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 Ashley Scray | Feb 10, 2016 | Manufacturing
Diversification and growth are goals of most manufacturers, no matter how big or small, or how successful they are. The question is not whether you want to grow and diversify, but how to do it. In working with dozens of manufacturers over the past several years, we’ve...
by Janet Ady | Jan 20, 2015 | Economic Development
By Janet Ady, President/CEO Ady AdvantageAccording to Pitch Book, a private financial database, close to $570 million in venture capital has been invested in the past five years in companies that produce food for consumption or prepared foods, with the number of deals...
by Janet Ady | May 27, 2014 | Economic Development
One of the interesting stealth trends in economic development is the preponderance of food processing among target industries, especially on the regional or state level. (There also seems to be a preponderance of “foodies” among the E.D. pros, although that may just...
by Janet Ady | Feb 20, 2014 | Economic Development
During tough economic times, the agribusiness industry tends to be countercyclical – i.e., people still need to eat. During good economic times, guess what? People still need to eat. And it’s one of the few industries that is not very susceptible to...
