Intelligence Reports

A growing group of small and midsized cities and counties and their allies across the state exists to do exactly what its name suggests: Make connections between mom-and-pop operations and the economic development resources that are just as available to the little guy as they are to the corporate giants.

Senior Editor Gary Daughters and Executive VP Ron Starner tackle what’s next in the state’s economic development future; tort reform; and what it feels like to travel the friendly skies with a college fight instructor to a booming flight training program in middle Georgia.

You can’t be an empire without leaders. The Inland Empire region of Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California, continues to demonstrate leadership in a number of areas — and attract global industry leaders because of it.

Projects and progress stretch across multiple industries and an entire region.

Laying the Foundation for Innovation:

A journey through the communities of the TexasEdConnection

In management or editorial speak, “QC” stands for quality control, that endless process of getting things right as close to 100% of the time as possible. In the center of the United States, QC stands for “Quad Cities,” known for a manufacturing heritage that likes to do things right the first time. Forty years ago […]

We won’t know who won the 2026 World Cup until all the matches are played two years from now in Canada, Mexico and the United States.

Georgia Quick Start underpins the Kia success story.

Relationships are key to another E-mobility project.

It’s all about business under Georgia’s gold dome.

Supply chains cluster around billion-dollar investments.

Georgia is much more than its dynamic capital.

When it comes to economic development, TVA’s team, partners and communities know the importance of preparation.

A thriving sports culture is a unifying force for Charlotte.

Raw materials and smarts propel Charlotte to a position of electric vehicle leadership.

  Banker Hugh McColl rallied a city to greatness.

A great city needs a great university, and a great university can propel a great city.

No question, Charlotte has stormed the scene.

Xcel Energy’s economic development vision is as clear as its power portfolio is clean.

Iowa Intelligence Report: Peloton to Prosperity