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

CHINA Slowing Down? Not Really.

The rising number of middle-class households in the developing world should support increased investment.

Sparks of Change

Is Las Vegas growing up? Not completely, heaven forbid.

Phoenix-Area DC LEEDs the Way

Insights from REI’s supply chain VP show where goods movement is moving next.

Staying Power

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

However Brexit Shakes Out, the UK’s Tech Sector Is Ready Take Charge

The Brexit process has launched. That means the UK is on the clock, aiming to disengage from the EU within two years.

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.

Ontario Leads a Nation Ripe for Growth

Ontario once again earns Site Selection’s nod as the most competitive province in Canada.

Investment Profiles

Engine for Change

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

FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED

Sites along the new I-69 Corridor in southwest Indiana won’t stay vacant for long.

How the Experts Export

Being mid-continent doesn’t mean lack of ocean access.

El Paso’s Evolving Healthcare Ecosystem

The medical manufacturing and healthcare sectors are shaping the region.

A Young German State Sets Out to Solve Old Age

Saxony-Anhalt might be said to be remaking the world of medtech.

Time to Innovate

Bahrain bids to become a Middle East hub for tech startups.

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

Sweet Spot for Growth

In the heart of the ‘Centroplex,’ San Marcos dances to its own beat.

Golden State County Goes Green

High-tech recycling firms choose San Bernardino County as their home base.

Departments

Looking for Thought Leadership? Look to IAMC.

A letter from the chair on thought leadership; and summaries of previous Forum sessions on supply chain networks and integrated facilities management.

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

Creating Economic Opportunity In Michigan

What role does Consumers Energy play in economic development?

Port of Philadelphia Bulks Up

A Capital Investment Program at the Port of Philadelphia is under way and will continue through 2020.

New Study Assesses Key Business Location Factors

Housing and transportation in Greater Boston are key challenges to overcome. But talent always wins.

Change Roils Economic Development Agencies

Transparency and oversight of incentives is questioned.

The Race to Zero

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

Behind the Cape

With Wilmington leading, Cape Fear steps out of the shadows.

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.

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.

Bagging the Big One

How Wisconsin Landed Foxconn