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| Jul 17, 2026 | Pennsylvania's Economic Surge: Governor Shapiro Drives Growth with Strategic Investments | Pennsylvania charges forward. Governor Shapiro's administration commits $445 million to 356 statewide projects. This RACP funding fuels infrastructure, public safety, workforce development, and community revitalization. The state leads the ... |
| Jul 17, 2026 | Governor Shapiro Invests More Than $109.3 Million in 68 Community and Economic Development Projects in South Central Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley | Through the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP), the Shapiro Administration is investing in major economic development, public safety, infrastructure, workforce development, and community revitalization projects that will streng... |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Governor Stein Visits Careers Electric Cleveland County Summer Academy, Highlights Workforce Investment for North Carolina’s Electrical Future | NORTH CAROLINA, July 13 - Today Governor Josh Stein visited the Careers Electric Summer Electrical Academy at Cleveland Community College, where he met with high school students enrolled in one of 12 academies launching this summer as part ... |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Governor Stein Visits Careers Electric Cleveland County Summer Academy, Highlights Workforce Investment for North Carolina’s Electrical Future | RALEIGH, N.C.
Today Governor Josh Stein visited the Careers Electric Summer Electrical Academy at Cleveland Community College, where he met with high school students enrolled in one of 12 academies launching this summer as part of a landmar... |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Creating Jobs in Lawrence County: Governor Shapiro Secures $6.5 Million Investment from Ezeflow USA-Flowline to Expand Manufacturing Operations, Creating 30 New Jobs | The Commonwealth is investing $210,000 to support the pipe fitting manufacturer’s growth in New Castle.
Since taking office, the Shapiro Administration has competed for and won over $41 billion in private sector investments that are creatin... |
| May 29, 2026 | Governor Shapiro Attends The Trust Hotel Groundbreaking Ceremony, Marks Major Milestone in Revitalizing Downtown Erie | The Trust Hotel will feature 195 rooms, a restaurant, ballroom, lounge, gym, and more, aiming to boost tourism and strengthen the local economy.
The renovation aligns with the Governor’s continued commitment to boosting economic development... |
| May 28, 2026 | Governor Shapiro, Mayor Parker, Philadelphia Sports Teams, and Regional Partners Announce Comprehensive Plan to Reduce Traffic, Improve Safety, and Support Economic Growth Around the Sports Complex | A comprehensive plan led by the Shapiro Administration will reduce traffic congestion around the Sports Complex, helping fans get to and from games more quickly and preparing Lower South Philadelphia for explosive economic growth.
The nearl... |
| Mar 6, 2026 | GREATER DES MOINES DEFIES NATIONAL TRENDS AS IT NEARS ONE MILLION RESIDENTS | New Analysis from Reach Advisors Reveals Region Outpacing Peers
GREATER DES MOINES, Iowa, March 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Greater Des Moines Partnership unveiled new analysis from James Chung, President of Reach Advisors, showing Greater ... |
| Mar 2, 2026 | North Dakota earns first-ever Governor’s Cup for corporate facility investment | North Dakota has achieved a historic economic development milestone, earning its first Governor’s Cup from Site Selection Magazine for having the most qualifying new and expanded corporate facilities per capita in 2025. The award highlights... |
| Jan 30, 2026 | ICYMI: Governor Shapiro Secures Largest Life Sciences Investment in PA History | “The decision by Lilly to build one of its four new U.S. factories in Lehigh County marks a significant win for Pennsylvania.” – Philadelphia Inquirer
“We’re creating high-quality jobs and collaborating across the region — with suppliers, e... |
| Jan 30, 2026 | Governor Shapiro Secures Historic $3.5 Billion Investment from Lilly to Build New, State-of-the-Art Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility in Lehigh County, Creating 850 New Jobs | The Commonwealth is investing $100 million to support the manufacturing site’s project in the Lehigh Valley – the largest life sciences investment in PA history.
Pennsylvania, which competed aggressively against other states to win this Lil... |
| Jan 23, 2026 | In Allegheny County, Governor Shapiro and Shapiro Administration Leaders Highlight $3.3 Million Investment to Train Future Manufacturing Workers, Expand Skilled Workforce Across Pennsylvania | Governor Josh Shapiro is investing in the Commonwealth’s workforce and developing a strong pipeline of skilled workers to help meet the needs of the Pennsylvania manufacturers — awarding 21 new grants totaling $3.3 million in this latest ro... |
| Jan 5, 2026 | North Carolina Named Number One in Workforce Development by Site Selection Magazine | Raleigh, N.C.
Today Site Selection magazine ranked North Carolina the Top State for Workforce Development for 2026. Governor Josh Stein celebrated this ranking during a visit to Machine Specialties Inc. (MSI) in Whitsett, where he highlight... |
| May 16, 2024 | Gov Kemp: Georgia Scores Top Spot in Competitive Economic Rankings | GEORGIA, May 16 - Atlanta, GA – Governor Brian P. Kemp, in conjunction with the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), today announced that the state earned the No. 1 spot in Site Selection’s annual Prosperity Cup rankings for ... |
| Mar 1, 2024 | Texas Wins Governor’s Cup For Record-Breaking 12th Year In A Row | TEXAS, March 1 - March 1, 2024 | Austin, Texas | Press Release
Governor Greg Abbott today celebrated Texas winning Site Selection magazine's Governor's Cup for an unprecedented 12th consecutive year and 20th win overall at a press conferenc... |
| Mar 1, 2024 | Illinois Ranks #2 in Nation for Corporate Expansions and Relocations for Second Year | ILLINOIS, March 1 - Chicago area ranked Top Metro for 11th consecutive year
CHICAGO - Site Selection Magazine - an international industry-leading business publication - released its annual corporate expansion and relocation rankings, naming... |
| Jan 16, 2024 | Illinois Tops Workforce Development Rankings | ILLINOIS, January 16 - Site Selection Magazine Ranks Illinois Number One for Workforce Development in Midwest
CHICAGO - For the second consecutive year, Illinois has been named the number one leader for workforce development in the Midwest ... |
| Jan 11, 2024 | Richmond is one of the best cities for company headquarters | Richmond is one of the best cities in the nation for companies looking to relocate their corporate headquarters.
Driving the news: The River City tied for eighth in an annual ranking of which cities companies would consider for corporate HQ... |
| Jul 12, 2023 | For Second Year in a Row, CNBC Names North Carolina as America’s Top State for Business | NORTH CAROLINA, July 11 - CNBC has named North Carolina as America’s Top State for Business in 2023 for the second year in a row. This morning, Governor Roy Cooper joined CNBC’s Scott Cohn at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville for a live broa... |
| Jun 16, 2021 | Houston researchers snag government funds for net-zero emissions projects | Rice University and the University of Houston were two of four national institutions to receive sizable grants from the Department of Energy last month to go toward the research and development of projects that will improve CO2 storage to h... |
| Jun 16, 2021 | Splashy European pool-sharing app dives into Houston just in time for summer | Scorching temps. Baking cars. ERCOT begging locals to set their thermostats to 78 (say what?). Why, it's almost like it's summer in Houston or something.
After a long sweat, nothing cools off like a long swim in a sparkling pool. To that en... |
| Jun 16, 2021 | New Houston startup development program to help launch corporate volunteer software | Brooke Waupsh wanted to change the way people volunteered and help increase access to volunteers for nonprofits. So, she launched Swoovy, a dating app that connected singles who wanted to do some good on their first dates. Now, the Austin-b... |
| May 10, 2021 | Houston ranks among fastest growing tech hubs amid the pandemic, report finds | When Americans think of tech hubs, Silicon Valley or even Austin may initially come to mind. However, Houston appears to be making a play for tech-hub status.
Citing data from career platform LinkedIn, the Axios news website reports that Ho... |
| May 10, 2021 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — tech, health care, and more — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Emily Cisek, founder of Th... |
| Apr 22, 2021 | Texas expert: Energy reliability and climate sustainability are not mutually exclusive | It's no secret that Texas has long been a leader in energy production, but it may surprise you to learn that Texas leads the nation in wind-powered generation, producing 28 percent of all US wind-powered electricity in 2019.
We're not just ... |
| Apr 22, 2021 | Houston startup grows C-suite, Deloitte opens awards apps, SDO names leader, and more innovation news | The Houston innovation ecosystem has been especially busy this year, and for this reason, local startup and tech news may have fallen through some of the cracks.
In this roundup of short stories within Houston innovation, local organization... |
| Apr 20, 2021 | Houston again anointed the most diverse city in the U.S. by new report | Diversity is currently at the forefront of the U.S. conversation, as anti-Asian hate crimes have spiked nearly 150 percent in 2021 and the Derek Chauvin trial currently broils in Minneapolis.
But now, a new study sheds some good news on the... |
| Apr 9, 2021 | Houston health center working with new study that uses app to track long-term COVID-19 effects | Aided by technology, medical sleuths at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston are tracking the long-term effects of COVID-19 as part of a national study.
At the heart of the study is an app that allows patients who have s... |
| Apr 9, 2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, a guest column on the challenges of spac... |
| Apr 1, 2021 | Rice University rises with plan to significantly grow student body | Houston's list-topping Ivy League of the South hub is set to see significant growth. Rice University's board of trustees has approved a plan to enlarge its undergraduate student body by 20 percent, the school announced. That means some addi... |
| Apr 1, 2021 | Houston startup with life-saving innovation receives $2M grant | A $2 million federal grant will enable Houston-based PolyVascular to launch human trials of what it hails as the first polymer-based heart valve for children.
In conjunction with the grant, Dr. Will Clifton has joined the medical device com... |
| Mar 29, 2021 | Houston-area teen scores golden investment from Kendra Scott on Shark Tank | A17-year-old entrepreneur from Missouri City has struck gold with her business, thanks to a Texas-based jewelry superstar.
Tyla-Simone Crayton, who is CEO of her wing-style sauce company Sienna Sauce, scored a $100,000 investment for her bu... |
| Mar 29, 2021 | University of Houston to install nanotech-coated air filters on campus to prevent COVID-19 spread | A nanotechnology developed at the University of Houston is about to make a big difference right on campus.
UH's Facilities/Construction Management Preventive Maintenance team is working on a project that will install air filters that are na... |
| Mar 26, 2021 | Amazon ramps up delivery service in Houston with 4 new outposts | Houstonians who anxiously watch their Amazon order status when it's "out for delivery" can take heart that the process may now be speedier.
Jeff Bezos' global juggernaut of all things shopping has just announced four new delivery ... |
| Mar 26, 2021 | Houston named a top city for women in STEM fields | If you're a woman in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics and you call Houston home, according to a new report, you're doing it right.
In honor of Women's History Month, CommercialCafe updated its 2020 ranking of the top U.S. ci... |
| Mar 26, 2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, a guest column about the importance of d... |
| Mar 25, 2021 | Texas named a best state for remote work | Economic development boosters regularly tout Texas as a business-friendly state. Now, they can add another positive attribute: Texas ranks as one of the top remote-work-friendly states in the U.S.
A new list from the CareerCloud career plat... |
| Mar 19, 2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, a guest column about competing for in-de... |
| Mar 18, 2021 | Houston expert: How to use the power of data and analytics to inform small businesses | Starting a business in a digital era brings entrepreneurs unprecedented advantages with technology and tools designed to optimize a business' operation. Whether it is a B2C or B2B, business owners can gather almost any data and metrics to i... |
| Mar 17, 2021 | Deloitte recognizes the importance of becoming — and remaining — distinctly human | COVID-19 proved that people and organizations are capable of tremendous growth under the pressure of a crisis.
The challenge for many will be to sustain that momentum to discover new ways to thrive in the long term, even as disruption const... |
| Mar 17, 2021 | Here's how Texas ranks among the nation's most innovative states | Innovation is one of the cogs of any state's economic engine, and it appears Texas' innovation cogs are decently oiled.
Texas ranks 17th in a new study by personal finance website WalletHub of the country's innovative states. While the Lone... |
| Mar 17, 2021 | Overheard: Houston's innovation leaders weigh in on the city's developing ecosystem at SXSW | Another day of SXSW 2021 has concluded, and just like the first day, Houston innovators logged on to discuss technology and innovation that's taking off in town.
The second of the two days of programming focused on the development of the Ho... |
| Mar 16, 2021 | Panel: How ESG is affecting the energy transition | Editor's note: For SXSW 2021, the Greater Houston Partnership produced two days of interviews and panels hosted by me — Natalie Harms, editor of InnovationMap — and focused on Houston innovation. One focused on how Houston is leading the en... |
| Mar 16, 2021 | How Houston small businesses can stand out when competing for in-demand talent | As the economic recovery gears up, small business owners increasingly need to hire and retain the best talent available in their industry. The challenge for small- and medium-sized business owners is how to compete with large corporations t... |
| Mar 15, 2021 | New report shows what industries in Houston are attracting the most venture capital investment | According to a recently released report, a few key industries in Houston have attracted the bulk of the city's venture capital investment dollars.
The Houston Tech Report by the Greater Houston Partnership and Houston Exponential has reveal... |
| Mar 12, 2021 | Houston organization embraces digital in a time of immediate need | It started with a Zoom class. Shelby Saylor remembers shutting the doors to the YMCA of Greater Houston on March 17, 2020, as the threat of the coronavirus pandemic surged across the city. Like the rest of the world, the executive director ... |
| Mar 11, 2021 | The future of Houston's economy shines bright, according to new report | The Houston metro area shed 141,300 jobs last year — the worst one-year job loss ever recorded in the region — and the area's unemployment rate peaked at 14.3 percent last April. But, according to a new ranking, there's at least one bright ... |
| Jul 7, 2020 | Bristol Seafood adds office in New England Ocean Cluster | Bristol Seafood has opened an office in the New England Ocean Cluster (NEOC) in Portland, Maine, U.S.A.
Additionally, Bristol Seafood has provided a founding sponsorship to create Inclusion in the Blue Economy, a new program to support unde... |
| Mar 11, 2020 | Report: Houston ranked No. 2 in the country for corporate relocation, expansion projects landed in 2019 | In Texas, Houston rules the corporate relocation and expansion kingdom.
Site Selection magazine ranks Houston second among large U.S. metro areas for the number of corporate relocation and expansion projects landed in 2019. That's up two sp... |
| Feb 5, 2019 | Member Spotlight: Building a Future Startup Empire in San Bernardino County | San Bernardino County and its neighbor, Riverside County—together form the Inland Empire—one of the fastest-growing areas in the country. Located at the heart of Southern California, it has historically attracted migrants both domestic and ... |
| Nov 28, 2018 | The Best States For Business 2018: North Carolina Leads The Way | |
| Nov 15, 2017 | Heartland Tech Weekly: In the age of automation, smaller cities need to collaborate | Last week, I wrote about a new organization called the Center on Rural Innovation and its efforts to create a scalable model for rural economic development.
Founder Matt Dunne believes that in order to compete with larger population centers... |
| Nov 15, 2017 | Heartland Tech Weekly: In the age of automation, smaller cities need to collaborate | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Last week, I wrote about a new organization calle... |
| Oct 25, 2017 | Pennsylvania’s government-backed VC firm should serve as a model for other states | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
The Cleveland-Pittsburgh-Buffalo region was known... |
| Oct 25, 2017 | Pennsylvania’s government-backed VC firm should serve as a model for other states | The Cleveland-Pittsburgh-Buffalo region was known for more than a century for steel production, and steel was the reason cities in this part of America were home for generations to some of the country’s most upwardly mobile working- and mid... |
| Aug 8, 2017 | Philadelphia as a laboratory for healthcare innovation: A conversation with Gary Kurtzman of Safeguard Scientifics | What’s the need for a Health Care Innovation Collaborative, and what is it hoping to achieve?
If you think about the region, the potential for innovative science has been there. That’s less interesting if you really think about it. That’s g... |
| Jun 23, 2016 | New England, Iceland ocean clusters seek better use of "wasted" crustacean shells | Following the lead of Iceland’s crustacean fishery, which cut down on its waste of crustacean shells by converting the shells into useful products, the New England Ocean Cluster is seeking a similar solution for its lobster fishery.
Based i... |
| Jan 6, 2011 | US Endoscopy expands manufacturing footprint with Ohio facility | US Endoscopy purchased a 70,000-square-foot manufacturing facility near its Mentor, Ohio, headquarters.
The company plans “many renovations” on the plant, and hopes to move all of its existing production to the facility by the end of the ye... |
| Jan 6, 2011 | US Endoscopy buys manufacturing plant in Mentor | Promoted
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As healthcare systems strive to recover from losses due to the pandemic, patient acquisition and retention have never been more urgent, and patient experience has nev... |
| Sep 7, 2000 | How the Web Effects Businesses | A good interview that brings up a lot of issues concerning virtual offices and how the “webifying” of certain functions effects companies and their real estate. Definitley worth reading as it brings up a lot of issues that I think many comp... |
| US Endoscopy buys manufacturing plant in Mentor | US Endoscopy has purchased a 70,000-square-foot manufacturing facility near its Mentor, Ohio, headquarters.
The company plans “many renovations” of the plant, and hopes to move all of its existing production to the facility by the end of th... |
| Philadelphia as a laboratory for healthcare innovation: A conversation with Gary Kurtzman of Safeguard Scientifics | In his role as senior VP and managing director of Safeguard Scientifics, a venture capital firm based just outside Philadelphia, Gary Kurtzman leads the firm’s healthcare investments. So he’s perhaps a bit biased when he says that Philadelp... |
