’s population — check. Abundant and growing workforce — check. Foreign Trade Zone — check.

Site Selection October Highlights

Roaring back from a near-death experience, newly profitable Euro Disney is now expanding, creating Val d?Europe, a strikingly different new town. ?We?ve moved from restructuring to reconquest,? says Bourguignon. After years of being looked at like some sort of animal, it is very good to feel normal.? The Park Opens, Critics Swarm Euro Disney?s rocky […]

Big Tech Schools Us

Students, professionals and educational leaders see skills training from tech giants like Amazon as much more than window dressing. It’s a door to everyone’s future.

SMART MOVES

Looking to position yourself near autonomous, smart and electrified vehicle R&D? It seems as if there’s an autonomous vehicle test bed around every corner.

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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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From Classroom To Career

How Arkansas universities are tackling nationwide workforce challenges.

International Flights Get Breather On EU Emissions Trading Scheme

International flights into and out of European airspace have been granted a small reprieve by the European Commission, which has suspended their inclusion into the controversial EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) for one more year.

Talent Supply Keeps Growing, Enterprises Well Staffed

Growing firms in Overland Park, Lenexa and Wichita highlight the abundance of professional services talent to be found in Kansas.

OREGON Regional Highlights

Each region offers unique assets.

‘Obvious Choice’

A spinal medical device firm stays in Leesburg, but moves to a new neighborhood aligned with its growth curve.

Online Insider

The New Pioneers

by Gary Daughters

Entrepreneurship is making a mark in Montana.

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Upskilling the Future of Mississippi’s Workforce

Dig beneath the surface and you’ll find innovation popping up all over the state.

Where Big Tech Companies Make Big Investments

Ohio helps it technology startups grow.

San Bernardino County, California:The Future of Transportation And Logistics Is Here

San Bernardino County lays out a roadmap for the movement of commerce.

North American Reports, Site Selection Magazine, January 2003

Pro-Business Bipartisanship Brings SCIENX Plant to Upstate N.Y. Politics may make for strange bedfellows. A major New York site selection decision, however, made for surprisingly cordial ones. There on the dais, a mere six days before November’s elections, were Gov. George Pataki (R) and U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D), linked […]

New Neighborhood

A growing Olympus division consolidates and refreshes its Minnesota operations.

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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RURAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: Building a Workforce From Within

Provalus is strengthening small-town economies by bringing IT jobs to rural America.

Looks Like We Have Companies

One year after Alcoa announced the permanent closure of a smelter in the ultimate company town, Alcoa, Tenn., is on the rise, thanks to a slew of companies finding what they need in the region that now likes to call itself "Innovation Valley."

Financial Literacy is a Workforce Win-Win

Citi is one of the most engaged financial services companies in the Cincinnati region when it comes to workforce development.

Singapore Scales Toward a Sustainable Future

Anthony Cheung of Tractus Asia examines the five key pillars of Singapore’s Green Plan 2030 and the opportunities the plan presents for companies.

No Doubting ‘Thomas’

A new locomotive factory from GE gets the Texas fast-track treatment.

Area Spotlights

Textiles, Robotics Among Sectors to Gain R&D Funding

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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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These States Know How to Scrap

Steel has a super-powered influence on the Midwest’s economy.

Massachusetts: Innovative Spirit in The Commonwealth

The Commonwealth’s war chest grows with the help of private industry and the $2 billion Mass Leads Act.

Banking on Minnesota

From large firms to FinTech startups, the smart bet is on financial services talent in the North Star State.

Bottom Line: Florida’s Financial Services Sector Is Humming

Florida’s Financial Services Sector Is Humming

So Many Channels

Tim Searcy is CEO of the Indianapolis-based American Teleservices Association (ATA), a trade organization that represents more than 4,000 contact centers.

Area Spotlights

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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Generic Growth

Growth in the generic pharmaceutical industry is likely to become even more robust in the coming years as top-selling drugs come off patent and pressure mounts from government and healthcare providers to contain costs.

Offshore Wind Is About to Blow Up

And with Dominion Energy leading the way, Virginia is poised to become the East Coast wind energy hub.

Keep on Truckin’

Werner Enterprises invests for the long haul in Nebraska.

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 […]

Destination Scorecard

A report from the United Nations documents where tourists come from, and where they're going.

Life Sciences

Healing and Learning Combine to Drive Earnings

by Adam Bruns

Major projects will improve these institutions’ already sturdy constitutions.

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Automation is One Thing, AI is Another

New Brookings analysis shows which areas of the country are most and least exposed.

Working Backwards from the Customer Drives Amazon’s Relentless Forward Momentum

A conversation with Amazon Head of Worldwide Economic Development Holly Sullivan.

The Rich Get Richer

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

Where Vertical Farming Is ‘Smart’

Bowery Farming, a leading vertical farming company based in New York City, plans to open smart indoor vertical farms in Locust Grove, Georgia, and Arlington, Texas, it announced in January.

Actually, It Is Rocket Science

When it comes to the aerospace industry, it’s all systems go in Mississippi,” said Governor Tate Reeves.

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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A Global Scorecard for Startups

The Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2017 reveals how successful tech innovation is being led by young entrepreneurs all over the world.

A Sharper Image

Governor Rick Snyder had a big economic development win in 2013 when Michigan became the nation’s 24th right-to-work state, but he’s not resting on his laurels.

Washington Public Works Feature Stakes from Private and Federal Partners

All sides know the value of major infrastructure improvements across the state.

Guide to State Incentives Programs

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Predisposed to Help

Formerly known as BremnerDuke, Duke Realty’s healthcare division has developed more than $1 billion in healthcare facilities for hospitals and health systems nationwide. But it’s the philanthropic work spun off from all those projects that is extending the firm’s reach beyond the U.S.

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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RUNNING ON ALL CYLINDERS

Arkansas is winning through specialization and diversification.

Still Sweet Home

It’s the dead of winter. Where would you rather be: in Chicago with the wind biting off the Great Lakes and the snow piling up faster than Illinois taxes? Or in Atlanta, where there might be sun, and maybe lower taxes?

STATE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

STATE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE From Site Selection magazine, November 2007 Enter the Fray Jurisdictions of all sizes do what they can to reduce the cost of doing business. by MARK AREND, ADAM BRUNS & JOHN W. McCURRY, mark.arend bounce@conway.com C orporations and governments alike are faced with transparency mandates that have brought renewed focus […]

Sun 2.0

We is the world’s largest example of solar thermal heating utilization by an office building?

It Pays To Be Out in Front

This year's edition of State of the States, in addition to containing updated legislative, demographic and education data, includes the second installment of six Rankings That Matter.

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Labor Supply: Half Full or Half Empty?

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

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Poland, Renault, Africa, and more.

The Volkswagen Group (VW) is building a new, $1.5-billion plant in Wrzesnia, Poland, to produce the VW Crafter, a popular delivery van. The expansion will create at least 2,300 new jobs.

New Facilities 1989 (Charts), page 2

From Site Selection magazine, February 1990 New Facilities 1987-89 Continue to next page | Site Selection Online ©1990 Conway Data, Inc. All rights reserved. SiteNet data is from many sources and is not warranted to be accurate or current.

Report Examines Regional Impact of NIH

A coalition of top research institutions, patient and health advocates, and companies earlier this year published its annual analysis of jobs and economic activity supported by National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funding distributed to all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

There’s Fast, and There’s Quantum Fast

When even supercomputers aren’t up to the job, it’s time for quantum computing, and Colorado is rapidly becoming home to a quantum computing cluster.

TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX

TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX From Site Selection magazine, March 2007 Lease System Manages Construction, Too by JOHN W. McCURRY john.mccurry bounce@conway.com Troy Dowling is a senior systems analyst with American Airlines and is Horizon administrator. A merican Airlines’ real estate portfolio encompasses more than 300 properties around the globe, including 165 in the U.S. This includes […]

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Roadmap for Change

The Flexible Industrial Distribution Facilities Network of the Future

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Editor’s View: Happy New Year to You, and Happy Birthday to Us

We figured our 65th anniversary was a good time to celebrate the people who make this publication possible.

Ontario’s Open Access Put on Short

For those of you waiting for the Canadian electricity market to open up to competition, you will now have to wait a little longer. Although the plan was to open the market up in November of this year, the Ontario government announced on June 22 that the open date will be pushed back to a […]

Completing the Circle

With so much project activity in the Gulf, is there room to turn around?

Canada Business Climate Beckons Investors

Ontario, Alberta Prove Most Appealing Ontario and Alberta were ranked as the top two investment climates in Canada by U.S. and Canadian investment managers, according to the 2000 Survey of Senior Investment Managers, released by the Fraser Institute, a Canada-based economic research organization. The two provinces tied with a score of 7.7 out of 10. […]

Rising to the Challenge

Consumer demand patterns are shifting rapidly, affecting shipping requirements, order cycle times, retail formats and service level requirements. Rising fuel and utilities costs, burdensome regulations, changes in tax laws and sustainability requirements, labor supply and union issues, municipal and state economic incentives and so many other cost considerations are volatile and challenging today.

Area Spotlights

How a Countryside Project Landed Cityside

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

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

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A Mission of Innovation

Oregon launches a plan to spur innovation economy.

Region on the Rebound

A diverse industrial base with a resurgent automotive sector, vibrant cross-border trade linkages and an improving North American economy are the main drivers of this region’s contribution to North American economic output.

Strategic Reserve: That’s Canada’s Way of Competing

Ontario again tops all provinces, and we name our Top 20 Canadian regions.

FILM & ENTERTAINMENT: The Rise of Kentucky-Based Film & TV

The Kentucky Entertainment Incentive is putting the Bluegrass State both on the big screen and on the radar of site selectors.

Merck On the Make

It’s been a relatively quiet year for facility investment projects from Merck KGaA, the life sciences and chemical firm that employs more than 38,000 around the world and reported 2012 revenues of more than US$15 billion.

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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Repeat Customer

Novo Nordisk's 'Bright Sky' will help North Carolina continue to shine.

SUNNY DAY IN GEORGIA

No longer a bridesmaid, Georgia claims the limelight in 2013 as the state with the best business climate, according to Site Selection’s annual ranking of states’ attractiveness to corporate facility investors.

New Facilities 1995, page 4 (Charts)

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Gear Here

Idaho’s outdoor recreational equipment firms abide by the same maxim as any other company:
Go where your customers are.

UNITED KINGDOM: Data Centers Bet Big On UK’s ‘Stability Dividend’

A flurry of investments announced at a recent summit is led by a number of major data centers.

Online Insider

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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GOVERNOR POWER PARTNERSHIPS: Mississippi’s Power Play

Gov. Reeves makes a bold Power Play for more energy in Mississippi.

Ford’s European Comeback – November 2001 Cover Story, Site Selection Magazine

E xactly one year ago, the future looked bleak for Ford Motor Company’s European operations. Bleeding red ink by the buckets, plagued by under-utilized plant capacity and struggling to maintain market share, Ford Europe was more than stuck in reverse. It was careening out of control. At Dagenham in the United Kingdom, Ford Europe is […]

The Ebola Effect

The data show how diseased economies affect livelihoods as well as life itself.

UPPER MIDWEST: How the Upper Midwest Was Won

The Heartland is growing industry with fresh, highly educated talent.

The REITing of Corporate America

JUNE/JULY 1998 The REITing of Corporate America by Stephen Finn Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are once again a force to be reckoned with. Institutions and other investors seeking to diversify their stock-heavy portfolios have concluded that real estate isn’t such a bad investment after all and have poured billions into the asset class. Traditional […]

Area Spotlights

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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Global Perennial

How Bloom Energy's garden grows

Sanofi Bets Big in Europe

Investments in its home country and in Germany demonstrate French biopharma giant Sanofi’s commitment to European production.

Workforce Training Becomes an Economic Catalyst

Off The Grid Brewery is a 10-year-old family-owned business based at the heart of Southern California in San Bernardino County, that had long been able to meet its hiring needs on its own.

REGIONAL SPOTLIGHTS: 10 Regions, One Mission

A snapshot of all 10 regions statewide; and a rural farm store success story.

IDRC Abstracts

Abstracts of major presentations of the International Development Research Council (IDRC), the world’s preeminent corporate real estate association. “Service Models for the New Economy,” Florida World Congress, Nov. 6, 2000: Attendees in a theme program heard about how two corporations – ExxonMobil Corp. and Lucent Technologies – structure their corporate real […]

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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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GOVERNOR POWER PARTNERSHIPS: Mississippi’s Power Play

Gov. Reeves makes a bold Power Play for more energy in Mississippi.

A Catalyst for Change

The power of ideas moves New Mexico forward.

Motown Rebound Reaps a ‘Threepeat’

“Last one out, turn off the lights.” A few years ago, that was the rueful joke in Detroit. Even personable Mayor Dennis Archer joshed at a mid-1990s’ blue-ribbon gathering of corporate real estate executives, “I’ve got a lot of empty lots and boarded-over storefronts that I can really get you a good price on.” But […]

TOP DEALS 2006

North American Top Deals of 2006 North American Honorable Mentions International Top Deals of 2006 International Honorable Mentions TOP DEALS 2006 From Site Selection magazine, May 2007 The Extra Mile Health, high tech and transport drive the Top Deals of 2006. Emilio Rivera, vice president, manufacturing for Amgen Manufacturing Ltd. in Puerto Rico, leads […]

Top Metropolitans: The Connected City

From digital startups to behemoths of industry, Chicago fosters corporate facility growth better than any other metro area in the U.S.

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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Global or Bust

Paris-based healthcare and pharmaceutical giant Sanofi last month announced an expansion of its partnership with GDF SUEZ energy services subsidiary Cofely that will implement primarily renewable energy production and distribution systems worth up to €80 million at Sanofi industrial sites around the world over the next five years.

Natural Energy Powerhouse

Kansas leads in renewable energy and natural resources.

COVER STORY — GOVERNOR’S CUP

NEW PLANT SCOREBOARD From Site Selection magazine, March 2005 C H A R T New Corporate Facilities and Expansions 2002-2004 PDF Format, 536 KB C H A R T 20 Giants: 2004’s Biggest U.S Corporate Facilities PDF Format, 58 KB TOP OF PAGE Top of Page | Cover | Letter to Editor | Site Selection […]

‘Tremendous Renaissance’ of Manufacturing at Hand in Border Mega-Region That Includes Greater Phoenix

of Manufacturing at Hand in Border Mega-Region That Includes Greater Phoenix

Platform for Performance

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

Investment Profile

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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Road Show

Gov. Asa Hutchinson spent a week in Europe recruiting aerospace companies to his state at the Paris Air Show.

WORLD REPORTS

WORLD REPORTS From Site Selection magazine, March 2008 Are You Good at GIE? Embraer Grows at Home All in One Visionary projects aim to protect environment and protect us from it. by ADAM BRUNS adam.bruns bounce@conway.com I n late January, William McDonough, co-author of Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, […]

Project Bulletin, May 27, 2025: Renfrewshire, Scotland; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Vithalapur, Gujarat, India

ZeroAvia connects global operations from Scotland; UAE-based manufacturer marks its U.S. return in Oklahoma; Honda boosts motorcycle production in India.

Gateway to a Future

For companies and people alike, Aqaba International Industrial Estate offers sweet opportunity.

The Ideas Factory

Business collaboration and commercialized research represent the cutting edge of higher education.

Area Spotlights

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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LEADERSHIP INTERVIEW: ARUN AGARWAL: Giving Texas a Global Voice

Board Chairman, Texas Economic Development Corporation (TxEDC) — Dallas entrepreneur and textile executive Arun Agarwal leads an organization focused on being the best America has to offer.

It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s Made in Kansas

For more than a century Kansas has helped the aviation industry soar to new heights.

White Gold: Arkansas’ Lithium Industry Making Global Impact

Could Smackover become a name as affiliated with the Arkansas lithium boom as it was with the Arkansas oil boom when prospectors struck oil in 1921 in El Dorado?

How a Farm Store Firm Fell in Love With Arkansas

A central Arkansas town checks all the boxes for a Tractor Supply Company distribution center.

MIND GAMES

How Florida uses university-employer alliances to reshape the workforce.