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EB-5 Has Become a Lifeline for Rural Investment — Why Hasn’t Congress Made it Permanent?
Congress is on the verge of undermining one of the few federal programs that is actually delivering private capital to rural America.
The Reverse Build-to-Suit: A Capital-Efficient Path to New Facilities
Companies expanding their physical footprints today face a difficult equation.
The World Cup of Technical Skills
A report from the ultimate career & technical education skills competition reveals which states and which institutions earned the most medals.
Site Selection Is a Neuroscience Problem, Part 2
The objection I hear most often inside our own discipline is that all of this pre-development community engagement slows deals.
Site Selection Is a Neuroscience Problem
The 58-point gap between national support for digital infrastructure and local support at a specific site is not a communications problem. It is a structural feature of how the human brain processes proposed change.
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Chipping Away
In mid-April, a new cohort of eight startups in four states received more than $1 million in combined funding from the Powering Regional Opportunities for Prototyping Microelectronics (PROPEL) program.
Bay Area Bonanza
Among the 500 most capitalized AI firms in the world, 70 are located in San Francisco, California, topped by OpenAI, the firm whose co-founder Sam Altman is in the news this week after an in-depth profile by Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz in The New Yorker.
Fingers on the Federal Pulse
As DOGE depositions make the social media rounds this week, DOGE-driven dispositions remain a long-term topic in real estate circles.
Top Markets for New Markets
Late 2025 saw the announcement of more than 140 New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) awards worth some $10 billion by the U.S. Department of the Treasury in a “double round” of allocations covering 2024 and 2025.
Health Care Report Card Finds Hawkeye State Cares Best
U.S. health care infrastructure might need some remedial help. To improve their grades, some states might look to the home state of ACT and the Iowa Assessments (formerly the Iowa Test of Basic Skills).
Project Bulletin
Project Bulletin, August 17, 2026: Claremont, North Carolina; Pendergrass, Georgia; Alexandria, Louisiana
Prysmian announced expansions for three U.S. sites beginning in North Carolina; Siemens unveils two manufacturing facilities to support its Electrical Products unit in Georgia and Texas; The Coca-Cola Company plans automation upgrades to operations in Louisiana.
Project Bulletin, August 10, 2026: Sanford, North Carolina; Wentzville, Missouri; Grimes County, Texas
Plans for long-term growth bring STERIS to North Carolina; General Motors continues to fulfill its $9 billion commitment to U.S. manufacturing in Missouri; SpaceX announces a multi-billion Terafab in Texas.
Project Bulletin, August 3, 2026: Kraków, Poland; Rock Hill, South Carolina; El Paso, Texas
MAN Truck & Bus plans massive expansion for electrified trucks in Poland; Octapharma positions its first U.S.-based manufacturing operations in South Carolina; Meta and BlackRock announce a data center venture in Texas.
Project Bulletin, July 27, 2026: Fort Collins, Colorado; Valencia, Spain; Tulsa, Oklahoma
Broadcom expands to fill Apple’s silicon supply chain needs in Colorado; Ford and Geely Auto form new joint venture in Spain; Park Aerospace to deliver a new manufacturing site at the Tulsa International Airport in Oklahoma
Project Bulletin, July 20, 2026: Brownsville, Texas; Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Leixlip, Ireland
Saronic Technologies set to introduce the nation’s largest shipyard in Texas; TRISO-X plans for two new facilities in Oak Ridge; Intel scales semiconductor manufacturing in Ireland
Investor Watch
Investor Watch: August 17, 2026
North Carolina; Georgia; Louisiana; The Nordics; Semiconductors; Houston; Mississippi; UK AI Growth Zones; New Zealand
Investor Watch: August 13, 2026
EB-5 Renewal; West Virginia; Advanced Manufacturing; Fort Wayne HQ; Oklahoma Film and Photos; FAME = Success; Avian Theater in China
Investor Watch: August 10, 2026
North Carolina; Missouri; Texas: Housing; World Reports; Mitch Daniels; Route 66; Oklahoma Affordability; Sustainability; University of Utah
Investor Watch: August 6, 2026
Food & Beverage; Upstate New York; Michigan Central; Oklahoma Events; Oklahoma Legislation; India’s Potential; Spartanburg
Investor Watch: August 3, 2026
Poland; South Carolina; Texas; Data Centers; Maine; USPTO; Oklahoma Ag; Oklahoma Small Business; Natural Gas Revival; Mobile
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