Kentucky: Here We Grow Business Tour Kicks off in February
The Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development is partnering with a number of local, state and federal organizations to host a series of free seminars designed to educate small business owners and entrepreneurs on resources available to help them start, grow and sustain their businesses.
The series, “Kentucky: Here We Grow…
Sasol Ltd. Plans to Invest $16 Billion to $21 Billion in Louisiana
Sasol has announced it will invest between $16 billion and $21 billion in an integrated gas-to-liquids (GTL) and ethane cracker complex in Westlake, La., which is expected to create 1,253 direct jobs. The project by Sasol, a South African company, will be one of the largest foreign…
Free ebook Available on National Manufacturing Renaissance Campaign
The Capital Institute has published the fourth case study in its Field Guide to Investing in a Regenerative Economy initiative. The institute is a non-partisan, transdisciplinary Collaborative Space.
The case study, The Next (Regenerative) Industrial Age: The Story of the National Manufacturing Renaissance Campaign, focuses on the work of…
Intelligent Incentives
By Wen Sun and Sarah Gutschow
To make an ultimate site selection decision, businesses usually have to go through a multi-step screening process and evaluate large numbers of candidate communities on a series of critical factors based on a business’s operational needs. These include economic base, community image…
Warehousing and Distribution: Looking Beyond Cost Reductions
By Mark Kleszczewski
To see the effect of an on-again, off-again economic recovery, look no further than the fields of warehousing and distribution. Increasing fuel costs, supply chain disruptions and uneven demand have resulted in lackluster inventory turns and the closure or reshuffling of many distribution centers.
Faced…
