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Now Accepting Applications for 2025 CiCi Candidate Projects!

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Applications for the coveted Corporate Investment and Community Impact (CiCi) Awards presentation in Trade & Industry Development are being accepted t...

defense

AR: Forge Institute Launches Phoenix Xcelerator to Scale Growth of Defense Tech Startups

Forge Institute has launched the Phoenix Xcelerator, a pioneering program designed to empower & grow startups across the defense and aerospace sectors...

development

TN: TNECD Announces New Select Tennessee Certified Site in Lexington

The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development announced that the Timberlake Industrial Park in Lexington, Tennessee, is the newest si...

economy

Extreme Weather Happening More Often, With Larger Impact on Economy, Says AccuWeather

AccuWeather expert meteorologists say 2024 will go down in the record books as a hot and stormy year with frequent rounds of extreme weather across th...

economic development

U.S. Economic Development Admin. Reauthorized by Congress for First Time in 20 Years

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) celebrates its historic reauthorization by Congress, allowing it to contin...

equipment

Equipment Finance Industry Confidence in December Reaches New Three-Year High

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released the December 2024 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MC...

energy

NC: Taskforce for Offshore Wind Economic Resource Strategies Releases Final Report for North Carolina

The North Carolina Department of Commerce announced the release of the NC Taskforce for Offshore Wind Economic Resource Strategies’ (NC TOWERS) final ...

manufacturing

ABI Research Says Global Manufacturing Industry to Generate 4.4 ZB of Data by 2030

By 2030, according to forecasts by global technology intelligence firm ABI Research, the manufacturing industry is projected to generate 4.4 zettabyte...

workforce

NM: State Awards Job Training Funds to Support Up to 122 New Mexico Employees

For the final month of 2024, the Job Training Incentive Program (JTIP) board approved $2.2 million in reimbursement funds to support up to 122 trainee...

workforce

Flexible Schedules, Fast Payment Are Key to Job Satisfaction, National Workforce Survey Finds

A new study of more than 5,000 front-line workers found that they value flexible schedules and that same or next-day payments helps companies build wo...