• Steve Kaelble, Staff Editor, Area Development

By actively putting together the resources needed for innovative companies to survive and thrive, innovation districts and corridors have found a recipe for success.

• Lisa Clarke, Executive Director, Destination Medical Center Economic Development Agency

Venture capital groups are raising money to invest in U.S.- based infrastructure for large-scale bio-therapy manufacturing, the need for which was highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Steve Kaelble, Staff Editor, Area Development

While the current COVID-19 crisis may put some development on “pause,” our annual Shovel Awards recognize states that garnered large job-creating and investment projects over the course of the previous year.

• Lisa Clarke, Executive Director, Destination Medical Center Economic Development Agency

Lisa Clarke, Executive Director, Destination Medical Center Economic Development Agency, spoke with Area Development about the largest public-private economic initiative in Minnesota’s history, at our Women in Economic Development Consultants Forum.

• Christine Bustamante, National Co-Leader, Global Location and Expansion Services, State and Local Tax, KPMG LLP
• Erica Fowler-Johnson, Manager, State and Local Tax, KPMG

Tax incentives have played a key role in differentiating potential data center facility locations.