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May 2024

COVER STORY

2024 B2I Global Rankings
Global Best to Invest 2024
The 16th annual Global Best to Invest rankings showcase the top countries and metro areas in terms of their outlook for corporate investment.

FEATURES

Top Economic Development Groups
2024 Mac Conway Award
The economic development organizations profiled in the following pages are being recognized for contributing significantly to their locations’ investment attraction and job creation success

2024 Prosperity Cup
2024 Prosperity Cup
Georgia’s Long Game Secures Its Claim to The Cup

Top Deals
Top Deals
Top Deals of 2023

Tribal Economic Development
An Oklahoma Story
Native tribes contribute more than $15 billion.

Health Tech & Life Science Centers
Biotech Startups Get a LIFT in North Dakota
Sometimes health tech firms need a helping hand. In Fargo, they find one.

NORTH AMERICAN AUTOMOTIVE
Speedbumps Here, Cruise Control There
Companies and locations adjust to a new industry landscape.

Industrial Hemp
A Global Test to Explore the Benefits of Hemp

Oil & Gas
Federal Pause on New LNG Export Terminals Doesn’t Mean Pause of Exports or Expansions Already Underway

INVESTMENT PROFILES

Consumers Energy
Michigan Is Putting Chips On the Table

Portugal
Lab to Fab
Portugal’s innovation mindset cultivates a growing sweet spot for the global semiconductor industry.

Mississippi Development Authority
Ready Upon Arrival
Diligent site development preparations bear fruitful project investment results throughout Mississippi.

SPECIAL AD SECTIONS

Shovel-Ready Sites
Getting Ready for Prime Time

INTERNATIONAL

Asia
How China Is Fast-Tracking Its Next Logistics and Commercial Hub

United Kingdom
Eight States and More to Come

News Briefs
North American Reports

News Briefs
World Reports

Economic Development Resource Guide

DEPARTMENTS

Editor's View
Silver Linings Playbook Revisited

Departments
IAMC Insider
Two Halves Make a Whole

AREA SPOTLIGHTS

QUÉBEC
Québec Makes an EV Play
Northvolt investment affirms aggressive battery strategy.

Florida
How Florida Won the Race for Talent
An electrical engineer builds the case for the Sunshine State.

Great Lakes Region
Big Dreams Take Shape
A federally funded initiative seeks to re-imagine the Great Lakes.

INTERSTATE 35
A Texas Economic Artery’s Course Of Treatment

STATE SPOTLIGHT-Utah
Got Minerals?
Miners head beneath Utah’s natural wonders to strike gold (among other critical minerals).

STATE SPOTLIGHT-Iowa
Seeing the Whole Court
Two growing companies from Cedar Rapids shoot to national prominence by knowing how to dish off value for others.

Colorado
Fueling the Future of Colorado’s Life Sciences Sector

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Sino-Latin Connections Grow
Nearshoring to the Americas to depend less on China? Better get there before the Chinese firms do.

STATE SPOTLIGHT-Kentucky
How Factories Are Changing in Kentucky
Hint: They’re getting cleaner, greener and bigger.

STATE SPOTLIGHT-Arizona
Preliminary CHIPS Deals Would Boost Intel, TSMC Plans for Arizona
Aviation and space industry investment is skyrocketing.

Gulf Coast Ports
How LNG Energized the South’s Industrial Base
Gulf Coast ports usher in an era of resiliency and record-setting deals.

Ohio
Ohio Claims the Top Two Emerging Hubs for Biotech Research

INVESTMENT REPORT

Costa Rica
The Evolution of an Economy

INTELLIGENCE REPORT

Quad Cities Intelligence Report
Spoiler Alert-Quad Cities No Longer Best Kept Secret