site-selection

The Metro Denver Economic Development Corp.'s annual site-selection conference traditionally seeks out the weaknesses of the area's attractions to national and international corporations in order to improve regional prospects for recruiting a corporate expansion or relocation in the future.

Robert Schwab: The Down Low on Denver/Colorado Robert Schwab 2011

"You need to be in touch with your local businesses all the time," said Ann Harts, a Kansas City principal of Hickey & Associates, a national and international site-selection firm based in Minneapolis.

Robert Schwab: The Down Low on Denver/Colorado Robert Schwab 2011

"Companies are being forced by shareholders to play the incentive game to get the best deal possible," says Brent Pollina, vice president of Pollina Corporate Real Estate Inc., a site-selection firm that represents businesses planning moves.

States to Business: Give Our Cash Back Jennifer Levitz 2011

House Republicans said some executives at site-selection firms had told them business leaders would prefer to relocate to a state with weaker union protections.

New Battle Looms on Labor Amy Merrick 2011

"You need to be in touch with your local businesses all the time," said Ann Harts, a Kansas City principal of Hickey & Associates, a national and international site-selection firm based in Minneapolis.

Robert Schwab: The Down Low on Denver/Colorado Robert Schwab 2011

The Metro Denver Economic Development Corp.'s annual site-selection conference traditionally seeks out the weaknesses of the area's attractions to national and international corporations in order to improve regional prospects for recruiting a corporate expansion or relocation in the future.

Robert Schwab: The Down Low on Denver/Colorado Robert Schwab 2011

Mr. Julian, the county economic-development official, said site-selection experts for manufacturing plants have told him that about 30% of such projects specify that the factories go to states with right-to-work laws.

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The RNC's site-selection committee voted unanimously for Tampa over the other two finalists, Phoenix and Salt Lake City.

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But Mark Sweeney, a principal at site-selection firm McCallum Sweeney Consulting, which helps companies find locations for new offices, says cutting these programs is a bad idea.

States Move to Cut Incentives to Business 2010

The RNC's site-selection board has traveled to the potential cities in the past few months, where they examined key considerations and were wooed by support committees.

Republican National Convention 2012: Tampa Expected To Be Named Host City 2010