Area Spotlights

Connecticut boosts its Innovation Corridor and the workforce to go with it.

The Twin Cities up north and Obion County down south reign supreme in this year’s rankings of top metro and micropolitan areas along the Big Muddy.

An ambitious economic development plan called Vision 2040 was finalized in March 2021

Behind the dozens of high-dollar corporate project investments that landed in Michigan in 2021 — from the likes of vaccine leader Pfizer

Alabama is on the brink of something big,

How Grand Rapids plans to become a major tech hub in the Central U.S.

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy held a launch ceremony October 25th

Dig beneath the surface and you’ll find innovation popping up all over the state.

Operating by a new playbook, the Framework for Growth, Kansas excels.

Groundbreaking workforce education practices help semiconductor manufacturer Global Foundries and other employers keep pace and keep talent.

Rebounding from the pandemic, the Cornhusker State flexes its muscle.

A renaissance in the Queen City’s downtown is just one aspect of this bi-state region’s economic development momentum.

Whirlpool’s plans in southwestern Michigan go well beyond a $60 million refurbishment of its technical center in St. Joseph.

Arkansas policymakers seeking to bolster the state’s economic rebound as it recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic now have a road map for getting there. 

North Carolina aims to get its share of what one consultant says will be 40 gigawatts of wind energy off the East Coast by 2035.

Idaho National Laboratory is one big reason the city was named Milken Institute’s best-performing small city for 2021.

Nevada is leading the charge for clean energy innovation.

ith the opening of a delivery center comprising some 800,000 sq. ft., Amazon is the largest employer in Revere, Massachusetts, just northeast of Boston.

A massive monopile plant is to feed the offshore wind industry.

Project activity has largely resumed to pre-pandemic levels throughout the Commonwealth, with industry sectors old and new in growth mode.

Southeast: Where Site Consultants Locate Themselves and Why

A Point/Counterpoint Examination of an Incentive

Poaching companies? California draws the line and ups the ante.

Louisiana is in the running — or has been selected already — for three major renewable fuel plants. Delta Biofuel announced in late June that it is evaluating Iberia Parish for a planned $70 million renewable fuel plant. The planned production facility would produce biomass fuel pellets made from residual sugarcane fiber known as bagasse. […]