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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact:Granville “Beaver” Brinkman Economic Development & Operations Director City of Beulah Phone: (701) 880-2625 Email: granville@cityofbeulah.comBeulah, North Dakota Earns Prestigious IEDC 2025 Excellence in Economic Development Award — Silver WinnerBeulah, North Dakota – September 4, 2025. The City of Beulah is proud to announce that its project, “Strategic Plan: Enabling a Thriving Community With...Continue Reading

They say, “Home is where the heart is,” and there is a special dynamic in knowing that your home is wherever you choose to park it any day of the week. RVing has advanced from an upgraded camping vacation to a popular lifestyle for digital nomads, dedicated minimalists, and off-gridder...Continue Reading

Across North Dakota, women-owned businesses are shaping the economic future of our communities. Across the North Dakota prairie, women are launching and scaling small businesses that enrich local economies and strengthen the workforce. Yet despite their contributions, our data tells us women entrepreneurs continue to face systemic challenges, most notably...Continue Reading

Louisiana Economic Development (LED) has launched the Source Louisiana Accelerator Program, a new initiative designed to help in-state businesses strengthen operations, meet procurement standards and position themselves to compete for supplier opportunities tied to major projects across Louisiana.The six-month accelerator program builds on the momentum of Source Louisiana, the state’s...Continue Reading

You are manually doing work that other founders automated last week. Formatting documents, analyzing ad spend, building content from scratch, sending the same emails to clients. Every hour spent on that is an hour you could spend on growth, on strategy, on the decisions that actually move your business forward...Continue Reading

North Dakota has achieved a historic economic development milestone, earning its first Governor’s Cup from Site Selection Magazine for having the most qualifying new and expanded corporate facilities per capita in 2025. The award highlights the state’s growing success in attracting private sector investment and building long-term economic momentum.North Dakota...Continue Reading

Since 1987, the United States has designated March as Women’s History Month to honor the often-overlooked contributions of women who shaped our nation. In Beulah, such history is woven into the very fabric of our streets, businesses, and community spirit.As we celebrate the 115th anniversary of International Women’s Day on...Continue Reading

North Dakota unseats South Dakota to grab the per-capita Governor’s Cup.Upstart North Dakota has rocketed from a formerly low-ranked state for corporate facility projects to this year’s per-capita Governor’s Cup winner. It’s tempting to think the state came out of nowhere. But it’s always been somewhere special. Just ask all...Continue Reading

Every year around this time, the world’s birdwatchers get out their specialized binoculars, cameras, phones and notebooks to participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count, a community science project held over three days in February that helps scientists track and analyze bird population health and migrations. Hot spots for sightings...Continue Reading

It’s official — manufacturing projects are the hottest ticket in town. Manufacturing projects are among the most competitive investments in today’s site selection landscape. For companies evaluating expansion or relocation, a single manufacturing facility can represent a multiyear commitment of capital, labor and operational risk. Construction costs, supplier contracts, salaries...Continue Reading

You're in a meeting about childcare.Not business attraction, not incentives, not site selection. Childcare. Three employers told you the same thing last quarter: they can't fill the second shift because parents can't find care after 6:00 p.m. So now you're at a table with the United Way, a hospital HR...Continue Reading

As CEO of OpenAI, the 40-year-old billionaire unleashed ChatGPT, mainstreaming artificial intelligence and creating a $500 billion behemoth. As a new father—with another baby on the way—he’s building the world his kids will live in one day.Sam Altman says the stick of uranium in his office is nothing to worry...Continue Reading

At the start of 2025, the mood around industrial investment was unmistakably confident. Capital was available. Incentives were abundant. Projects were being announced across nearly every sector of the economy. On paper, companies appeared to have more location options than ever.By the end of the year, that sense of abundance...Continue Reading

The United Nations World Tourism Organization defines cultural tourism as “ … an activity in which the visitor’s essential motivation is to learn, discover, experience, and consume the tangible and intangible cultural attractions and products in a tourism destination. These attractions/products … encompasses … the living cultures with their lifestyles,...Continue Reading

Holiday shopping is in full swing, and Beulah CVB reminds you that your choices have a direct and powerful impact right here at home. Did you know that when you shop locally, you secure jobs and strengthen the economy of our city?“Shop Local” is not just a catch-phrase; it’s a...Continue Reading

Everyone says a site is “shovel-ready.” That phrase has lost all meaning. If you’re building a manufacturing facility today, you need more than a cleared patch of dirt and a marketing flyer. You need answers—real ones.Forget the buzzwords. Ask for the utility capacity. Is there capacity to deliver power on...Continue Reading

The FTZ Ports Directory includes the Ports & Free Trade Zones Resource Guide. The Ports & Free Trade Zones Resource Guide is a resource guide that presents contact and Web information for ports and free trade zones worldwide. Filter by Country.All countries and 324 entries can be found here from Site...Continue Reading

Every year in this space, Site Selection looks to rank U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZs) and the states whose FTZs carry (often literally) the most economic heft.This year isn’t like every year.At the time of this writing, the U.S. federal government has yet to release its regularly scheduled annual FTZ data,...Continue Reading

Robots repairing femurs. AI being wielded to find cancer treatments. These are just a few areas of research that will be supported by the new Strategic Innovation Center (SIC) recently announced at Rowan University in New Jersey.“Maybe one day down the road, we will have the Silicon Valley of medtech...Continue Reading

Foreign dollars invested in the United States increased by $332.1 billion to $5.71 trillion at the end of 2024, with the manufacturing sector seeing the highest increases and retaining the largest sector of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country. This year has also seen a yo-yo effect when it...Continue Reading

Anyone planning to make a location decision in the coming years should be paying attention to Opportunity Zones, the federal capital gains tax incentive designed to drive productive investment into low-income areas across the country.The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) made Opportunity Zones (OZs) a permanent feature of the...Continue Reading

As a site selector, I have seen promising projects fail, not due to any one major factor, but because communities weren’t truly aligned and ready to solve problems that come with large industrial projects. Communities are not just the ZIP codes where we invest capital; they are our workforce, regulators,...Continue Reading

September 22nd marked the official start of autumn, bringing with it pumpkin spice lattes, crisp temperatures, and the bountiful harvest season. From seeds planted months ago, fields across the state are now bursting with life.As a predominantly agricultural state, North Dakota plays a vital role in not only feeding the...Continue Reading

For many companies planning a new facility or expansion, the site selection process can quickly begin to feel like putting together a complex puzzle filled with maps, property listings and incentive spreadsheets. The plan for a quick project to finalize a location can grow into a multi-month initiative, with complexity...Continue Reading