COVID-19 has impacted businesses and residents alike across North Dakota. The North Dakota Department of Commerce, business partners and state agencies took an innovative and proactive approach to address and mitigate the variety of previous, current and future challenges. Dedication and resiliency were common across…
Montana – Where Ideas Grow into Opportunities
Montana’s spectacular unspoiled nature and unparalleled access to public lands make for a one-of-a-kind backdrop to build and grow a business. Montana truly is an incubator for innovation. Montana’s top business incentives includes consistently ranking #1 for entrepreneurship and startup…
Mississippi’s Warehousing and Distribution Industry Delivers Results
Mississippi is rapidly becoming well known to companies with shipping needs as an ideal location to set up operations, as evidenced by the state’s burgeoning warehousing and distribution industry. Located in one of the fastest-growing regions of the U.S. and…
Michigan Economy Continues Driving Forward into 2021
Culture of innovation helping grow key industries statewide As states continue to recover from the global pandemic, Michigan has a strategic plan to build a more resilient economy. The five-year plan focuses on industries that leverage Michigan’s culture of innovation,…
Food and Beverage Processing: The COVID-19 Pandemic Influence
By Jay Garner, CEcD, President, Garner Economics LLC The year 2020 will go down in recent history as one of the most disruptive in our lifetime because of the mother of all disruptors – the COVID-19 pandemic. We were all…
Opportunity Zones on Track to Lift One Million Americans Out of Poverty
Poverty rate to be reduced by 11 percent in Opportunity Zones through billions in investment and new job opportunities The increasingly globalized economy has meant prosperity for many, yet millions of Americans have been overlooked, devoid of the same benefits…