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If the shortest distance between two places is a straight line, then the shortest way to a decision in site selection is knowing exactly where the bes...

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

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, ...

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

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...

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...

The last decade has witnessed the growth and evolution of large data centers and server farms. Most site selectors and economic developers will know t...

Retail as a component of a local economy has always been present. Virtually everybody spends time online or in retail stores, shopping and buying. Tax...

The U.S. renewable energy debate between legislators reminds me of hamsters on an exercise wheel. They go round and round incessantly but ultimately g...

On one particularly hot and muggy summer morning, I began a daily run while thinking about conversations that had taken place over the past several we...