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Trade & Industry Development is recognizing 16 projects announced in 2025 that demonstrate how site selection can make a large difference in a community, providing jobs and opportunities.

2026 CiCi Awards: Community Impact

Highlighted in this article are some of the inspirational stories behind our 2026 CiCi Community Impact winners. None of these projects would have bee...

Retailers are not just choosing markets. They are allocating capital.

Winning Retail Site Selection

Retailers rely on data and internal models. They use analytics, competitive mapping, trade area analysis, location data tools like Placer.ai and their...

Texas Economic Development & Tourism Office’s Executive Director Adriana Cruz (fifth from left) at Eli Lilly and Company’s announcement of a $6.5 billion active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing facility in Harris County.

Texas: Where the World Innovates

With large tracts of affordable land and a central location, Texas remains a top state for farms, ranches and more. But Texas is more sophisticated th...

CiCi Awards 2026 Corporate Investment

2026 CiCi Awards: Corporate Investment

While these rankings are based on capital investment amounts, they bring far more: jobs, business opportunities, improvements to roads and utilities, ...

Georgia’s extensive infrastructure network reinforces its status as a national and global business hub.

Georgia in 2026: Strategic Growth Through Partnerships, Preparedness, Global Connectivity

Recent analyses highlight a shift toward building supplier networks and sustaining industry clusters, ensuring that once a company invests in Georgia,...

Long recognized for its manufacturing heritage, Wisconsin is redefining what it means to be a modern industrial economy.

Wisconsin’s Competitive Advantage: A Low-Risk, High-Performance State for Corporate Growth

Through a combination of industry-driven workforce development, collaborative public-private partnerships, competitive operating costs and sector-spec...

U.S. Ports

U.S. Ports Are Key Links in Driving the Broader Economy

In the U.S., ports are major drivers of the nation’s economy. They’re more than a place where ships dock: they are generally full-featured transportat...

Louisiana’s Economic Advantage, Reinvented for a New Era

Louisiana’s Economic Advantage, Reinvented for a New Era

What is increasingly clear is that Louisiana’s momentum rests on the interaction of several core strengths rather than any single asset. Geography off...

Interstate 81 carries nearly 50 percent of Virginia’s value of goods. Segments of I-81 are getting new travel lanes as part of the Virginia Department of Transportation’s investments.

Infrastructure Investments Bolster Virginia’s Business Ecosystem

Virginia has positioned itself as a trusted partner in a competitive business environment. Businesses can rely on the Commonwealth’s infrastructure to...

AI Strategies For Organizations With Transportation Fleets

‘Human-In-The-Loop’ AI Strategies For Transportation Fleets

Artificial intelligence continues to dominate conversations in business, finance and technology. At the same time, organizations with transportation f...