Technological capabilities have kicked down the barriers for smaller communities to attract investment and talent and take advantage of their often lower wage and cost structures.

Categories: Research, Site Selection
Tagged: Area Development, Economy, energy, job growth, Technology,

A massive solar project in Texas, a steel processing plant in South Carolina and another reshoring project, this one in Louisiana, top the week’s site selection and investment announcements.

Categories: Deals
Tagged: Kansas, Kentucky, Reshoring, South Carolina manufacturing, Texas, Texas solar energy,

Business is looking up for the automotive industry, and several Southeastern states are poised to take full advantage of that growth.

Categories: Deals, Job Creation
Tagged: automotive industry, BMW, Ford Motor Co. in Louisville, GM, Kentucky, Kentucky Argonne Battery Manufacturing Research and Development Center, manufacturing, Michelin, Nissan, South Carolina, Tennessee, tire production, Toyota, Volkswagen,

Communities with the highest pay per worker are in some of the highest cost of living areas of the nation. Look no further than San Jose CA, where the average pay per worker is more than $85,000 and the cost of living is 54 percent higher than the national average

Categories: Job Creation, Research
Tagged: Economy, Job creation, Joel Kotkin, Payroll, Technology, Texas energy, Wyoming energy,

In Texas, Dallas-based Panda Power Funds plans a 758-megawatt power plant in Temple that will have a $1.6 billion impact on the local economy over the course of a decade. The project will generate 800 construction jobs, and upon completion, the plant will create approximately 70 jobs.

Categories: Deals, Job Creation
Tagged: Digital Risk, Hearthside Food Solutions, Kentucky manufacturing, McCall Farms, Panda Power, PetSmart, South Carolina jobs, Texas energy, Welded Tube of Canada,

Cities, regions and states looking to attract business and investment often tout their rankings, but how much weight should companies give to these?

Categories: Site Selection
Tagged: Best Business Climates, business and investment, corporate relocation, Rankings, Texas,

In Texas alone, the hospitality segment accounts for more than 1 million jobs, and despite a sour economy that took some bite out of vacation spending the last few years, the Lone Star State added 115,000 hospitality jobs in the last five years.

Categories: Job Creation, Quality of Life
Tagged: Hospitality industry, Kansas tourism, Kentucky tourism, New Jersey economy, Texas tourism, Tourism,