Scaling Up Without Falling Short - Area Development
Scaling a pilot into full production requires smart planning, the right team, and constant flexibility.| Area Development
New market tax credits offer millions in upfront funding for projects that create jobs and serve underserved communities.| Area Development Online Current Issue Feed
A surprising encounter reveals why environmental due diligence isn’t just paperwork — it’s protection.| Area Development Online Current Issue Feed
With federal action slowing and market forces accelerating, private firms are finding that the most effective policy responses—on issues like energy, housing, and workforce—are coming from state and local governments with the agility to act.| Area Development Online Current Issue Feed
How shovel-ready sites and talent programs are helping Virginia win major manufacturing projects.| Area Development Online Current Issue Feed
Companies are looking beyond cost and factoring in culture, politics, and community fit for resilience.| Area Development Online Current Issue Feed
A return to American manufacturing demands more than factories — it requires coordinated, community-wide ecosystem development| Area Development Online Current Issue Feed
Once dismissed as decorative, workplace art is now being embraced as a powerful tool for improving employee well-being, productivity, and a company’s public image.| Area Development Online Current Issue Feed
States and cities have tied incentives to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) goals — such as subcontracting targets or workforce composition — but a new executive order from the Trump administration and related lawsuits are raising the legal stakes. That raises new questions about what’s lawful and what’s not when it comes to DEI, affirmative action, and the use of contracting targets — and how that may impact your next location decision.| Area Development Online Current Issue Feed
Scaling a pilot into full production requires smart planning, the right team, and constant flexibility.| Area Development
Preparing a mega site requires more than acreage and ambition—it means aligning zoning, utilities, and documentation to reduce investor risk, compress timelines, and compete for transformative manufacturing and industrial projects.| Area Development
Site selectors and engineers must be extra cautious dealing with energetics, like ammunition and explosives.| Area Development
Four Key Considerations for Building Strong Relationships with Local Governments in Industrial Development.| Area Development
