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Oliver Buchannon
Zach Silber

Nov 14, 2025

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13 min read

Utah's Blueprint to Become America’s Aerospace and Defense Leader

Utah’s approach demonstrates a new paradigm in economic development: sector-specific, brand-savvy, and execution-driven.

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Nov 14, 2025

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2 min read

The Utah Difference

Every conversation in Salt Lake returned to one theme: people.

Nov 14, 2025

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4 min read

From Crossroads of the West to Highways in the Sky

Utah is taking its renown logistics prowess to new heights – literally

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Nov 14, 2025

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3 min read

“Spaceport in Utah. 2026.”

The state's 50-year-old plan to win the new space race.

Nov 14, 2025

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1 min read

The Sandbox: Regulation as an Accelerator

Utah waives regulations that inhibit responsible innovation and growth.

Nov 14, 2025

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3 min read

Utah Power Is the Product

Utah plans to double its energy generation with Operation Gigawatt

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Nov 14, 2025

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3 min read

Working Together

For the Southern Utah Economic Alliance, building a region means starting with structure.

Oct 31, 2025

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11 min read

🧬 Inside Pharma's $475B Manufacturing Boom

Mapping the race to reshore and the states positioned to win

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Oct 31, 2025

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2 min read

🦾 AI and the Future of Pharma Real Estate

Tech advances are changing lab space needs – manufacturing is next

Oct 24, 2025

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8 min read

Mapping America’s Data Center Boomtowns

We spent an hour with JLL's Data Center Whisperer

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Oct 17, 2025

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8 min read

5 Insights from Toby Rice: Modern American Industrialist

EQT CEO Toby Rice is driven by an unrelenting belief that America must build again

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Oct 10, 2025

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3 min read

Looking West: “Pennsylvania is kicking our ass”

New Jersey aims to lower business taxes and shore up its energy infrastructure in order to compete with its neighbor

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Oct 10, 2025

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2 min read

Looking East: Cross-Hudson Economic Showdown Looms

New Jersey sees an opportunity to win new business and residents if Zohran Mamdani is elected NYC Mayor

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Oct 10, 2025

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3 min read

How Will New Jersey’s Next Governor Boost State Competitiveness?

The state’s gubernatorial candidates lay out their plan for attracting business investment

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Oct 10, 2025

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6 min read

Battleground New Jersey

With three weeks till Election Day, we assess the Garden State's economic competitiveness

Oct 3, 2025

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9 min read

Hyundai's Robotics Crossroads

The company's U.S. expansion now includes a robotics hub — one that could boost the trajectory of the market where it lands

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Sep 26, 2025

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2 min read

The map is opening up

Watching U.S. Space Command’s move to Huntsville earlier this month got me thinking: what makes a great location for space?”

Sep 26, 2025

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3 min read

How Brownsville, Texas Took Off

The SpaceX launch pad has supercharged investment in the southernmost city in the U.S.

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Sep 26, 2025

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5 min read

Mapping the Space CapEx Race

How states and regions are competing to win investment as the $700 billion industry takes off

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Sep 18, 2025

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2 min read

Michigan Pitches Climate Resilience to Win AI and Data Center Deals

“Boring weather” emerges as a competitive asset in the CapEx race

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Sep 18, 2025

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3 min read

From Japan to the White House: Whitmer on Competing for Capital

For Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, the way to win in today’s zero-sum competition for investment is to show up everywhere.

Sep 17, 2025

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2 min read

EXCLUSIVE: Pittsburgh's AI Strike Team Plans Investment Fund

The initiative will be modeled after The O.H.I.O. Fund for spurring artificial intelligence start-ups

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Sep 16, 2025

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3 min read

How Detroit Landed Its First Auto Plant in 20 Years

The City’s Turnaround Mayor shares his playbook

Sep 12, 2025

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3 min read

Welcome to Standard & Works

America is undergoing a once-in-a-generation industrial shift to build out domestic AI infrastructure, manufacturing, and supply chains driven by the rise of artificial intelligence, reshoring and the race to build faster, stronger and closer to home.

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Sep 11, 2025

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4 min read

The Campaign Mentality: How States Are Supercharging Economic Development to Compete

Hype videos and full-blown brand launches. High-profile summits. Massive coalitions.

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