Recently added articles from Area Development Site and Facility Planning:
NEW MEXICO: Technology and Alternative Energy to Drive Future Growth
Aug 01, 2009; ... New Mexico is looking beyond the current economic situation and is proactively planning for future growth in alternative energy and technology. The state's Technology 21 is an 18-month collaborative plan that details ways in which the state can create high-wage tech jobs and business growth, ...
COLORADO: Energy and Aerospace Lead a Promising Economic Boost
Aug 01, 2009; ... Although Colorado has "experienced rising unemployment and is feeling the pinch of the national recession across all industries, we have felt it less than in other parts of the country and started to feel it later," says Jeff Holwell, director of business development for the Colorado Office of ...
AUTOMOTIVE AND ALTERNATIVE ENERGY STIMULATE ECONOMIC OPTIMISM
Aug 01, 2009; ... In a challenging economy, Tennessee's optimism is fueled by sectors that promise to lead the way to recovery advanced manufacturing, renewable energy, distribution and logistics, and technology and electronics. "There's no question about the challenges faced by the auto industry," says ...
STIMULUS FUNDING SUPPORTS TRANSITION TO KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY
Aug 01, 2009; ... Ohio was hit hard by the reces- sion. It saw its unemploy- ment rate rise steadily from 5.7 percent in January 2008 to 11.1 per- cent in June 2009. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recorded nearly 1,800 mass layoff events involving 224,445 initial claimants during that 18-month period ....
ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES AND AGGRESSIVE INCENTIVES RELIEVING ECONOMIC STRESS
Aug 01, 2009; ... Nebraska has fared much better than other states in the current economic downturn. Its June 2009 unemployment rate of 5 percent - compared to 9.5 percent for the United States overall - was second only to North Dakota's. The state's foreclosure rates are also much lower than the national ...