Founded in 1965, Area Development magazine is considered the leading executive magazine covering corporate site selection and relocation. Editorial coverage provides valuable information pertinent to the factors, key issues, and criteria that affect a successful decision.

Area Development is published bi-monthly and has more than 45,000 executive subscribers. It also has a very active custom publishing group that has produced many award-winning magazines, inserts, and brochures on behalf of its clients.

Area Development maintains several highly visited websites. They can be reached through the main address of www.areadevelopment.com.

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'Ask Area Development' Privacy Policy
Applicable to 'Ask Area Development' reader submissions only: Area Development will select a number of questions to answer each week. An Area Development representative will contact the submitting reader directly with feedback. Additionally, all submissions are eligible to appear online or in our print publication. If your question is selected for publication we will include and publish your first name, job title and industry only. The full identity of the submitting reader will not appear in published format.Area Development will not publish, share with any third parties, or use for marketing purposes any personal information submitted here without the express consent of the submitting reader.