Duke Energy Selects South Carolina Properties
Duke Energy has selected five properties in South Carolina for participation in its 2014 Site Readiness Program to prepare the properties for potential industrial development. The site program is the cornerstone of Duke Energy’s economic development model. The program identifies, evaluates and improves industrial sites in the company’s…
Optimism Drives Private Company Expansion Plans
Private-company CEOs’ confidence in the U.S. economy is driving plans for expansion, according to PwC US’s latest Private Company Trendsetter Barometer. Sixty percent of the surveyed business leaders are optimistic about the US economy’s 12-month outlook, marking a year in which the majority of Trendsetter…
Online Course Starts in May: Principles of Community Branding
Ed Burghard of Strengthening Brand America has launched a new online educational program, designed for both economic development professionals, their boards and elected officials.
Given the increased number of communities looking at branding as a strategy to accelerate economic prosperity, the course should prove to be a valuable service.
Burghard…
Martinrea International Inc. Selects Kansas City, Missouri
Ontario, Canada-based auto supplier, Martinrea International announces it has selected Riverside, Mo., as the location for its full-service facility, Martinrea Riverside LLC to supply the General Motors facility in Fairfax, Kan. The company will operate in a 275,560-square-foot facility and create up to 290 jobs…
Bridge the Gap With the Talent Integration Ecosystem
By Dr. Charlie Grantham and Norma Owen
The problem is the emergent economy places an emphasis on innovation, collaboration and integrative systemic thinking and behaviors. Labor now creates its own demand.[2] Entirely new forms of value creating human organizations and systems of value exchange are sprouting up, ready…