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Ohio River Corridor: The Cincinnati And Louisville Regions Tie for Top Honors: The Louisville and Cincinnati metro areas claimed a No. 1 ranking in Site Selection’s annual analysis of Ohio River metro-area economic development in 2020 and 2021.

Across the country, communities are struggling with the lingering effects of the pandemic on their local economies.  With all of the bad news we hear daily, it is good to take stock of the positive in one’s community.  A 2019 article by Ron Starner in the Site Selection magazine outlines seven traits of highly effective small towns. 

Texas: Four-Part Harmony:  Incentives, headquarters, semiconductors and workforce training headline some of the stories in a state chock-full of them.

Social climate and legislation could have an impact on attracting high tech talent.

News that Ohio may be the site of the new plant comes eight months after the announcement that Intel will build a $20 billion computer chip manufacturing facility in central Ohio.

NORTH PORT – As corporate America evaluates the impact of COVID-19 on future expansion, experts agree North Port and other communities like it are in a sweet spot for growth. That was one of several underlying messages to emerge from the fifth annual North Port Real Estate Summit on Friday.  Ron Starner, executive vice president of Site Selection Magazine, said that the shift to remote work prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic will continue, and companies are looking beyond large metropolita...