If you need further proof of how the technology and energy sectors are drivers of economic growth, look no further than a new analysis on the best metros for younger people.
Bill McMeekin is director of content at BusinessClimate.com and director of content/business at Journal Communications Inc., where he oversees content development and direction for JCI's economic development and business publishing programs. JCI's work in that segment includes the statewide economic development publications for Kentucky, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming, as well as several regional economic development organizations across the country. He has more than 20 years’ experience in business publishing as a reporter, editor and publisher and he loves nothing more than keeping his ear to the ground and sharing ideas and opinions on trends in economic development.
If you need further proof of how the technology and energy sectors are drivers of economic growth, look no further than a new analysis on the best metros for younger people.
Of the 100 firms on the newest America’s Most Promising Companies ranking, 34 are from California, and two dozen of those are technology companies.
No, we are not headed back any time soon to the factory boom that peaked in the 1950s. But, manufacturing is, dare we say it, almost sexy again, whether it comes through organic growth or comes through reshoring.
A major steel project in Coastal Texas, a massive energy project in western Kansas and upgrades to two Indiana seed production plants top the week’s job creation and site selection announcements.
All told, the Lone Star State recorded an eye-popping 761 facilities projects in 2012 – an average of nearly 15 a week.
USAA, which specializes in financial services for military members and their families, says initial expansions will be in San Antonio and Phoenix. The San Antonio expansion could bring as many as 1,000 new jobs by the end of 2015 to its headquarters, where it already employs more than 16,400 people, and another 1,000 jobs to Phoenix.
Quality of place can play a major role in site location decisions. Nearly two-thirds of business execs said they would be likely to highly likely to consider index scores as a factor in determining finalist communities for a project.
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