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IAMC Insider: Cornerstone Streamlines Member-to-Member Information Sharing

Over time, the Corporate Active membership has become a community whose members share information with a high degree of confidence.

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Features

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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TrustBelt

We Lost Out on Amazon, Apple and Alphabet … Now What?

Holiday gifts arrived early for a handful of cities around the country; for other cities it may seem like the economic development equivalent of coal in a Christmas stocking.

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TrustBelt

Sidney’s Second Act: The Rebuilding of a Company Town

by Ron Starner

Sidney’s Second Act – The Rebuilding of a Company Town

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TrustBelt

Who Declared Amazon the Chief Rule-Maker? Rethinking Economic Development in the Wake of HQ2

With Amazon’s scavenger hunt for a second (and third) headquarters now a thing of the past, lingering questions have been left in its wake, especially surrounding the water cooler aspects of the hunt.

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TrustBelt

The American Imperative: Why to Invest in America

by Mark Arend

What’s driving the U-turn in capital investment project trajectories from offshore locations back to U.S. sites – and to the Midwest in large measure?

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Seal-Rite move highlights Wisconsin’s thriving manufacturing industry

Seal-Rite Door plans to relocate operations from Rockford, Illinois, to Beloit, Wisconsin, and will open and operate a 105,000-square-foot site in the 28-acre Wisconsin Stateline Industrial Park.

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Investment Profile

Ceiling Unlimited

by Mark Arend

A Blueprint for Airport & Regional Growth

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Area Spotlights

The Waiting Game Is Over

by Ron Starner

Nashville photo courtesy of Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development

How Amazon’s Nashville pick ended a lot of anticipation in Tennessee.

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Energy Report

Charging Ahead

by Adam Bruns

With emissions crimes still in the rear-view mirror, Volkswagen ramps up its global commitment to electric vehicles and the recharging stations that feed them.

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Energy Report

The Push and Pull of Green Building

by Adam Bruns

A new law on the East Coast and a new corporate campus on the West Coast show how cities and companies can converge to attain sustainability and wellness goals.

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Investment Profile

You Are Cleared to Land

by Mark Arend

Photo: Getty Images

Where mobility assets on the ground add lift to R&D operations.

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Area Spotlights

Who Are These Guys?

by Gary Daughters

Ann Arbor startup Duo Security scored a $2.3-billion payday in October.

Photo courtesy of Duo Security

Ann Arbor’s growing tech community is making a name for itself.

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Energy Report

Swedish Catalyst

by Adam Bruns

Ongoing work at Chalmers University of Technology offers windows into the EU’s energy future.

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Magnolia Made

by Mark Arend

Nissan and Toyota are expanding their Mississippi facilities, and their suppliers are following suit.

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The ‘Rebuilding Czar’ Comes Home

by Adam Bruns

Medical City at Tradition is part of an effort to do nothing less than rejuvenate the people of Mississippi — and beyond.

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Cover

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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Investment Profile

The Pfab Pfour

by Ron Starner

From left: City Manager Sereniah Breland; Chamber President & CEO Shontel Mays; Pflugerville CDC Executive Director Amy Madison; and Police Chief Jessica Robledo

How a quartet of leaders is transforming Pflugerville into an economic juggernaut.

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Investment Profile

The Power of Persuasion

by Gary Daughters

A three-year site search culminated in Van Hool’s selection of Morristown in April 2018.

Photo courtesy of Morristown Chamber of Commerce

How TVA helped recruit a Belgian bus maker to a town in Tennessee.

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Features

Post-Amazon World: Say Goodbye to Public Auctions

by Ron Starner

Site consultants use TrustBelt to call for better economic development practices.

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Investment Profile

MIND GAMES

by Ron Starner

The Tampa skyline is growing thanks to expanding firms like ReliaQuest.

Photo by Ryan Ketterman

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

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International Update

So Much Winning

by Adam Jones-Kelley

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

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Features

One for the Ages

While over-the-top and in-your-face as only an Amazon could pull off, HQ2 is very much in sync with the heightened trend of corporate headquarters mobility.

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Investment Profile

Location, Location, Changxing

by Gary Daughters

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

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