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BY THE NUMBERS
396
Location decisions our tracker has logged in 2026.
$4B
Audi's first U.S. plant, at the Middle Georgia Megasite.
3,750 jobs
Hyundai Translead's expanded Will County hiring plan.
$8.8B
Direct output of Oklahoma City's aerospace industry.
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Nov 5, 2026
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Voters backed restrictions in 40 of 41 local ballot measures, while incoming governors in three major development markets have promised tighter controls. The next challenge for developers may be political certainty as much as available power.
RECENTS
Nov 2, 2026
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New leaders in Conroe, Adams County and Henderson, a centennial-year haul for Jefferson Parish and four economic development jobs paying up to $184,539.
Oct 19, 2026
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Sector Intelligence
A defined customer requirement can pull private capital into shipbuilding. Keeping a yard productive after the first contract depends on who owns the site, who operates it and who carries the risk.
Oct 12, 2026
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Matt Landek's L5 Mission Critical, an operator powered by Walbridge, is betting that eliminating the handover gap, and investing in local communities through training, can fix some of the industry's growing pains.
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Andy Greiner
Editor & Publisher
Editor. Data, Journalism, Site Selection. Former CNN Business, YouGov and Area Development.
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The CapCivic co-founder advises both companies and communities about projects. Now she says the public meeting is where deals get won or lost.
More reporting
Greater Oklahoma City has an $8.8 billion aerospace economy, a new $150 million bet on biomedical research and 90,000 more residents than it had five years ago. Chamber President and CEO Christy Gillenwater explains how the industries that built the city are feeding the ones that come next.
Oct 20, 2026
The defense contractor knew exactly where it wanted to grow in Oklahoma City. The work was assembling a few acres next to the base gate.
Oct 5, 2026
Before comparing states, a region has to know which piece of the production process it can deliver, and what it will take to get that capacity working.
Oct 1, 2026
Why Here?
The announcement came first. Now comes the location decision. We're reporting on the power, gas, water, transportation, workforce and public investment that could decide where the mill gets built.
Sep 29, 2026
Camco Chemical’s latest expansion was years in the making, shaped more by land, logistics, local relationships and room to grow than by incentives.
Sep 24, 2026
Industrial demand is returning across the Valley, but Alliance Industrial’s Brady Maus says infrastructure, especially power distribution, is narrowing the pool of sites that can support the next wave of growth.
Sep 16, 2026
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Learnewable scores every U.S. county on how residents and local rules treat solar, wind, battery storage and data centers. Over the past year, its founder says, data centers have moved the wrong way.
The Indiana county already hosts AWS and Microsoft campuses, which the proposed ban would not touch.
This week's Second Shift goes to Umatilla, Ore.; Dayton, Ohio; and Alamo Heights, Texas.
A store manager who found work after prison, profiled by Ohio's WYSO; a farmworkers' son from Watsonville, Calif., turned software engineer; and two brothers in North Carolina who finished their electrical apprenticeships and now train the next class.
EDO AI Playbook
15 practical AI workflows for running a stronger economic development organization.
Create a reusable working brief with approved context, evidence rules and human decision points.