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Ports and Depots Keep the U.S. Economy Humming with Access to Markets

Ports and Depots Keep the U.S. Economy Humming with Access to Markets

In 2019, the United States imported goods valued at about $2.5 trillion from its international trading partners and exported $1.65 trillion abroad. Tr...

Feeding the Economy: A Continuing Need

Feeding the Economy: A Continuing Need

While much of the nation’s economy has seen changes, one fundamental thing hasn’t altered: people still need to eat. Regions that produce food have be...

Logistics

Ports Move Goods - And the Economy

Ports are responsible for more than moving goods. They are also major engines that drive the influx of business development, which in turn has a trick...

Workforce

Workforce Training Programs are Transforming Businesses

Innovative workforce training programs are a driving force to help businesses—and communities—thrive. From the federal level down to county and city l...

Shining the Light on Clean Industry Initiatives

Shining the Light on Clean Industry Initiatives

Whether it’s called clean, green or sustainable, clean industry initiatives abound. Businesses realize that sustainable translates into bottom-line sa...

Light Manufacturing Provides a Heavy Lift for Economic Development

Light Manufacturing Provides a Heavy Lift for Economic Development

Light manufacturing’s impact throughout the U.S. is anything but featherweight. To attract and retain businesses in light manufacturing, communities a...

Feeding the Economy

Feeding the Economy

Food and agricultural processing not only provide fuel for appetites. The prodigious output is also fueling economies throughout the U.S. These compan...

Delivery System

Delivery System

Ports deliver vital goods and services to consumers and ship exports out the country. But they also go well beyond that—they create jobs and support l...

Workforce Development Programs Connect the Dots Between Companies and Employees

Workforce Development Programs Connect the Dots Between Companies and Employees

What is workforce development? Workforce Central, a workforce development program in Pierce County Washington, offers a description that hits the b...

Clean is Gold: Clean industry initiatives are huge economic drivers throughout North...

Clean is Gold: Clean industry initiatives are huge economic drivers throughout North America

Sustainability, conservation and renewable energy are the name of the game throughout North America. See where it is happening up close.