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Here’s Who Decides What Quality of Life Means

by Gary Daughters

Coveted young workers are making demands.

Photo: Getty Images

Attracting talent means tuning in to what millennials and Gen Z have to say.

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Intelligence Reports

Boots On the Ground

by Adam Bruns

There are so many options in Texas outside of the Golden Triangle.”

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Intelligence Reports

Laredo Always on the Move

by Adam Bruns

Laredo’s binational community enjoys robust collaboration between the private and public sectors.

Photo courtesy of Laredo EDC

Gene Lindgren adores his adopted home of Laredo, Texas.

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Intelligence Reports

The Visual Arts Capital of Texas

by Adam Bruns

This San Angelo mosaic in Firefighter’s Memorial City Park was created by city workers and firefighters using a retired firetruck as part of Art in Uncommon Places.

Photo courtesy of San Angelo Convention & Visitors Bureau

If asked where the most distinctive art in Texas is to be found, some might point to Marfa.

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Intelligence Reports

Kilgore’s Synergy Welcomes the World

by Adam Bruns

Camfil USA is investing in Synergy Park in Kilgore, where steady infrastructure investment has occurred side by side with the warm, engaging atmosphere of Elder Lake at the park’s heart.

Photo courtesy of Kilgore EDC

With nearly 1.5 million people within 60 miles and quick access to the DFW metro area via I-20, Kilgore’s location in northeast Texas already has a lot going for it.

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Intelligence Reports

Lubbock and Reese Offer Business-Friendly Environment and ‘Unusually Friendly” People

by Adam Bruns

McPherson Cellars is one place where the “unusually friendly” people in Lubbock like to get together.

Photo courtesy of Visit Lubbock

Remember BRAC? People living in 136 communities across the nation who sure do.

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Intelligence Reports

These Texas Towns Pack a Wallop

by Adam Bruns

Photo by austin360photography.com, courtesy of Marble Falls EDC

There are 44 small towns and counties across the 267,000 square miles of Texas who rallied together a few years ago as the Texas Economic Development Connection.

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How to Gain an Edge in the Race for Talent

by Ron Starner

Employers and consultants gave candid advice at the World Forum for FDI.

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Whole Lotta Makin’ Goin’ On

by Adam Bruns

In Tupelo, it’s always manufacturing season.

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Add EV Production to Mississippi’s Automotive Industry Prowess

by Mark Arend

Mississippi added itself to the list of states producing electric vehicles (EVs) in February.

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Area Spotlights

Rare Earth Magnet Producer To Start Operations In Stillwater

by Mark Arend

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Photo: Getty Images

Oklahoma will soon be home to the Americas’ first rare earth metal and manufacturing facility, giving it a head start in the U.S. as companies bring such operations stateside.

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Area Spotlights

Wind Demonstrates

by Adam Bruns

EEW workers at South Jersey Port Corporation’s terminal in Paulsboro unload a test monopile for offshore wind.

Photo courtesy of EEW

How Growth and Sustainability Can Coincide in New Jersey

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Area Spotlights

Bridge to The Future

by Gary Daughters

Merchants Bridge across the Mississippi River at St. Louis is to reopen in 2022

Courtesy St. Louis Regional Freightway

St. Louis is building a better platform for transport & logistics.

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Area Spotlights

LOUISIANA TAKES THE LEAD FOR OFFSHORE WIND IN THE GULF

by Gary Daughters

GE Wind’s Haliade-X was tested at LM Wind in New Orleans.

Image courtesy of GE Wind

The nation’s first offshore wind farm may have been built off the coast of New England, but it came to fruition with a healthy measure of Cajun ingenuity.

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A Massive New Project from Walmart Lands in Mississippi

by Adam Bruns

One week in January 2022 told you all you need to know about the attractiveness of Mississippi for logistics, distribution and e-commerce fulfillment operations.

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How Mississippi Keeps America Safe on the High Seas

by Ron Starner

Shipbuilders for the Navy and Coast Guard embark on large expansion projects.

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Investment Profile

The Heart of Houston Beats With Business

by Ron Starner

Kolbe Farms by InTown Homes, a Frank Liu company, in Spring Branch Management District.

Courtesy of Spring Branch Management District

Spring Branch bears fruit with a rich harvest of expanding companies.

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Investment Profile

Dollars Are Greener In Colombia

by Adam Bruns

Projects are afoot to improve quality of life and boost Colombian competitiveness along the Canal del Dique, first constructed in the 1600s.

Photo courtesy of Government of Colombia Adaptation Fund

  Colombia’s nearshoring strategy is one of many routes to helping companies and communities reach their sustainability goals.

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Investment Profile

Finding The Sweet Spot in Central Texas

by Ron Starner

Patricia Bedford, Suga’s Cakery

Entrepreneurial spirit, diverse workforce fuel business success in Pflugerville.

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Investment Profile

Mississippi Will Fund Your Shovel-Ready Site

by Ron Starner

Ceres Site B at Ceres Research and Industrial Complex in Warren County.

Photo courtesy of MDA

How do you put a price tag on speed to market?

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Investment Profile

BALTIMORE IS WIRED FOR TECH ENTREPRENEURS

by Gary Daughters

Outlook Company’s new studio in East Baltimore.

Courtesy of Outlook Company /Jo Stallings

With his massive, tatted arms, hulking torso and all-around swagger, Trevor Pryce might at first seem less the studio captain he is today than the NFL lineman he was for 14 seasons.

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‘Resilience and Ingenuity’

by Mark Arend

Mississippi is central to the nation’s advances in space exploration and aerospace technology.

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Investment Profile

Where Innovation Transforms Every Day

by Adam Bruns

Tech talent in Greater New Orleans knows how to balance screen time with real-world time in beautiful places like this one in St. Tammany Parish, known for its quality of life.

Photo courtesy of St. Tammany Corp.

High-tech lifestyle, quality of life and life sciences converge in Southeast Louisiana.

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Features

Believing Who You Are

by Gary Daughters

The cast of “Grease” at Alma, Georgia’s Beacon Theatre

Courtesy of Bacon County Development Authority

When it comes to rural economic development, Georgia’s the word.

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