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A Southern Governor Takes a Victory Lap
Athens, Georgia, native and former small business owner Brian Kemp, the 83rd governor of the Peach State, had a lot to say recently when he was invited to address 400 business and community leaders at the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce in Duluth.
Three Countries, One Deal
Six years ago, North America trade relations fell under a new arrangement of the land — the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement, or “USMCA.”
The SBA’s 2026 Transformation: More Capital for Manufacturers, More Focus on Rural America, and Tighter U.S. Citizenship Eligibility Rules
The U.S. Small Business Administration is transforming with a greater focus on manufacturers.
Welcome to America’s Fastest-Growing Office: The Coworking Center
The relatively new world of distributed work is changing not only the systemic demand for office space, but also the structural nature of corporate site selection, worker mobility and economic development.
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.
Snapshot
Advertising and Healthcare Lead Inc. 5000 Sectors, While Consumer Products Grows the Most
Based on pure hype, you might think the top sector represented among the 5,000 fastest-growing companies in the United States would be the Artificial Intelligence & Data category.
Here’s to You, New York
Last week’s first installment of Site Selection’s annual location analysis of the latest Inc. 5000 list found California leading the way by a long shot when it comes to total Inc. 5000 company headquarters locations.
California Extends Its Lead
The state known for growing half the nation’s vegetables and three-quarters of its fruits and nuts knows a thing or two about firm cultivation as well.
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.
Project Bulletin
Project Bulletin, October 5, 2026: Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada; Spring Hill, Tennessee; Sanford, North Carolina
LNG Canada moves forward with expansion of its LNG export facility in British Columbia; Ultium Cells will be the world’s first mass producer of LMR battery cells in Tennessee; Caterpillar announces a new billion-dollar manufacturing facility in North Carolina.
Project Bulletin, September 28, 2026: Rome, Georgia; Arlington, Virginia; Ljubljana, Slovenia
Pirelli will expand operations to produce up to 6 million tires annually in Georgia; A UK-based quantum algorithm company establishes its North American HQ in Virginia; Sandoz plans to co-locate manufacturing and R&D operations in Slovenia.
Project Bulletin, September 21, 2026: Cameron Parish, Louisiana; Hyderabad, India; West Harrison, Indiana
Black Bayou Energy Hub boosts its operational presence in Louisiana; HyperVault plans to deliver one of the largest, most advanced data center campuses in India; Givaudan announces its first production plant in Indiana.
Project Bulletin, September 14, 2026: Fayette County, Pennsylvania; Mikkeli, Finland; Fayetteville, North Carolina
NextEra Energy Resources moves forward with a natural gas energy project backed by a U.S.-Japan trade deal in Pennsylvania; Cerebras Systems teams up with Compute Nordic Finland for a new AI data center in Finland; SteelFab, Inc. announces an expansion in North Carolina.
Project Bulletin, September 8, 2026: Berea, Kentucky; Allentown, Pennsylvania; Middletown, Ohio
Astemo Americas plans expansion of two manufacturing sites in Kentucky; Chobani announced its first production plant in Pennsylvania; The framework has been established for Cleveland-Cliffs to begin upgrades at its steel plant in Ohio.
Investor Watch
Investor Watch: October 5, 2026
British Columbia; Tennessee; North Carolina; Pennsylvania; Mexico; Skilled Trades; Mississippi Energy; Mississippi Culture; FDI Report; Mount Vernon Trail
Investor Watch: October 1, 2026
Top Inc. 5000 Sectors; Contact Centers & BPO; Middle East; Middlesex County, New Jersey; Western North Carolina; Mississippi Miracle; Mississippi Rail; Manufacturing Day; Kitimat, British Columbia
Investor Watch: September 28, 2026
Georgia; Virginia; Slovenia; Logistics; Flower Mound, Texas; Ameren; Mississippi; Census Bureau Insights; Farm Aid
Investor Watch: September 24, 2026
Top Inc. 5000 Metros & Cities; Transit-Oriented Development; Consumers Energy; Hungary; Colorado; Intellectual Property; Cyclocross in Roanoke
Investor Watch: September 21, 2026
Louisiana; India; Indiana; Great Lakes; Maryland; Stephen Ross; Mississippi Legislation and Transportation; BOMA Report; Australia
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