Challenge Invest Puerto Rico (IPR) has faced a pivotal transition marked by leadership shifts, evolving stakeholder expectations, and an unclear organizational mandate. While the agency achieved transactional wins, tension remained between its role as a marketing entity and its core function as an investment attraction engine. This ambiguity was compounded […]
Challenge The Greater Brownsville economy is undergoing a generational transformation, moving from low wages and a net outflow of talent to becoming a formidable competitor in the national economy. The region has boasted large capital investments from mega-projects like SpaceX, Rio Grande LNG, and Saronic. Yet economic successes of this
Challenge Strategically situated in Washington’s Puget Sound region with direct access to major freight corridors and the Port of Tacoma, the City of Fife (City) boasts a strong legacy as an industrial and commercial anchor. However, as the City evolves, it faces pressures around constrained developable acreage, high development costs,
Challenge Shaped by its origins as a stagecoach and railroad stop in the 1800s, the City of Beaumont (City) benefits from its scenic surroundings; strategic location in Riverside County, California; and strong quality of place. These advantages have helped fuel the City’s rapid residential growth over the past two decades,
Challenge Shelbyville is advantageously located in central Tennessee between the booming metropolitan hubs of Nashville and Huntsville. The community boasts a robust manufacturing base, rich cultural traditions like the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration, and valuable natural assets along the Duck River. However, accelerating regional growth has triggered infrastructure constraints
Challenge Since it was created by the General Assembly in 2017, the Delaware Prosperity Partnership (DPP) has established itself as a first-rate statewide economic development organization. The public-private partnership (P3) has generated an impressive return—helping to locate 56 projects totaling $1.52 billion in capital investment—and has built trust and credibility
Challenge Northeast Florida offers residents a high quality of life with a wide range of amenities, including access to ocean beaches, inland waterways, and other outdoor recreational opportunities as well as options for rural and urban living. Over the past decade, population has increased significantly across the region as skilled
Challenge Clovis, New Mexico, is fortunate to have an array of economic advantages that have helped the community weather the Great Recession (2007–2009) and the COVID-19-induced recession. These advantages include a robust agricultural sector, Cannon Air Force Base (Cannon AFB), strong manufacturing employers, and an abundance of cultural assets. While
Challenge West Virginia’s Kanawha Valley region, anchored by the Charleston metropolitan area, faces long-standing economic challenges including troubling population loss, below-average employment growth, lagging unemployment rates, and low levels of workforce participation. At the same time, new leadership and promising opportunities sparked a renewed sense of agency, urgency, and optimism
Challenge Greater Spokane has grown into the second largest metro area in the state of Washington and a significant economic driver for the Inland Northwest. The region is home to dynamic industries ranging from aerospace and life sciences to advanced manufacturing and agriculture, a full spectrum of higher education institutions,
