July 12, 2010
Healthy Choices
Rick Wienckowski remembers a time when companies seeking support for expansion plans weren’t always greeted warmly in the capital city of Kansas.
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July 12, 2010
Two Realities
Drug violence has escalated, U.S. National Guard troops are being deployed and bi-national political tensions are rising
July 12, 2010
West Is the Best
*State Rankings Criteria: Green Industry projects as tracked by the Conway Data New Plant Database from Jan. 2008- March 2010 (including renewable energy manufacturing and supply chain facilities, biofuels and biomass, recycling plants, electric vehicle supply chain, etc.); Number of LEED Certified projects as of May 10, 2010 (USGBC project database); LEED Certified projects per […]
July 11, 2010
C-Suites Add Sustainability Chiefs
Is real estate on their minds?
July 11, 2010
Critical Components
Can the role of science and technology parks as engines of economic prosperity be overstated?
July 11, 2010
Project Finance: Better to Buy?
As even the word “investor” evokes a negative public perception in today’s economy, the positives attached to “owner-occupier” are building
July 11, 2010
Good Food = Good Growth
Southeast Asia: Good Food = Good Growth
July 11, 2010
Two Plus Two Equals More
No pun intended, but Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) on I-85 near Greenville is on a roll
June 18, 2010
Open Arms
Québec’s Minister of International Relations Pierre Arcand looks to new ties to unbind the province from its traditional industrial past.
June 18, 2010
Securing the Future
When hundreds of Sioux City area rescue workers responded to the crash landing of United Airlines Flight 232 on July 19, 1989, they had no idea that the lessons learned from that event would one day lead the Iowa community to become a national role model for disaster preparedness and recovery.
June 11, 2010
Island Whirl
U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown proclaimed in January that his government’s support for offshore wind energy has anchored the U.K. as a global leader
June 11, 2010
Start Me Up
Hospital-acquired infections are the fourth largest killer in the U.S., with one of the major sources of infection being catheters.
June 11, 2010
Signature Deal
Boasting more than US$27 billion in revenues and more than 4,200 employees at such firms as Kindred Healthcare
June 3, 2010
Hungary Fills the Sweet Spot of Europe
What do a major international automotive manufacturer and one of the world’s top-selling furniture companies have in common?
June 1, 2010
Press Release: Site Selection Names 2009 Competitiveness Award Winner, Top Economic Development Groups and Top Deals
Contact: Ron Starner Conway Data, Inc.770 325-3438 tel Ron.Starner@conway.com Suite 2006625 The Corners ParkwayNorcross, GA 30092 USA www.sitenet.com Press Release Micanopy Resident Lyne Elected To Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame For Immediate Release, Atlanta: Jack Lyne of Micanopy, Fla., was recently named to the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame (www.uky.edu/CommInfoStudies/JAT/hof.html). That honor comes as Lyne […]
May 26, 2010
Renewable Promises
Hydro-Québec’s clean hydropower and plans to grow its influence on both sides of the border hold vast potential for economic development in all of Atlantica, and New England in particular.
May 26, 2010
Higher Tech
Colorado continues to embrace a leadership role in renewable energy.
May 26, 2010
World Power
A wide ranging strategic partnership announced in April between the Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler AG
May 26, 2010
Minds Over Matter
In Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, scientists are developing breakthrough technologies that are revolutionizing the treatment of neurological disorders.
May 23, 2010
All Aboard
“You can’t be plain vanilla and win.”
May 23, 2010
Keep the Ball Moving, plus Warehouse Culture, Composite Supply Chain, Take Two, It’s All In the Master Planning and St. Joe Puts HQ Money Where Mouth Is
North American Reports: Keep the Ball Moving, plus Warehouse Culture, Composite Supply Chain, Take Two, It's All In the Master Planning and St. Joe Puts HQ Money Where Mouth Is
May 23, 2010
Gone to (GM) Seed
In the agricultural world, GM has nothing to do with automobiles.
May 20, 2010
A Shot At Brilliance
In September 2009, Yung “Benjamin” Yeung, the Chinese-American chairman of Far East Golden Resources’ company Hybrid Kinetic Motors Corp., announced that the new company had selected Baldwin County, Ala., for a new US$4.3-billion plant to build natural gas-powered hybrid electric vehicles.
May 14, 2010
Top Groups: Staying the Course
While other community agencies retrenched in 2009,
the winning organizations redoubled their economic development efforts and grabbed the prize.