SEDC News

All Politics Is Local, Especially for a New Site Companies looking to open a facility in an unfamiliar location must assess its local political...

9 Minute Q&A interview with Ted Abernathy "Old dogs have to learn new tricks" During SEDC's Annual Conference in New Orleans, Chris...

2019 Top States for Doing Business: 9/10 are SEDC member States! The top-ranked states have landed on the radar of today’s site selection...

When communities fall on hard economic times, they tend to grow increasingly neglected. After all, whatreal estate investor wants to pump money...

Workers are putting in fewer hours. Is that a sign a recession is coming? Americans are working fewer hours, and that could be a worrisome sign for...

U.S. Manufacturing Slowed in August in Latest Sign of Economic Weakness The American manufacturing sector contracted last month, a key measure...

‘American Factory’ Review: The New Global Haves and Have-Nots "The most important thing is not how much money we earn,” the...

2018 skills gap in manufacturing studyFuture of manufacturing: The jobs are here, but where are the people? Managing the shortfall of...

Infrastructure & Surface Transportation Update Wednesday, August 21, 2019 With partisanship at a fever pitch, one area of...

Chris Rawley: Agriculture Investing in Opportunity Zones How can agribusiness capitalize on the Opportunity Zones program? Show Transcript Jimmy:...

USDA Announces Investments in Community Facilities that will Benefit Almost 200,000 Rural Americans USDA Rural Housing Service Administrator Bruce...

Illinois Gov. Pritzker Launches Statewide Broadband Expansion SPRINGFIELD, IL — With a historic $420 million investment in broadband...