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FROM SITE SELECTION MAGAZINE, SEPTEMBER 2023 ISSUE


COVER STORY

Ohio and Greater Indianapolis Top 2023 Global Groundwork Index Rankings

Canada, Australia and South Korea lead the way internationally, in our annual look at where both private-sector employers and public-sector infrastructure projects are advancing for the good of their regions and nations.


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TOP UTILITIES

This Year’s Top Utilities Know When to Move and How Fast

The 2023 Top Utilities in Economic Development are the cream of the crop when it comes to getting things done on behalf of their communities and those communities’ employers.


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CANADA’S BEST LOCATIONS

Canada’s Best Locations 2023

A strong thread of tech runs through the nation’s leading regions for economic development


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SITE SELECTION RECOMMENDS

Map courtesy of The Opportunity Atlas

One of two Harvard professors to receive the university’s George Ledlie Prize earlier this month was Raj Chetty, the William A. Ackman Professor of Economics at Harvard University, a former MacArthur “genius” Fellow and director of Opportunity Insights, a group of economists based at Harvard who study inequality. “Using anonymized tax records, Opportunity Insights constructed The Opportunity Atlas, an interactive tool that maps out economic outcomes for children across the U.S. to highlight which neighborhoods seem to offer the best chance to rise from poverty,” writes Anna Lamb in The Harvard Gazette. “The Atlas, which can be viewed free online, uses multigenerational data from 70,000 neighborhoods across America.”

The Prize is awarded no more frequently than every two years to a member of the Harvard community who has, “since the last awarding of said prize, by research, discovery, or otherwise, made the most valuable contribution to science, or in any way for the benefit of mankind.” Lamb notes that Chetty’s past work has influenced the Housing and Urban Development Agency to redesign some affordable-housing policies to increase access to higher-opportunity neighborhoods and inspired several cities to undertake “new job-training programs as part of broader place-based initiatives.”



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PHOTO OF THE DAY

Photo courtesy of MADE

A historic shipbuilding site in Portland, Oregon, last week hosted an event where the welds and designs were smaller but no less innovative, and the vision was still grand. The inaugural MADE Bicycle Show drew more than 5,000 attendees to what it called “the largest-ever handmade bicycle event in the United States” and “a celebration of handmade bicycle craftsmanship and community engagement.” More than 400 craft bicycles were on display at Zidell Yards, a 33-acre site near the Ross Island Bridge that once was home to a ship dismantling and barge manufacturing operation from the Zidell family on a site formerly known as the Commercial Iron Works shipyard. “Between 1961 and 2017, when it discontinued its barge manufacturing, the company built 277 barges,” says a July article from Oregon Arts Watch, noting that while redevelopment plans have stalled, the site “has been the location for a number of outdoor concerts and events, including the Waterfront Blues Festival and the Portland Pride Film Festival in 2021.”