by Charlie Walker | May 21, 2020 | Economic Development, Site Selection
Back in the good old days – I’m talking about December before the coronavirus pandemic – site selectors thought about security mostly in two dimensions: natural disasters and man-made threats like crime or terrorism. Now a third dimension has entered our...
by Janet Ady | Mar 16, 2020 | Economic Development, Site Selection
Over the course of the past year, more than one economic developer has pulled me aside to make a confession: they’re no longer actively recruiting businesses. Instead, they are placing their bets on business retention and expansion (BRE). The main reason is that...