August 28, 2023
Mississippi Cultivates Billions
Agriculture feeds the state’s economy while keeping the nation’s grocery store shelves stocked.
August 28, 2023
Agriculture feeds the state’s economy while keeping the nation’s grocery store shelves stocked.
August 28, 2023
Twenty years later, Nissan’s success is the gift that keeps giving.
August 27, 2023
Of the couple dozen Mississippi logistics facility investments documented by Site Selection since early 2022, more than a few come from companies doubling down on competitive advantages they discovered years before.
August 26, 2023
Mississippi’s top industry recruiter — Governor Tate Reeves — used his visit to the SHOT Show 2023 convention in Las Vegas in January to make the case that the state’s firearm and ammunition industry is on fire.
August 26, 2023
Site preparation proves to be the Pine Belt’s greatest asset in attracting and retaining business.
August 26, 2023
An innovative boat maker finds a home in Mississippi.
August 26, 2023
Nearly 800 miles of commercially navigable waterways — the Mississippi River to the west, the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway to the east and the Gulf of Mexico to the south — give Mississippi a unique transportation advantage, says the Mississippi Development Authority.
August 25, 2023
Having led Site Selection magazine’s annual coverage of utilities in economic development for more than 20 years, I can tell you: The companies serving community and industry power, workforce development and site development needs across every region of Mississippi are familiar names among the nation’s top utilities in the field.
August 24, 2023
A June report finds immigration and positive net migration from other provinces added more than 120,000 to the region’s population over the last two years. Many are working in Atlantic Canada’s surging digital economy.
August 24, 2023
A wave of economic opportunity crashes into Mississippi’s shores.
August 23, 2023
Rotterdam-based HousingAnywhere in July released its Q2 2023 International Rent Index, a practical tool for professionals and students looking for a place to live in Europe.
August 22, 2023
Last week, San Diego–based DNA sequencing pioneer Illumina Inc. announced the opening of a new office and Illumina Solutions Center in Bengaluru, India. Senior executives from the company and its longtime channel partner Premas Life Sciences cut the ribbon together.
August 21, 2023
From advanced mobility to solar, investments by the federal government are hitting home.
August 21, 2023
When it comes to the aerospace industry, it’s all systems go in Mississippi,” said Governor Tate Reeves.
August 16, 2023
The virtual ink had barely dried on last week’s Site Selection Snapshot about promising clean energy project and job data when First Solar and Maxeon Solar Technologies the very next day each announced billion-dollar manufacturing projects in Louisiana and New Mexico, respectively.
August 15, 2023
Only two weeks after announcing its intention to build a fifth U.S.-based vertically integrated photovoltaic solar module plant somewhere in the country (and one day after this Site Selection Snapshot highlighting a clean energy manufacturing surge), First Solar, Inc. on August 10 announced it had selected the Acadiana Regional Airport in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, for what is believed to be the single largest capital investment in the area’s history.
August 14, 2023
In a follow-up to our report last summer on big plans for the former Mylan Pharmaceuticals plant in Morgantown, Lindsay Lopp finds out how West Virginia University and investing companies are breathing new life into the former pill plant.
August 10, 2023
Maine expands its network of clean energy companies and resources.
August 9, 2023
A number of new reports shed light on where clean energy projects and jobs are landing. The scope of one ongoing database in particular goes well beyond solar and wind farm installation and operation.
August 8, 2023
Currently based in Concord in the Vaughan region with distribution centers in Brampton, Ontario; Illinois and New Jersey and a U.S. head office in California, Highlight Motor Group plans to move its HQ to a new development in Bradford West Gwillimbury (BWG), located in Simcoe County just to the north of the primary Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
August 7, 2023
SRI International finds the state’s manufacturers have a “tremendous opportunity” to be a “critical epicenter” of the EV supply chain … if the right public/private investments are made.
August 7, 2023
In March, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation(WEDC) issued the following summary of a report from SRI International on the Badger State’s EV industry.
August 3, 2023
Raritan Valley Community College is at the center of a region’s workforce development aspirations in the life sciences.
August 3, 2023
Mississippi’s making space for your business.