The fertile soil of the Delta yields a bumper crop of business expansions.
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Michigan’s Engineering, Design and Development Prowess Turn Ideas Into Innovations
Perhaps without realizing it, Michigan plays a role in many people’s everyday lives.
Read MoreFlying High: How Aerospace Propels Michigan Economy
Talent, educational facilities and capital lift state into tech stratosphere.
Read MoreService Sector Surges Across Great Lakes State
With nearly a million jobs in the fast-growing financial, professional, business and information service sectors, Michigan is poised to continue to strengthen these key industries.
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Ripe with Opportunity
Health Care Hotbed Heats Up
Michigan’s Status as Travel Destination Attracts Outdoor Recreation Companies
Michigan Drives the Automotive Industry into the Future
Automotive manufacturers seeking connected, autonomous, shared and electric mobility solutions know to turn to Michigan first.
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Area Spotlights
West Virginia Builds Life Sciences Cluster
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice and UNDBIO Chairman Jun Yong-soo
Photo courtesy Office of Governor Jim Justice
When Mylan Pharmaceuticals merged with Pfizer’s Upjohn division to form Viatris in 2021,
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Snapshot
Their Time Is Now: A SkillsUSA Champions Scorecard
Looking for a metric by which to calibrate a workforce’s technical skills? The SkillsUSA Championships could be meaningful to any company’s site selection matrix.
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A Bigger Leadership Table Can Accelerate Innovation
City Square connects residents, students, professionals and entrepreneurs in the heart of Philadelphia’s University City innovation district.
Photos courtesy of University City Science Center
Consider the governance structure of the research or science park with which your organization is most closely affiliated.
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Michigan Leads the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Made in Michigan. Made to last.
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Rural Upstate Home to Sophisticated Technical Workforce
BASF’s growing site in Seneca, South Carolina, now has more than 500 employees and contractors on site.
Photo courtesy of BASF
BASF’s apprenticeship program with Tri-County Technical College in Oconee County is just one of many exemplars.
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Features
A Southern Recipe for a Sustainable Lifestyle
In the Upstate you can sustain the environment and a lifestyle at the same time.
Photo by Adam Bruns
Upstate South Carolina, as one interview subject puts it, “is a perfect example of green space, recreational space and business space cohabitating.”
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Area Spotlights
Tulsa Is Reinventing Itself
Tulsa seeks to be a leader in Advanced Aerial Mobility
Photo courtesy of Oklahoma State University
From advanced mobility to solar, investments by the federal government are hitting home.
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Made in Michigan: The Next Generation Of Innovators
Michigan’s research universities are creating pipelines of high-quality, eager talent who are invested in the state.
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Michigan Drives For First Place In Site Readiness
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks during the official announcement of Ford BlueOval Battery Park Michigan in Marshall.
Courtesy of Michigan Executive Office of the Governor
Consumers Energy teams up with MEDC and Walbridge to prepare shovel-ready sites.
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Online Insider
From Paris to Palatka: Why a Global Giant Picked a Small Town in Florida
A French conglomerate is investing $235 million to double gypsum capacity in Putnam County.
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Snapshot
Which Jurisdictions Top NAIOP’s Development Approvals Index?
Last month the NAIOP Research Foundation released an update to a tool created two years ago called the Development Approvals Index, designed to provide a systematic method to evaluate and compare local development approvals processes by focusing on site and building plan reviews, permitting and inspections (but not zoning).
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New Jersey Cleans Up Life Sciences Talent
With one of the few clean rooms available on a community college campus in the Northeast, Raritan Valley Community College will be an asset to the region’s life sciences industry.
Photo courtesy of Raritan Valley Community College
At a cell and gene therapy roundtable attended by Somerset County Manager of Economic Development Jessica Paolini…
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Area Spotlights
Maine Won’t Wait for Clean Energy Projects
Offshore wind has the potential to generate $109 billion in private investment by 2030.
Photo courtesy of University of Maine
Maine expands its network of clean energy companies and resources.
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Project Bulletin
Project Bulletin: July 18, 2023
This global IT services company founded 20 years ago by four friends in a Buenos Aires bar now has more than 27,000 employees working in 25 countries, and last year became the global platform supporter for FIFA+ and regional supporter of FIFA World Cup.
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Features
How Corporate Location Decision-Makers Choose Smart Cities for Facility Investment
Launched 15 years ago, Masdar City calls itself “a pioneer in sustainability and a hub for research and development, spearheading the innovations to realize greener, more sustainable urban living.”
Image courtesy of Masdar City
Smart cities harness technology to improve their urban efficiency.
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