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FL: Osceola, State Leaders Unveil 30,000-Square-Foot Multi-Use Lab at NeoCity

County Commissioners, elected officials, and Florida Commerce Secretary J. Alex Kelly gathered recently at NeoCity to mark the groundbreaking of Osceo...

wood products

TN: Weyerhaeuser Selects Gallatin for First Tenn. Wood Products Distribution Facility

Weyerhaeuser Company, one of the world’s largest forest products companies, has selected Gallatin for a new wood products distribution center that wil...

economic development

IA: State Awards $40,000 in Grants to Support Growth in 4 Rural Iowa Communities

Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) announced $40,000 in grants through the Governor’s Empower Rural Iowa Initiative ...

manufacturing

MO: HWI Officially Opens State-of-the-Art Fulton Lightweight Monolithics Facility

HWI, A member of Calderys and a leading supplier of refractory products and services in the United States, celebrated the official opening of its new ...

workforce

NM: New Mexico Invests Up to $8 Million to Train 398 Workers in Q1 2026

The New Mexico Economic Development Department’s Job Training Incentive Program approved funding for 18 companies to hire, train and upskill 398 worke...

manufacturing

MN: DEED Awards $175,000 to Aircorps Aviation for Expansion in Bemidji, Adding 14 Jobs

The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) recently awarded $175,000 in business expansion funding to Bemidji's Aircorps A...

manufacturing

AL: M&H Valve Boosts Investment to $19M for Advanced Manufacturing in Anniston

M&H Valve is investing $7.6 million in automated production systems at its Anniston manufacturing facility, focusing on advanced technology designed t...

shipbuilding

LA: Saronic Announces New Downtown New Orleans Office to Accelerate Autonomous Shipbuilding

Saronic announced it is opening a nearly 15,000 square foot office in downtown New Orleans. The new space will serve as a key engineering and technica...

data center

MO: Metrobloks Selects Liberty, Missouri, for $1.4 Billion Data Center Investment

Metrobloks announced plans to invest $1.4 billion in Liberty, Missouri, with a state-of-the-art, high-density data center campus, encompassing 568,800...

development

AL: Calhoun County Industrial Park Slated for SEEDS Investment Topping $2 Million

The Calhoun County Economic Development Council has been awarded more than $2 million to expand a local industrial park and help position the region f...