While building on its existing strengths — including its logistical advantages, low tax burden, and productive workforce — Ohio is seeking to diversify the state’s economy.More
Steve Kaelble, Staff Editor, Area Development (Q2 2019)
Both domestic and foreign advanced technology and other firms are investing in Indiana, a state with a well-prepared workforce and
lifestyle initiatives to attract younger workers.
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Population growth, a favorable tax climate, and a business-friendly environment are among the factors fueling economic gains and
drawing corporate investment to Texas.
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Steve Kaelble, Staff Editor, Area Development (Q3 2018)
From offering free postsecondary education to partnering with employers on workforce training programs to identifying skills gaps, Tennessee is tackling the challenge of fulfilling industry’s short- and long-term labor force needs.More
Steve Kaelble, Staff Editor, Area Development (Q2 2018)
Mississippi’s Shovel Award accomplishments reflect a commitment by businesses, their workforces, and the economic development community to work together. More
Steve Kaelble, Staff Editor, Area Development (Q1 2018)
Realizing the need to stimulate growth in rural areas, state legislators, educators, and other stakeholders came together to pass legislation, certify sites, and increase broadband access among other measures aimed at attracting business and tourism.More
Mark Crawford, Staff Editor, Area Development (Q1 2018)
Through pro-business initiatives — including cutting red tape, passing RTW legislation, and customizing workforce training — Kentucky captured record investment in 2017 and sees more success ahead.More
Mark Crawford, Staff Editor, Area Development (Q4 2017)
Companies like UPS, DHL, Amazon, and others are taking advantage of Kentucky’s centralized location and highly developed infrastructure to move freight by air, water, rail, and road.More
Steve Kaelble, Staff Editor, Area Development (Q4 2017)
A pro-business environment is helping Tennessee to attract headquarters operations and grow its business and professional services sector, while its quality of life draws workers to the state.More
Steve Kaelble, Staff Editor, Area Development (Q3 2017)
By utilizing a multifaceted approach that includes an available facility, workforce training and support, incentives, and other assistance, Tennessee’s economic development team plans to bolster the economy of one distressed county at a time.More
Dale D. Buss, Staff Editor, Area Development (Q2 2017)
Although these two locales compete for business to a certain extent, each benefits from the advantages provided by its neighbor, as do the businesses located there.More
Steve Kaelble, Staff Editor, Area Development (Directory 2017)
Companies across the globe are making investments and creating jobs in Tennessee to connect with suppliers and ultimately reach the vast U.S. market.More
Steve Kaelble, Staff Editor, Area Development (Directory 2016)
The auto industry is steering the Bluegrass State toward growth and prosperity, while the state works to meet the challenge of keeping enough workers in the pipeline.More
Cynthia Kincaid, Staff Editor, Area Development (Directory 2016)
The nine-county Jackson, Tennessee, region is focusing on its key infrastructure strengths as well as educational assets, while meeting challenges head-on, in order to continue to attract targeted industries. More
Steve Kaelble, Staff Editor, Area Development (Q4 2015)
Tennessee ranks highly for its certified sites program as well as its transportation infrastructure, and the state is employing innovative strategies to address educational and other challenges.More
Craig Guillot, Staff Editor, Area Development (Directory 2015)
As New Orleans approaches the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in 2015, the city is in many ways barely recognizable to what it was years ago. Economists and national publications say it has undergone one of the most rapid and dramatic economic turnarounds in recent American history.More
Steve Kaelble, Staff Editor, Area Development (Q4 2014)
In many parts of the country, manufacturing is more of a fond memory than a reality. Not so in Mississippi, which is very much a state that makes things. More
Dennis Cuneo, Owner, DC Strategic Advisors LLC (Q3 2014)
With the announcement that Tesla picked Reno for its highly publicized $5 billion “gigafactory,” the area took a giant step toward civic leaders' goal of remaking its economy and image. To win the project, the state offered a rich — and what will be a highly scrutinized — incentive package. Will the bold gamble pay off?More
Tim Feemster, Managing Principal, Foremost Quality Logistics (Q3 2014)
The $400 million investment for the 2,200-acre site will connect businesses to strategic markets in the southwestern U.S. and beyond. It will provide logistics gains for shippers along its Sunset Line, which runs 760 miles from El Paso, Texas, to Los Angeles and serves key locations in Mexico and Arizona.More
Steve Kaelble, Staff Editor, Area Development (Q2 2014)
A development strategy touting its attractive quality of life as well as favorable business climate has made the Fort Lauderdale area a top choice for headquarters operations.More
Richard K. Wallace, Editor and Publishing Director, The Next Silicon Valley (Q1 2014)
Opelika is developing a comprehensive broadband fiberoptic system, connecting the city and a growing industrial base to the booming global business opportunities of the future.More
Mark Crawford, Staff Editor, Area Development (Q1 2014)
Wisconsin’s bioscience industry continues to expand, often led by spinoff companies that are established to commercialize groundbreaking university research. More
Richard K. Wallace, Editor and Publishing Director, The Next Silicon Valley (Q1 2014)
The key to economic development often lies in transforming existing assets and evolving new approaches to the workforce, and the workplace. This is especially true for a growing number of cities and locations around the U.S. where local officials have set their sights on the emerging innovation, or knowledge economy, and a new 'creative class' of workers as the best path to economic renewal.More
Nevada was largely built by people who don’t mind taking risks with their money. So it’s ironic that one of the state’s leading economic growth opportunities at the moment is coming from data centers, an industry that sees in Nevada an opportunity to avoid risk.More
Mark Crawford, Staff Editor, Area Development (September 2012)
Kern County is developing a reputation for growing high-tech industries such as wind and solar power, aerospace, and distribution/logistics that need highly skilled workers.
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Steve Kaelble, Staff Editor, Area Development (July 2012)
More than 50 businesses lease space within SubTropolis, a subterranean business complex located in Kansas City - a maze of warehouse, office, and light industrial space, several miles of roads, a couple of miles of rail, nearly 400 truck dock locations, and more than 1,500 parking spaces.More