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What's Next for the U.S. Defense Industry?

What's Next for the U.S. Defense Industry?

Fighting and prevailing in two major wars is the immediate concern. Over the long term, the greatest threat we face is the financial health of the Uni...

Aerospace Industry Site Selection Secrets

Aerospace Industry Site Selection Secrets

The site selection process for aerospace companies can prove to be a great challenge or offer great benefits, depending on how well prepared a company...

Re-Brand Your Region for Success

Re-Brand Your Region for Success

As the realities of the global economy begin to sink in, many communities find themselves at a crossroads. Certainly as a nation we have a broad range...

Department of Defense Joint Basing Program

Department of Defense Joint Basing Program

The year 2010 marks a mid-point in the U.S. Department of Defense’s initiative to consolidate 26 stateside military installations into 12 joint bases....

AIA - Keeping the Aerospace Industry Strong

AIA - Keeping the Aerospace Industry Strong

At the Aerospace Industries Association we like to say that we represent the companies (and their suppliers) that build just about everything that fli...

The Essential Individual in Building a Sustainable Economy

The Essential Individual in Building a Sustainable Economy

People have been hammered over the past 12 months with articles, stories and pictures of an economy that is dysfunctional and lives that have been for...

Corporate Real Estate Outlook: Opportunities and Risks in a Tenant's Market

Corporate Real Estate Outlook: Opportunities and Risks in a Tenant's Market

According to many economists, the recession is over, but the bottom is still a long way off in commercial real estate. Job losses have exceeded the in...

2010 CiCi Awards - Community Impact Top 15

2010 CiCi Awards - Community Impact Top 15

While in many cases significant investments are made, the Community Impact portion of our CiCi Awards celebrates economic development projects that ha...

Making Incentives Work

Making Incentives Work

There has been a great deal of press recently on incentives deals gone bad due to the collapsing economy and the inability of companies to fulfill the...

2010 CiCi Awards Introduction

2010 CiCi Awards Introduction

Defying commentators’ 2009 year-end overviews that generally brushed a picture of gloom and economic hemorrhaging, the 30 Corporate Investment and Com...