Elon Musk’s Move to Texas Illustrates the Danger for High Business Tax States
The high profile move of Elon Musk, successful serial entrepreneur, from California to Texas due to the tax burden of the Golden State illustrates the danger high-tax states face. California which was a post-World War II success story riding the success of mega cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco and as the home of […]
IC Rural Site Location Summit 9 December 2020
Knight Moves Slide Deck from Montrose Rural Development Summit
BHRC Presentation 30 September 2020
Ohio House and Senate Informally Select Next Session Leaders
Something must be in the water in Lima, Ohio. With growing majorities returning into the next legislative session beginning in January of 2021 the Ohio House Republican and Ohio Senate Republican caucus’ made their leadership choices which each chamber selecting an individual from Lima, Ohio to lead their respective caucuses. The Ohio Senate Republicans increased […]
Lame Duck is Upon Us
The term “Lame Duke” originated in Britain in the 1800s as a way to describe bankrupt businessmen. It was first applied to American politics in the 1830s, when it was used to describe a defeated politician, replacing the term “dead duck.” Today “Lame Duck in a legislative branch of government parlance speaks to legislative activity […]
2020 Election Increases Republican Statehouse Majorities
The more things change… the more they stay the same.. at least in Ohio politics. 2020 continues to be a year unlike any anyone has experienced including a Presidential Election that will not seem to end and how Americans voted disrupted due to the COVID 19 pandemic. However, an element of normalcy remained in Ohio […]
Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, and Ohio’s rural GDP growth illustrates market strength
The overall economic growth in rural communities across America’s is on-par with large, legacy cities but they are not growing at the same rate as the mid-sized urban markets located in the same state. However, these rural markets are sizable and capable of serving a range of corporate site location projects. Measures of a region’s […]
Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina & Ohio offer a rural population base for job creation
Demographics have a major impact on corporate site location decisions. Regions that are large and growing population base, have a younger, more educated workforce and less poverty are more attractive for economic investment. Looking at a comparison of Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, and Ohio offers insights on the competitiveness of these rural markets for corporate […]
Rural communities following CDC Guidelines should be minimally impacted by COVID 19
While measuring the public health and economic impact of the current COVID 19 crises like trying to describe a roller coaster ride, rural communities, with a small population density should have fewer public health cases if the residents follow proper public health criteria. When COVID 19 invaded the United States, it hit urban areas first […]
