Salesforce Opens Seattle Area Engineering & Innovation Hub
World's fastest-growing top 10 enterprise software company plans to double local workforce to 500 in Bellevue, WA.
High-Growth Sector
Statewide legal marijuana is a $6.7-billion industry that may all go up in smoke if the Justice Department enforces federal laws prohibiting it.
Crystal Ball 2017
Don't get tricked by fake news: BF's got the real deal on next year's headlines.
Communities Get Environmental, Economic Development Help From EPA
The EPA will provide 25 communities with technical assistance to pursue development strategies that advance clean air, clean water, economic development and other local goals.
Bay Area Cities Collaborate To Boost Regional Manufacturing
The cities of San Francisco, San Jose, Fremont and Oakland in collaboration with nonprofit SFMade release results of the first-ever Bay Area State of Urban Manufacturing Report.
Amazon Plans Third Nevada Fulfillment Center
The new 800,000-square-foot North Las Vegas facility will create more than 1,000 full-time jobs.
Boeing Consolidating Defense, Space Sites
The effort to improve efficiency will bring jobs to Boeing's Los Angeles County, St. Louis, and Huntsville locations.
$60M Porsche Experience Center Opens In Los Angeles
The 53-acre complex will serve as the company's premier West Coast destination for the public, and features a driver development track, a race car exhibit and fine-dining restaurant.
Cimpress Opens First U.S. Manufacturing Operation In Nevada
The customized products company will open its first U.S. manufacturing operation in Reno, with plans to add 150 new jobs.
NextEV Opens North American HQ In California
The new facility, in the heart of the Silicon Valley, will employ 400 and serve as the company’s center of global software development.
Vox Populi
The keepers of the nation's treasures have turned to online crowdfunding to preserve them.
NYC Most, Huntsville Least Expensive U.S. Office Markets
BOMA has compiled a list of the most and least expensive office markets in the U.S., accounting for both operating expenses and rental rates.
Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk
Ports and FTZs are beneficial locations for all of your business needs, providing the transportation link that gets your goods where they need to go.
Ministry of Information
If you think the debate over electronic surveillance has been settled, think again.
California Lands Automotive Supplier’s First West Coast Plant
DRÄXLMAIER will invest $24 million and create 300 new jobs at its new Livermore, CA manufacturing plant.
Open Borders
Seattle and Vancouver ponder the creation of a Cascadia Innovation Corridor that would span the U.S.-Canada border.
Energy Efficiency: California Regains Top Spot, Ties With Massachusetts
ACEEE’s 10th Anniversary Energy Efficiency Scorecard shows VT, RI, CT, NY rounding out top 5; MO, ME, and MI are three Most Improved States.
Technology Startup Capstak Opens Nevada HQ
Capstak co-founders considered both national and global markets to headquarter the company, but decided Reno was the most strategic fit.
Sprawl or Tall?
Los Angeles, finally running out of room to build out, is struggling with a growing imperative to build up.
The Great Migration
The residents of an island village in Alaska have voted to move to the entire town to the mainland.