Area Spotlights

Fans of pro sports teams in Washington, DC, may want to stock up on as much face paint and tailgating gear as they can find. Given the rush of stadium projects on the horizon, it’s safe to say that cheering for the world’s best athletes is about to become a year-round job.

As Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, Nina Albert presides over Washington, DC’s efforts to diversify the local economy, retain the city’s talent base and achieve DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s economic growth and housing goals.

When I tallied all corporate facility investment projects across all industries that qualified for Site Selection magazine’s Conway Projects Database in 2024, the sector that showed the most dramatic leap upward was business & financial services, increasing from 772 projects in 2023 to 954 in 2024 (a 24% spike).

Washington DC Economic Partnership President & CEO Derek Ford is a no-nonsense kind of guy. When he speaks, people listen, and he knows how to get things done.

They call New York the city that never sleeps, but even the Big Apple can’t hold a candle to the global influence wielded by the nation’s capital, Washington, DC.

Any way you look at the track record of Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, an objective observer must come away with the conclusion that it has been an economic development success.

For more than two centuries, Washington, DC, has been the most important city in the world. Its global leadership position firmly established and unquestioned, the nation’s capital does more than write history on a daily basis; it lays the foundation for political and economic progress in this country and many others.