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Texas: The Land of Opportunity and Innovation

Texas: The Land of Opportunity and Innovation

In Texas, business is booming across a wide range of industries from aerospace, corporate services and finance to advanced manufacturing, energy, high...

The Commercial Market: Then, Now and into 2022

The Commercial Market: Then, Now and into 2022

Unsurprisingly, the global pandemic is at the root of the bad news in the real estate market. Restrictions and lockdowns facilitated significant drops...

Housing

Workforce Housing: The New Employer Issue

The demand for housing that can be afforded by the workforce has increased in various portions of the country. As employers seek to recruit skilled ta...

Tennessee Lays the Groundwork for Continued Innovation

Tennessee Lays the Groundwork for Continued Innovation

Some of the world’s most recognizable brands call Tennessee home. Headquarters, finance and technology drive Tennessee’s economy and provide the groun...

CiCi Awards

CiCi Awards 2022 Corporate Investment Awards

These 14 projects bring more than $16.1 billion in private corporate investment, with an additional 1.2 billion in economic development funding from s...

Grass Seedlings

Seed Money: Grass Seed Shortage, Inflation Affecting Sports Industry

There's a shortage out there and it's not toilet paper. It's grass seed, something needed for venues like golf courses and sports fields. And this tim...

CiCiAwards

CiCi Awards Accepting Entries Now

The deadline for applications is Friday, November 19, 2021.

Access to Markets Via the Nation’s Ports and Depots

Access to Markets Via the Nation’s Ports and Depots

In 2020, the U.S. imported goods valued at about 2.8 trillion from its international trading partners and exported $2.1 trillion. Trillions more in do...

Biotechnology

Biotech Companies Are Preparing for the Manufacturing Future

Biopharmaceuticals are one of the world’s growth powerhouses. In 2020, the global biopharmaceuticals market was worth $325 billion, and it is expected...

Logistics

The U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Program Helps U.S. Industry Compete

For years, the use of the U.S. FTZ program by manufacturing and production operations has steadily grown thanks to the array of benefits it offers. As...