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March 2015

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Cover Story

A League of Their Own

The 2014 Governors Cups recognize the top performing states for capital investment attraction in a season that lasts all year.

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Features

Climate Change

Northeast states grapple with perceptions, and reality, concerning tax structure.

Uniquely Positioned

Even with oil prices plunging, energy drives this region toward new opportunities.

Something Ventured

New data show which companies and locations in the United States are attracting the big money.

Urban Legends

If your company needs talent in Western Canada, there are only nine cities where you'll find it.

State of Contradictions

Tax credits, infrastructure projects and funding, and innovation top the news from the Golden State.

New Generation

Who’s chasing the wind, who’s catching it, and where is it taking us next?

Putting On the Miles

Business-friendly policies offer traction to international tire companies, among other global players.

Third Time a Charm?

Some new projects near JFK are giving a transit hub in Jamaica, Queens, another shot at being the foundation of an Airport Village.

Movers and Shakers

How a business-friendly tax climate and transportation infrastructure lure companies to Broward County, Fla.

Growing Protein

Part of VBF’s plan is to expand production capacity like many an ag company has done in the past: by inking deals with independent growers who will sell their fish to VBF for processing.

Bright Outlook

The broad move from a finance-led economy to an innovation-led economy has required industries and metropolitan areas to adapt. Financial and professional service firms are now competing with tech firms for the best graduates.

A Buckeye Bonanza

All around the state, economic development organizations are scorching their competition for new and expanded corporate facility projects.

Sustaining the Momentum

With Odessa No. 1 and Midland tied for fourth place in our tally of corporate facility investment success for 2014 in Tier-3 cities, West Texas would seem to be on a pronounced upswing.

Get On Board

North Carolina takes the top spot this year in the Tier-2 metro category, with Greensboro-High Point moving up three spots from its fourth-place finish in 2013. Elkhart-Goshen, Ind., was the biggest mover, climbing up six spots from No. 9 in 2013.

Strength in Diversity

Frank Sinatra once famously crooned, “My kind of town, Chicago is.” These days he would be joined by a chorus of business and industry executives who have chosen to invest in the Windy City.

Investment Profiles

Poised to Grow

Corporate occupiers find Griffin Land’s shovel-ready developments in Connecticut and Pennsylvania perfectly timed and primed to deliver.

People of Precision

Advanced manufacturers in San Bernardino County rely on continuously improving educational and training systems to deliver globally competitive workers.

World View

As foreign investment pours in, personal and professional ties with other nations only strengthen Turkey’s business case.

Why a Mexican Eagle Landed in Greater Reading

The Reading site’s advantages are significant: a widely available supply of skilled workers with the right skill sets, low energy costs and a community determined to help new projects become operational quickly.

Departments

Time For A Reshoring Reality Check

We’ve all heard about the resurgence in US manufacturing by now, and we are familiar with examples of the reshoring phenomenon now several years old.

Area Spotlights

Safety in Numbers

By several measures, Minnesota’s economy is firing on all cylinders.

About Face

In early 2014, Maryland state legislators convened a private-sector task force to study the state’s business climate.

Gov. Rauner: ‘It’s Time To Get Us on the List’

The Quad Cities’ Mississippi River divide is just part of the local landscape, except to Illinois-side economic developers and the capital investors they seek. The latter have a stark choice in which state to operate.

Feels Like Home to Me

The towns of Dyersburg, Newbern and Trimble in Dyer County, Tenn., have produced a lot of goods in their history, from Sylvania flash bulbs in the 1970s to utility transformers from Ermco today.