July 30, 2020
Where Problems are Solved
Companies, communities and institutions have rallied around the life sciences in the Land of Enchantment.
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July 30, 2020
Roadmap to Recovery: How Louisiana Is Doing It
From virtual site tours to adjusting workforce training, from water technology to the oil and gas sector, you can learn a lot from a conversation with Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson.
July 27, 2020
Investor Watch: July 27, 2020
With 4.3 million residents and a $238 billion economy, the Northeast Ohio landscape looks as ripe with opportunity as ever. Find out why as we explore major corporate expansions, a bracing COVID-19 response, new industrial site and workforce programs, the rise of Voltage Valley and the value of the region’s “Emerald Necklace.”
July 23, 2020
Investor Watch: July 23, 2020
The best location right now for cloud service providers? Everywhere. Google and Alibaba plan massive investment. And we present our data on top countries, global metro areas, U.S. states and U.S. metro areas for data center facility projects.
July 23, 2020
Cradle of Cures
Greater Philadelphia is a center of excellence in cell and gene therapies.
July 23, 2020
Hyperscale or Hyper Scale-Back?
The best location right now for cloud service providers? Everywhere.
July 20, 2020
Investor Watch: July 20, 2020
State and local governments are as squeezed financially as businesses and households are. Ellen Harpel, founder of Smart Incentives and president of Arlington, Virginia–based Business Development Advisors, writes that incentives will have to evolve accordingly.
July 19, 2020
Soft Landings: Foreign Firms Find a Foothold in Charlotte
In 2019, 25 foreign companies added a total of 1,300+ jobs and $203 million in capital investment in metro Charlotte, a region responsible for $13.8 billion in total exports in 2019.
July 19, 2020
Depleted Tax Coffers Could Cause Shift in Incentive Policy
While the country battles the coronavirus, state and local governments will be squeezed financially — just like so many businesses and households.
July 16, 2020
Investor Watch: July 16, 2020
In a companion essay to Publisher Adam Jones-Kelley’s recently posted Letter From the Publisher, “Are We Better Than This?” Senior Editor Gary Daughters says the spotlight now shifts to corporate America in the struggle to recognize racial inequality, support economic empowerment in black communities and back minority entrepreneurs. He also talks to a prominent economic development leader about his own recent “driving while black” episode with local police.
July 13, 2020
Investor Watch: July 13, 2020
Robert Atkinson, president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, says it’s time for exactly that. We explore the details, with side trips into TSMC’s $12 billion semiconductor manufacturing bet in Greater Phoenix; Manufacturing USA’s 14 institutes; a vision for optimum vaccine production from AccelerateHT; Alibaba’s support for direct-to-consumer digitized manufacturing clusters; fast action on PPE by GM, 3M, Ford and others; and a conversation with America Makes Director of Strategic Partnerships & Community Relations Erin O’Donnell.
July 12, 2020
The 3D City Strikes Back
Additive manufacturers in Pflugerville respond swiftly to COVID-19.
July 12, 2020
We Are Part of the Fix
The spotlight moves to corporate America.
July 12, 2020
Editor’s View: ‘Wonderful in Their Own Ways’ Doesn’t Keep Businesses in Town
Editor in Chief Mark Arend says business leaders in some areas have a lot more to battle against than a pandemic.
July 9, 2020
Investor Watch: July 9, 2020
Supply chain managers are recalibrating a moving target like never before.
July 9, 2020
Could a Post-Pandemic National Industrial Strategy Advance the Cause of Advanced Manufacturing?
A new report urges the U.S. government to develop a national industrial strategy.
July 8, 2020
Smooth Sailing
A polycentric region built around a multi-faceted port offers a model for how economic clusters work.
July 8, 2020
Survey Reveals Manufacturers’ Post-Pandemic Plans
Supply chain managers are recalibrating a moving target like never before.
July 6, 2020
Investor Watch: July 6, 2020
The food supply bent but didn’t break. Gary Daughters talks to global food and beverage industry expert Richard Kottmeyer about the power of the center aisle, consolidation, comfort and flexibility.
July 6, 2020
Zooming Into Secondary Hubs
Why Zoom and Microsoft picked markets outside the usual global ‘Top 20.’
July 6, 2020
A World Turned Upside Down
The food supply bent but didn’t break. The strongest will survive.
July 2, 2020
Investor Watch: July 2, 2020
Deemed “essential,” the business of building America continues during the pandemic. Ron Starner talks to former Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch about what that looks like in Wisconsin.
July 2, 2020
Work from Anywhere?
COVID-19 is disrupting traditional office use and dispersing workers around the country.
July 2, 2020
Voices Worth Heeding
Like many of our readers’ organizations, we shifted focus in response to the pandemic, scrapping our previous plans in order to devote our July issue to covering the world’s response and recovery strategies.