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Site Selectors and Economic Development Organizations Not Always on the Same Page

by Janet Ady | Nov 10, 2020 | Economic Development

At Ady Advantage embracing data is built into our mission. As such, we conduct industry-wide research to help inform our site selection clients and the economic developers who serve them. One key finding of our research was a distinct mismatch, or gap, in the...

As I See It | It’s a Perfect Time to Market that Industrial Site

by Janet Ady | Aug 17, 2020 | Economic Development

Over the past several months, Ady Advantage has been tracking and interpreting reams of data that provide clues as to what’s next for economic development.  We recently developed a white paper summarizing the top impacts from COVID-19 and the implications for Economic...

As I See It | How COVID-19 Adds a New Dimension to the Site Selection Process

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...

As I See It | The One Thing Many Economic Developers Don’t Want Site Selectors to Know

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...

As I See It | Site Selection Industry Marks Its Centennial: Part 2 of 2 – The Later Years

by Janet Ady | Jul 22, 2019 | Economic Development

Note: This blog is the second of a two-part series about the site selection industry.  If you missed the first part, you can read it here. In the early 1990s, Fantus was acquired by Deloitte (now Deloitte’s Global Location Strategy group).  By this time, site...
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