Texas ranked No. 1 on Development Counselor International’s 2011 Winning Strategies Report and Area Development magazine’s top five states for doing business.

Categories: Research
Tagged: Alabama economy, Area Development, Development Counselors International, Georgia economy, Indiana economy, North Carolina economy, South Carolina economy, Tennessee economy, Texas business climate, Texas economy,

Site selection professionals say that uncertainty is the enemy of capital investment and that a number of projects have been shelved because there was not enough certainty to justify the capital risk.

Categories: Site Selection
Tagged: CBRE Consulting, Jonathan Sangster, Mark Sweeney, McCallum Sweeney, Newmarket Knight Frank, Paul Hampton, Reshoring, Site Selection,

Site selection professionals emphasize that local economic development professionals need to be prompt in their responses when asked to supply information – and to make sure they understand the details and follow the requirements of formal requests for proposals.

Categories: Site Selection
Tagged: Economic development, quality of life, RFPs, Site Selection,

Developing a culture of entrepreneurship in a small community presents unique challenges but great opportunity.

Categories: Entrepreneurship
Tagged: Economic development, economic development organizations, RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship, rural development,

Companies are recognizing the importance arts and culture play in attracting highly skilled and talented workers to their community.

Categories: Quality of Life
Tagged: Arts and culture, Cultural economic development, Economic development, Quality of Place,

The numbers don’t lie but do they always tell the full story? A white paper presented today at the International Economic Development Council 2011 conference argues that communities should be concerned with more than numbers when trying to capture new investment and attract talent.

Categories: Research
Tagged: Economic development, Quality of Place, research,

One trend gaining an increased amount of attention is “reshoring” – the return to the United States of manufacturing that had been shifted to what were perceived to be lower labor cost locations, such as China.

Categories: Research, Site Selection
Tagged: Barry Johnson, manufacturing, Mark Barbash, Reshoring, SelectUSA,