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Investment Profile

SeaTac City is Poised for Flight

by Gary Daughters

Alaska Airlines demonstrates that “you can run a major corporation and be headquartered in the City of SeaTac.”

Photo courtesy of Port of Seattle

With its unmatched connectivity, this could be your new headquarters location.

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Area Spotlights

Caribbean Rum Maker Finds Its Own Happy Hour in Florida

by Ron Starner

Distiller says a new plant in Polk County is anything but on the rocks.

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Investment Profile

The Right Place Arrives at the Right Time

by Ron Starner

A May Mobility autonomous shuttle on the streets of Grand Rapids.

Photos courtesy of Start Garden and Carbon Stories

Consumers Energy partners with Grand Rapids leaders to respond to COVID-19.

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Investment Profile

A Port for the World

by Ron Starner

Courtesy of Port of Greater Baton Rouge

West Baton Rouge packs a lot of punch in a small package.

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Investment Profile

Governor Gary Herbert’s Ten Years at the Reins

by Gary Daughters

Gov. Herbert predicted singular success for Utah. He was right.

Photo courtesy Utah Governor’s Office

He’s the force behind Utah’s impressive economic run.

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Features

Frontline Care, Pioneering Innovation

by Adam Bruns

Doctor on Demand is one of several telehealth companies that were attracting major funding before COVID-19, and have hired hundreds of physicians since its onset.

Photo courtesy of Doctor on Demand

The CEO of a growing telehealth firm hiring doctors by the dozens explains why the future of digital health technology is now.

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Online Insider

Will COVID-19 Kill Globalization? What You Need to Know

Globalization is not dying. Rather, it’s evolving, and existing trends are accelerating. American companies and workers would be wise to prepare for what’s ahead.

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Investment Profile

Come Home

by Adam Bruns

Puerto Rico has taken its share of punches in recent years. But at only 110 miles long and 35 miles wide, it packs an economic punch as well, with an economy valued at $100 billion.

Photo courtesy of Invest Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico’s resilience and recovery resumé is a perfect prescription for life sciences companies ready to reshore.

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International Update

Latin America’s Success Counters Global Drop in FDI

Even though global FDI plummeted by 20% in the first half of 2019, Colombia saw an increase of a staggering 25.6% compared to the same period the year before.

Photo: Getty Images

We give growing countries in the region — Colombia, Chile and Costa Rica among them — the respect they’re due.

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International Update

Thailand’s Dynamic Economic Corridor

The region accounts for more than $80 billion in business investments and is receiving $50 billion more from the Thai government and the private sector to make it even more business-friendly.

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Tech Talent Base Fuels Innovation in the Region

by Savannah King

Startups in Greater Phoenix enjoy longevity and new opportunities

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From the Outside In

by Ron Starner

How Greater Phoenix is using wearables to elevate health and safety

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Why People and Companies are Moving to Greater Phoenix

by Ron Starner

Chris Camacho, GPEC president and CEO, lays out the case

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Numbers Don’t Lie

by Ron Starner

Greater Phoenix Beats the Competition

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Investment Profile

Seizing an Opportunity

by Ron Starner

Ontario, California

Photo courtesy of City of Ontario

Two years after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) created the Opportunity Zones program for investors, two innovative OZ projects are sprouting up in San Bernardino County in inland Southern California. A medical office building in the city of San Bernardino and an affordable apartment community in the city of Ontario are the direct […]

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Hit Makers

by Adam Bruns

When it comes to economic impact, these projects make the Top 40.

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Online Insider

They’ll Have the Fish

by Adam Bruns

A new aquaculture operation aims to help Puerto Rico achieve food sovereignty one site at a time.

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Departments

Editor’s View: On Plexiglass and The New Normal

by Mark Arend

Editor in Chief Mark Arend considers the new set of challenges now facing corporate real estate leaders as they recalibrate supply chains and consider reshoring operations.

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2020 Mac Awards

The Mac awards recognize an elite group of economic development organizations in 20 U.S. regions based on an index of project-related job creation and investment.

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2020 PROSPERITY CUP

by Mark Arend

Texas makes room for another Cup in its cabinet.

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2020 Top Investment Promotion Agencies

by Adam Jones-Kelley

The people working at the world’s top investment promotion agencies link global capital to the lives of their fellow citizens.

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2020 Global Best to Invest

by Adam Jones-Kelley

This annual report is usually a celebratory recognition of some of the world’s best performing economies, especially those most successful at attracting investment and creating jobs.

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