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U.S. Mid-Atlantic

Hampton Roads Alliance (Virginia)
Situated along the coast of Virginia and home to one of the world’s greatest natural harbors, with ports capable of accommodating the largest cargo ships on the planet, water is the lifeblood of Hampton Roads. Just as the harbor has served as a safe haven for ships for over 400 years, Hampton Roads, as a region, provides a secure location for your business to grow.

Hampton Roads’ mid-Atlantic location coupled with its convenient, accessible transportation infrastructure, a skilled workforce of 830,000+ and a pro-business climate including a low cost of doing business and below national average corporate income tax rate, workers’ compensation rates and union membership provide a wealth of benefits for businesses.

Hampton Roads has proven to be a premier location for the following industries, as demonstrated by the companies that have already established a home here: Business and Shared Services, Information Technology, Food + Beverage Processing, Advanced Manufacturing, Maritime & Logistics, and Offshore Wind.

The Alliance is proud to represent nine cities and four counties in Hampton Roads, each with their own unique assets. Together, our localities offer an experience unlike any other and are committed to your continued success.

Roanoke Regional Partnership (Virginia)
Businesses want to get in on what’s happening in the Roanoke Region of Virginia. From advanced manufacturing to shared services to national breweries to life science, we’re rippling with new opportunities. And hiking, biking, and paddling are so close that work-life flows seamlessly into play life. It’s what makes the Roanoke Region the natural choice for talent and business.

Roanoke is located equidistant from New York City and Atlanta and accessible to two-thirds of the U.S. population in a day’s shipping time. Add in Virginia’s pro-business climate with low business costs in a right-to-work state with a cost of living below the national average. (That’s why CNBC ranked Virginia as the Top State for Business in 2021.)

From business quality to quality of life, the Roanoke Region is a well-rounded East Coast location.

U.S. South

Central SC Alliance (South Carolina)
Positioned in the heart of South Carolina, and the rapidly growing Southeast, the Central SC Region’s natural geographic advantage translates into efficient connections to customers and suppliers. Combining a desirable location with smart investments in infrastructure, competitive industrial utility rates, and a cost of living well below the national average, Central SC delivers a globally connected, world-class home.

Cleco (Louisiana)
Cleco, a privately owned electrical utility company, is investing in innovative technology to make its Louisiana service territory the most competitive and pro-business environment for growing companies. Leveraging wide-reaching access to Louisiana’s impressive infrastructure assets, companies are advancing their reach to major markets with more than one-fifth of the U.S. population accessible within an 11-hour drive. Infrastructure assets include six major interstate highways, 30 inland and coastal port facilities, five Class I railroads and four intermodal connectors, and 12 commercial and regional airports with passenger and cargo service. Cleco and Louisiana are building on a legacy of innovation and production utilizing an existing, skilled labor force base buoyed by the nation’s top-ranked workforce development program and a pipeline of talent produced at a range of colleges and universities across Louisiana. Harnessing decades of experience across the state, a network of regional partners and a progressive, sustainable-development mentality, Cleco is here to help you accelerate your business in Louisiana – and beyond.

Hernando County Office of Business Development (Florida)
Hernando County, situated on the west coast of Florida within the highly regarded Tampa Bay Region, offers the perfect blend of opportunity for business expansion and leisure.With a 2400-acre Aviation Tech Center that includes airside parcels, your business will find the ideal site or facility to call home.Speaking of home, located in the geographic center of Florida, Hernando County is the most affordable county in Tampa Bay offering a plethora of residential choices.Whether you live along the Gulf of Mexico, in the country or the suburbs, you and your employees will enjoy the benefits of an outstanding work location plus Adventure Coast recreational activities like hiking, biking, kayaking, fishing and let’s not forget those picture-perfect sunsets.The weather forecast in Hernando County is as sunny as the pro-business climate, and another compelling reason you will find Hernando County is a Great Place to START, the Best Place to STAY!

Louisiana Economic Development (Louisiana)
Capitalizing on aggressive tax incentives, low business costs, a favorable business climate, and the #1 workforce training program in America, companies locating or expanding to Louisiana find unprecedented economic support and success.

Why Louisiana? Your company receives unparalleled recruiting and training that meets your workforce needs for today and tomorrow with the #1 workforce training and talent attraction program in the U.S. 12 years in a row. LED FastStart® provides customized employee recruitment, screening, training development and training delivery for eligible, new or expanding companies—all at no cost. LED FastStart provides custom solutions for your company, culture and processes. FastStart’s pioneering workforce training efforts are reflected with projects including being the only state in the nation to place the Haas UMC-500 5-Axis Universal Machining Centers in every community college. FastStart also works in partnership with Louisiana’s six HBCUs to expand tech and STEM industry training.

• A gateway to 38 interior states via the Mississippi River and grants manufacturers unmatched access to worldwide markets through the Gulf of Mexico.

• Low-cost electricity and natural gas, abundant underground storage caverns, pipeline supplies of feedstock.

• More than 62,000 miles of natural gas pipelines Louisiana and the home of the Henry Hub gas pricing point, 250 miles of deep-water channels, and six class one railroads.

• Seven designated Foreign Trade Zones (FTZ), providing foreign companies with customs-free options for the import, manufacture or reshipment of goods.

• Consider Louisiana’s strength in traditional and new energy, advanced manufacturing, aerospace, agribusiness, IT, life sciences and water management for your company. With $20.6 billion in new capital investments in 2021 alone, the time is right to research how Louisiana can support your success.

Madison County Economic Development Authority (Mississippi)
If you’re looking to relocate or expand in the Southern United States, you’ll find an unbeatable combination of benefits in Madison County, Mississippi. We offer an ideal geographic location with easy access to key U.S. and international markets; low tax, real estate and utility costs; a hard-working, educated workforce; lush green spaces and parks; and a superb quality of life. Join the growing number of companies who are proud to call Madison County, Mississippi home.

Myrtle Beach Regional Economic Development Corporation (South Carolina)
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina is a world-class business destination and is poised to become a global hub for opportunity. Horry County offers a diverse mix of sites and buildings from Class A-certified industrial parks to business and commerce centers. Opportunities for businesses to thrive stem from modern infrastructure, skilled workforce, and access to higher education. The expansion of the Myrtle Beach International Airport enables more fluid access to the 75 percent of the U.S. population that is found within a 1,000-mile radius, while access to I-95 via US 501 enables rapid product distribution. If you are just getting started, growing your business, relocating, or opening a new facility, the Myrtle Beach area provides the ideal location for your success.

North Eastern Strategic Alliance (South Carolina)
NESA is a regional, non-profit, economic development organization that serves nine counties in the northeastern corner of South Carolina. Our primary objective is to create jobs for the residents of the region by working within the existing industry base and recruiting new companies. We assist these companies by providing research assistance, infrastructure support, workforce training opportunities, regional site selection assistance and we work with our county partners and the state to help coordinate incentive packages.

Santee Cooper (South Carolina)
As South Carolina’s largest power producer, its first to produce renewable Green Power, and its only state owned electric and water utility, Santee Cooper is committed to: providing low-cost, reliable energy, water and other essential services, providing excellent customer service, operating according to the highest ethical standards, maintaining a quality workforce, being a steward of the environment, and being a leader in economic development.

U.S. Southwest

City of Tucson Economic Initiatives (Arizona)
A diverse and welcoming community, Tucson offers an outstanding quality of life along with a low cost of doing business. Our manufacturers lead the way in innovation, in sectors as varied as aerospace, biotech, defense, healthcare, information technology, optics, solar, and water. Just 60 miles from the Mexico border, with high-capacity border and transportation infrastructure, Tucson is the natural choice for companies doing business in the U.S. and Mexico.

Maricopa Economic Development Alliance (Arizona)
The City of Maricopa, located in Pinal County, just 35 minutes south of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, exists as an affordable, diverse community that offers an amazing small town feel with urbanized benefits. Moreover, the city’s pro-business climate with simplified approval and permitting processes showcase the community’s dedication as a young, vibrant, smart city whose enthusiasm can only be superseded by the heart of the community itself.

This untapped, desert gem, is home to the new Exceptional Health Community Hospital, the upcoming S3 Biotech medical and innovation campus, as well as numerous businesses that make up the city’s “Adventure Corridor” including Arizona Soaring, Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club, APEX Motor Club, Sky Dive Phoenix, and the long-awaited, 74-acre Phx Surf and waterpark oasis, with construction slated to begin in late 2023.

So, if you’re looking for incredible value, speed to market, a highly skilled, diverse, and educated workforce, housing and land availability, market access and an incredible location with an unparalleled quality of life, look no further than Maricopa, Arizona. Come build a city with us!

Amarillo Economic Development (Texas)
The Amarillo Economic Development Corporation knows companies want to be confident in its future while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. You deserve to have both a thriving career and family. To do that, you must live in a vibrant community that supports you.

For more than 30 years, the Amarillo EDC has supported hundreds of businesses in their relocation, growth, and expansion process. We want to make Amarillo a place where businesses and individuals can prosper. Learn more about how Amarillo can help you succeed.

AR-TX Regional Economic Development (Texas)
The Texarkana Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is a three-county region comprising the twin cities of Texarkana, Texas and Texarkana, Arkansas, and encompassing the surrounding communities of Bowie County, Texas, Little River County, Arkansas and Miller County, Arkansas. Situated at the junction of several major interstates, Texarkana provides convenient access to key markets from the Midwest to the Gulf Coast while offering abundant natural resources, lower costs and a higher quality of life than can be found in crowded urban markets.

TexAmericas Center (Texas)
Ranked the 5th best industrial park in the US, TexAmericas Center offers a standing 150,000sf Spec Building, Build-To-Suit options for lease or purchase, 12,000 development ready acres, over 3.5MSF of existing manufacturing, warehouse, storage, and office space. As well the organization provides 3PL & rail logistics services, access to federal, state and local incentives, and access to project financing. Located on the Texas-side of the Texarkana MSA, TexAmericas Center, a State of Texas redevelopment authority, offers: 36-miles of rail; interstate access; reliability, favorable costs, and excess industrial capacity for all infrastructure; abundant human resources; and, the Texas business climate and culture which understands, appreciates and encourages business growth. Offering Speed to Market and Speed to Profit, TexAmericas Center is a quasi-governmental organization that functions like a Not-For-Profit industrial real estate development & management company and value-added logistics, financing and incentive services.

Greater: SATX (Texas)
With one of the fastest-growing economies in the U .S ., San Antonio, Texas is destined for greatness . Our deep-rooted military presence in cybersecurity and bioscience, competitive cost of doing business, and nationally recognized workforce development programs drive innovation while keeping the authentic cultural charm of the region . Greater SATX is home to more than 400 headquarters operations including USAA, H-E-B, Valero, and Rackspace, as well as regional hubs for globally-recognized brands like EY, Accenture, TJX, and Hulu .

New Braunfels EDC (Texas)
In the heart of the Texas Hill Country lies the beautiful community of New Braunfels . The city’s strategic location in Central Texas puts it at almost equal distances between the seventh largest city in the U .S . (San Antonio) and the State Capitol (Austin) . This opportunistic placement, along with access to a strong education system, an affordable cost of living, a stable economic climate, and a plethora of recreational opportunities, has created an environment people are flocking to . Ranked as the second fastest growing county and 2nd fastest growing city in the nation, the New Braunfels area is experiencing unprecedented growth.