BF-Jan/Feb-2014

Business Facilities celebrates awards season with several major announcements and a nod to Tennessee for State of the Year honors.

The sunshine state is home to more than 2,000 aviation companies.

The manufacturer of hats and sports apparel will add 758 new jobs and invest $21.8 million to expand its operation in central Indiana.

Home to the Marine Corps Base at Quantico, Stafford County, VA is known as a destination for Defense and technology companies. Its location and business climate offer much more.

The Ministry of Energy has worked with the Ontario Energy Board, Ontarians and a host of others to put together its most ambitious energy plan yet.

Georgia notched a 10 percent surge in job creation in fiscal year 2013, with 389 companies investing $6 billion and creating 31,656 jobs.

Like the mighty Rocky Mountains looming over everything, Utah’s business environment and quality of life are reaching for the sky.

While the shape of the sunflower can be used to capture the sun, so can the environment of the sunflower state help capture the attention of business.

Since the 2011 tornado, Joplin has restored nearly all of the facilities, jobs and schools that were impacted by the storm, in a cooperative effort hailed as a model for future disaster recovery.

Workforce training programs are a top priority in economic development. Here are some of the most innovative training programs offering 21st-century workforce solutions.

Oklahoma Secretary Parman recaps plans for energy conservation, logistics, and natural gas exploration in the state.

With huge reserves of low-cost energy, world-class R&D facilities and streamlined grants that yield solid returns, Pennsylvania wants everyone to know it’s ready to take on all comers.

Each contender gave us all the info we needed for our evaluations, but then we had to choose the best from a field full of impressive game-changers.

The 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year recognizes the locations and economic development agencies that landed the highest impact projects announced between July 1, 2012 and December 1, 2013. This year, the game-changing transformation of a former solar panel plant in Mesa, AZ into a new $1.5-billion manufacturing facility for tech giant Apple takes the top prize.

Tennessee, already an automotive powerhouse, motors into our winner’s circle with a diverse growth strategy that’s hitting on all cylinders.