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The State of Kentucky: Bluegrass Built - Kentucky Manufacturers Forge Innovation and...

The State of Kentucky: Bluegrass Built - Kentucky Manufacturers Forge Innovation and Growth

If parts of your car, the screen on your smart phone or the bottle of premium bourbon in your cabinet each had the same label, it would probably say, ...

Ohio: Moving Manufacturing Forward

Ohio: Moving Manufacturing Forward

Early in 2011, Ohio Governor John Kasich acknowledged that to compete in the global economy Ohio must transform its economic development efforts. That...

Manufacturing in New York: Opportunities for Growth

Manufacturing in New York: Opportunities for Growth

Across the nation and in New York, manufacturing is an especially vital and dynamic sector of the economy. New York sees manufacturing playing a signi...

Manufacturing Thrives in North Carolina

Manufacturing Thrives in North Carolina

The way we make things in North Carolina today has evolved and is quite different than decades ago. Traditional industries have transitioned to high-t...

Tennessee Site Selection

State of Tennessee: Jobs4TN: A New Approach to Economic Development in Tennessee

When Governor Bill Haslam appointed me as commissioner of Economic and Community Development (ECD) for the state of Tennessee in January 2011, I knew ...

Spotlight on Maryland

Spotlight on Maryland

Maryland has long been at the forefront when it comes to pushing the boundaries of space science research. NASA Goddard Space Flight Facility, which m...

Post Performance Incentives Grow Utah

Post Performance Incentives Grow Utah

During the recent past, companies like Adobe, Oracle and ITT have found a healthy home in Utah—and it hasn’t been by accident. Many companies have fou...

Virginia: Diversity and Resiliency

Virginia: Diversity and Resiliency

More than 400 years ago, British colonists came to Virginia shores as a business venture. Today, Virginia has preserved that legacy and expanded the c...

Business and Local Government Working Together in California

Business and Local Government Working Together in California

Behind the walls of a newly constructed nondescript building in the Old Town section of Goleta, California, near Santa Barbara, ATK Space Systems is d...

Idaho: Obtaining Critical Mass on the Cutting Edge

Idaho: Obtaining Critical Mass on the Cutting Edge

Hydropower has provided Idaho with one of the lowest electricity rates in the nation. As recent as 1995, all of the state’s power came from hydroelect...