This issue is especially exciting as it is our 7th Annual CiCi Awards issue. As most of you know, CiCi stands for Corporate Investment and Community Impact and the Awards honor 30 site-selection projects announced during the year 2011 that stood out among more than 700 applicants either in terms of the extraordinary dollar amount of the investment or the impact the investment and corporate location has and will have on the community in which the project has or will be developed. The entire staff of Trade & Industry Development, as well as the entire professional site selection community, we’re sure, join together to extend hearty congratulations to all of the companies being honored with this Award.
As the name implies, the Community Impact division of our annual CiCi Awards recognizes exemplary companies that have committed to making a significant investment in a community with either a new or expansion project that in some very notable way has a positive effect on the citizenry of the immediate and surrounding area of its location. more....