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.

Categories: Job Creation, Research
Tagged: Agriculture, energy, Joel Kotkin, manufacturing, Marce,

Forget red and blue states, The Rust Belt and the Sun Belt. Today’s business-rich regions are growing outside of traditional boundaries.

Categories: Job Creation, Site Selection
Tagged: Agriculture, energy, Great Plains, Gulf Coast, jobs, manufacturing, migration, Technology,

With the presidential election approaching, the debate over job creation is heating up. Candidates have grand plans for sustaining and creating jobs, but how do they tap into what’s really driving growth across the country?

Categories: Job Creation
Tagged: 2012 presidential election, Agriculture, Akron OH, Charlotte NC, economic recovery, energy, jobs, manufacturing, Oh-Penn region, Reshoring, Rust Belt,

Analysts see strong upside in 2012 for regions in the U.S. with developed clusters in energy, agriculture, manufacturing and technology.

Categories: Job Creation, Research
Tagged: Agriculture, Automotive manufacturing, energy, Reshoring, South Carolina auto manufacturing, Technology, Texas energy, Wyoming energy,