A groundbreaking plan to create an offshore wind-powered hydrogen energy industry cluster in south Louisiana has been awarded $50 million from the Build Back Better Challenge, the U.S. Economic Development Administration announced. Dubbed H2theFuture, the project is among 21 –…
Avex to Conduct Manufacturing and Aviation Job Interviews at New Iberia Career Fair
Avex is partnering with LED FastStart to host an in-person career fair that connects qualified candidates to opportunities at the company’s expanding commercial aircraft services facility at Acadiana Regional Airport in Iberia Parish. The interview event will take place Tuesday,…
FedEx Ground Distribution Facility Expanding in Horry County
Myrtle Beach Regional Economic Development Corporation (MBREDC) is announcing FedEx Ground, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., is expanding operations in Horry County in time for the holiday shopping season, bringing a $64 million investment and new jobs to the area.…
Virginia’s Legacy of Economic Opportunity
By the Virginia Economic Development Partnership The Commonwealth of Virginia was founded as a business venture in 1607, when the Virginia Company of London formed a joint-stock company to bring profits to shareholders and to establish an English colony in…
As Good as the Companies They Keep
By Kimberly Alvarez Grandma used to say, “Work hard, stay focused and surround yourself with the dreamers, the believers, the planners, and the doers.” And she was right. Everyone knows that success is contagious and in Arkansas, businesses are spreading…
One Long ‘Tylenol Moment’: But Relief is On the Way
By Michael D. White, author and freelance writer Back around the middle of the last century, every Sunday evening at 7:00, families across the country would congregate in front of their television sets to watch as a self-conscious Ed Sullivan…