BF Staff
New Jersey Diverts Clean Energy Funds
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who has enacted deep budget cuts since taking office in January, is now taking aim at the Garden State’s...
Wyoming to Tax Wind Energy Production
Wyoming will have more authority over the siting of wind farms and the state will begin taxing wind energy production under bills that Gov....
ConAgra Closing Damaged NC Plant
ConAgra says it is going to shut its Slim Jim manufacturing plant in Garner, NC within 15 to 18 months. The company says it will...
Dow Plans $340 Million Expansion in Indianapolis
Dow AgroSciences has announced plans for a $340 million expansion of its Indianapolis headquarters that is expected to create 577 high-paying jobs over the...
New Group to Promote Southern Colorado
Top business leaders from Pueblo and Colorado Springs have formed a new partnership to champion Southern Colorado's economy. The region's chambers of commerce and...
Bremner Food Group Expands in KY
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has announced the expansion in Princeton, KY of Bremner Food Group, the nation’s largest supplier of private label cookies and...
Ontario Boosts Funds for Ford Windsor
Ontario will more than quadruple its promised support to help keep Ford's Windsor engine plant working, according to a report in the Toronto Sun. Finance...
Attention Walmart Shoppers!
There are some things we assumed we never would see in our lifetime: The melting of the polar ice caps; a car that runs...
60 Seconds with Mark Peterson, President, Greater Rochester Enterprise
The state government and legislature in New York is preparing to end the Empire Zone incentives program in July and replace it...
Covering the Ground on Transportation Issues
Don’t let your project get detoured or end up on the wrong development track by ignoring the factors that make transportation a ...
Ohio Corporate Moves
V&M Star Expands in Youngstown
V&M Star is investing $650 million in an expansion of its Youngstown, OH facility that is projected to...
Topeka, Kansas
QUALITY COUNTS
Topeka is the capital city of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It has a population of 123,446 (Shawnee’s...
Calling for Growth
Sectors of the call center industry did more than show surprising resilience in the downturn—they actually thrived and added job growth across...
A Golden Corridor of Innovation
Industry-specific clusters are thriving along I-90 in northern Illinois due to close collaboration and proximity.
One of the most successful industry-specific manufacturing hubs in...
Grow Your Own
From the Desk of the Editor in Chief
Every year, we take a high-level tour of the most important developments in the burgeoning...
Biotech is Growing from the Ground Up
That patch of crabgrass next to your driveway or the algae floating next to your boat may soon be powering your vehicles, as the race to produce next-generation biofuels kicks into high gear.
A Golden Corridor of Innovation
Industry-specific clusters are thriving along I-90 in northern Illinois due to close collaboration and proximity.
Blazing a Trail Across the High-Tech Frontier
Texas is well known as a prime location for business, but it also is an emerging hot spot for technological innovation driven by state, local, and industry partnerships.
Topeka, Kansas
Metro Spotlight
Ohio Corporate Moves
V&M Star Expands in Youngstown
V&M Star is investing $650 million in an expansion of its Youngstown, OH facility that is projected to create more...