November 2016
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CALIFORNIA
- Big funding gap could delay affordable
housing on Treasure Island,
San Francisco Chronicle (November
11, 2016)
San Francisco faces a $380 million funding gap that could delay the construction of affordable housing on Treasure Island. The spokesperson for the nonprofit public benefit agenda that oversees economic development of the island says that revenues are simply not keeping pace.
GEORGIA
- Anthem to invest $20 million in 2,000 job
IT hub in Midtown's Bank of America
Plaza, Atlanta Business
Chronicle (October 26, 2016)
Indianapolis-based health insurer, Anthem Inc., will invest $20 million in a technology hub in Midtown's Bank of America Plaza.
Maryland
- Mayor-elect Catherine Pugh outlines
ambitious plans: Jobs, housing, education and homeless
services, Baltimore
Business Journal (November 9,
2016)
The Mayor-elect of Baltimore, Maryland plans to focus on economic development issues.
- A new era for big Md.
county, The Washington
Post (November 13, 2016)**
Politics in Maryland's most economically powerful county is positioned to change dramatically in the coming years.
NATIONAL
- Center of Excellence expands state's
aerospace industry, Site
Selection Magazine (September
2016)
The new center would consist of a research lab that would be available for use by partner companies and universities.
NORTH CAROLINA
- NC Commerce chief contends HB2 has played
no role in talks with jobs prospects,
Charlotte Business Journal
(October 29, 2016)
North Carolina Commerce Secretary says assessments of economic damage from HB2 have been vastly overstated.
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Congratulations to Thorne Research
Inc.! Womble Carlyle client's new corporate
headquarters, manufacturing facility to bring 330 jobs to South
Carolina, wcsr.com
(November 10, 2016)
Thorne Research, the largest life sciences project in the history of the Lowcountry of South Carolina, will bring hundreds of jobs to South Carolina.
TEXAS
- Eminent domain big concern for
landowners,
Standard-Times (October 30,
2016)
Texas grapples with eminent domain and its relationship with economic development.
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