March 24, 2026
PORT OF SEATTLE: A HISTORICAL, WORKING WATERFRONT BUILT FOR THE FUTURE
On Seattle’s central waterfront, fishing vessels still tie up at the dock, crews unload their catch and maritime trades move among piers, uplands and warehouses.
Investment Profile
March 10, 2026
MARYLAND: Freedom to Maneuver
Dale Moore, former Department of the Navy Strategist and current Chair of the Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission (MATC), is leading an effort to synergize all of the capabilities in Maryland’s ecosystem.
March 9, 2026
VIRGINIA: ADVANCING INNOVATION IN THE COMMONWEALTH
What makes Virginia ideal for cybersecurity and AI?
March 6, 2026
OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE: OKLAHOMA Refines Critical Minerals Onshoring Capabilities
For a battery-grade lithium carbonate developer looking to curb the nation’s appetite for importing critical minerals, a centralized location to facilitate seamless reach between feedstock suppliers and offtake partners served as a non-negotiable site selection factor.
March 3, 2026
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: Back to school, back to the future
How does America’s largest county in land area ensure that its employers consistently find a highly skilled and well-trained workforce?
January 21, 2026
Consumers Energy: A POWERFUL FUTURE FOR Michigan
Data is coming to Michigan, with at least 10 different cities or towns in the Lower Peninsula region of the state being scouted for potential data center projects.
January 12, 2026
TENNESSEE: The Nuclear Revival Likes Tennessee’s Industry IQ
Tennessee’s history of nuclear discovery is one marked by pivotal chapters. It’s also a story that is far from over.
January 9, 2026
SCHERTZ, TEXAS: No Joke: Schertz Competes to Win In South Texas
How does a small city 16 miles northeast of downtown San Antonio differentiate itself from all other Texas towns and become a preferred destination for corporate facility investment?
January 8, 2026
VIRGINIA: Recent Biopharma Wins Are No Coincidence
In September and October 2025, Virginia landed $12.5 billion in biopharma manufacturing investment from three of the industry’s giants.
January 6, 2026
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: Going Boldly Where No Train Has Gone Before
To be “Bernardino” means, literally, to be “as brave or as bold as a bear.” In San Bernardino County in Southern California, one could say that a series of transportation infrastructure projects are more than living up to the county name.
November 11, 2025
WINFIELD, KANSAS: Kansas’ Next Aerospace Industry Cluster Takes Shape
Cowley County, Kansas, is the sweet spot in the Wichita region’s booming aerospace cluster, say industry executives doing business there.
November 11, 2025
PORT OF BROWNSVILLE: New Horizons Beckon In Brownsville
Connected to the Gulf of Mexico by a 17-mile ship channel, the Port of Brownsville is the largest land-owning public port authority in the nation and the only deepwater port on the U.S.-Mexico border.
November 7, 2025
Oklahoma: The Critical State for Critical Minerals
Why did Queensland, Australia-based MLB Industrial, a maker of lithium-ion batteries and industrial energy storage products, pick Oklahoma for its first U.S. operation?
November 5, 2025
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: Striking Gold & Other Rare Earths in San Bernardino County
When MP Materials announced on July 10 that it had secured a multi-billion-dollar deal with the U.S. Department of Defense to supply the U.S. Armed Forces with rare earth materials, the move signaled the latest transformative chapter in the ever-expanding critical mining sector of San Bernardino County in Southern California.
September 10, 2025
LEDUC/NISKU, ALBERTA: Leduc Keeps Things Moving
The Leduc/Nisku Region in Alberta is one of those peripheral communities with enough momentum they don’t feel so peripheral anymore.
September 10, 2025
COUNTRY OF GEORGIA: Rising Trends Converge in Georgia
Some say every site selection begins with a leader’s tourist experience of a place.
September 9, 2025
CONSUMERS ENERGY: Over a Thousand Acres of Advanced Manufacturing Opportunity
Known for its deep history in manufacturing, Michigan is poised to continue this legacy.
September 5, 2025
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: Precision Production Plants Its Flag in San Bernardino County
When people talk about the future of advanced manufacturing on the West Coast, they tend to mention names like Intel, Tesla, Boeing, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman.
July 29, 2025
NEW YORK CITY: Re:MADE In Brooklyn
Half a million college graduates over the past four years chose to locate in New York City, where a college student population of 530,000 still matriculates and an equally young business roster continues to grow — one in eight firms in the city started in the past 12 months.
July 29, 2025
ASCENSION PARISH, LOUISIANA: Why RiverPlex MegaPark Is on Every Site Selector’s Radar
What began a dozen years ago as a dream to transform a large tract of farmland in south Louisiana into a modern industrial park has emerged this year as a major economic development force in the South.
July 23, 2025
SILICON RANCH: How Communities Win In the Solar Farm Arena
Running a state’s economic development office — or the state itself — affords those officeholders valuable opportunities to hear what’s on the minds of company executives looking to invest capital in new facilities.
July 16, 2025
MARYLAND: America’s Aerospace Ecosystem Starts in Maryland
Aerospace companies looking to get their operations airborne quickly will find they can easily do so in Maryland. Over 9,000 such companies have a presence in the state, perhaps because it has the highest concentration of aerospace engineers in the country.
July 15, 2025
PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS: How a Growing Mid-Sized Texas City Builds a Technical Workforce
Pflugerville Mayor Victor Gonzales says there are many reasons why this booming Austin suburb in Central Texas was recently named the No. 15 Best Place to Live in America by U.S. News & World Report.
July 15, 2025
PENNSYLVANIA: Designed for Industries Of the Future
If you build it, they will come. This sentiment rings true for economic developers as much as it does for farmers building fields of dreams.