March/April 2009 | Trade and Industry Development

March/April 2009

Trade & Industry Development Magazine

March/April 2009

CiCi Awards - Our 4th Anniversary!

Another year has come and gone and we are both proud and excited to present our 4th anniversary edition of the Corporate Investment & Community Impact (CiCi) Awards....and from a personal standpoint, not a moment too soon. I'm exhausted - what a grueling task! After receiving over 1,000 submissions from across the country, we had the difficult mission of narrowing the list down to only 30 winners - 15 for Corporate Investment and 15 for Community Impact.

In this issue

Corporate Investment Top 15

BY: Kevin M. Mayer

The Corporate Investment portion of the CiCi Awards is relatively straightforward. It is based on the scale of a project in a particular location, taking into account both overall capital investment and job creation. Most of this year’s 15 winners have achieved prominence in established industries – intermodal transport, automobile manufacturing, shipbuilding, metals processing and aircraft manufacturing. more....