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September 2017

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Cover Story

P3 Market Outlook: Robust Pipeline Ahead

To understand where the United States Public-Private Partnership (P3) market is going, you have to review where it came from.

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Features

Staying Power

Study: Eds & Meds clusters promote long-term economic health

New Analysis Reveals Top Rural Counties for Workforce Certificates

“Here’s the deal: It really doesn’t matter how much you pour into these places. If you can’t retain young people, it’s over.” — Charles Fluharty, president of the Rural Policy Research Institute at the University of Iowa, in New Republic, March 2017 Companies keep repeating the lament: Qualified, skilled workers are hard to find. Rural […]

Decision Enhancers:

This Year’s Top Utilities Back Rich Data With Even Richer Levels of Service and Assistance.

Investment Profiles

Engine for Change

BNSF’s strategic layers of site options mean more choice, flexibility and efficiency for a growing number of customers.

Fresh Air

Indiana’s Thermo-Cycler Industries offers innovative,
cost-effective climate control options for
contractors and end-users.

Sectors on a Mission

Three “catalytic” industries are charged with boosting Malaysia’s industrial ecosystems

International

Malaysia: Myths & Misconceptions

If you pay any attention to global headlines you’d be forgiven for assuming that the wheels were flying off of Malaysia’s economic engine. The only problem is it’s flat out wrong.

Departments

Editor’s View: Continuing Education

We finished work on this issue, with an Infrastructure theme, as the fourth-largest US metro area’s infrastructure was overwhelmed, to understate the situation. It still is.

Area Spotlights

The Race to Zero

California banks on the fortunes of an autonomous, zero-emission, all-electric vehicle future.

Y’allywood

The Southeast is taking on the film industry, and Georgia is calling the shots.

The Governor’s On the Phone

Real GDP increased in 43 states in the first quarter of 2017, but only Texas grew to within a hair’s breadth of 4 percent.

Special Advertising Sections

The Rich Get Richer

According to JLL’s newest Life Sciences Outlook, the favorites are still winning the race despite rising costs.