Business Facilities - March 2008 - (Page 6) FIRST WORD 44 APPLE STREET, SUITE 3 • TINTON FALLS, NEW JERSEY 07724 (732) 842-7433 • (800) 524-0337 • FAX (732) 758-6634 VOLUME 41 NUMBER 3 Your Expansion is Political www.BusinessFacilities.com EXECUTIVE PUBLISHER TED COENE tcoene@groupc.com C EDITOR IN CHIEF KARIM KHAN kkhan@groupc.com overing the successes and setbacks of economic development groups vying for your expansion projects (and the jobs they will create) sometimes obscures a fact: The economic development process is deeply political. Usually, the politics stay with the politicians and the economic developers (some of whom, at the highest levels, are politically appointed), but large projects can draw executives at the growing company into the fray. We have a prime example in our midst: the winning bid for a new batch of Air Force refueling tanker aircraft made by, nominally, Northrop Grumman. Nevermind the 25,000 U.S. jobs it will create, whether in Alabama (where the tankers will be assembled) or Ohio (where the GE-sourced engines will be produced); the main company behind the deal is EADS, the European corporate parent of Airbus. You can safely bet that EADS and Northrup Grumman, back in 2005 when they chose Alabama in preparation for their bid, used a location decision matrix that covered a lot more than just labor costs and land prices. The other bidder, Boeing, has appealed the decision with the support of politicians concerned about the national origin of our defense contractors (or at least, concerned with the appearance of their concern for such). Your project probably isn’t quite as large, but don’t forget to pay attention to the political implications. Will the location you choose cause offense to your customers or the other communities where you’re an employer? Your decision may resonate unexpectedly outside the area you’ve chosen. MANAGING EDITOR MICHELLE JANOWITZ mjanowitz@groupc.com ASSOCIATE EDITOR BILL TRÜB btrub@groupc.com EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD PHILIP W. ANDERSON, PHD, PRESIDENT AND CEO, P.W. ANDERSON & PARTNERS, INC.; DEL BIRCH, VICE PRESIDENT, ExecutivePulse, INC.; JAN DICKINSON, PRESIDENT AND CEO, THE DICKINSON CONSULTING GROUP; MICHAEL P. HICKEY, PRESIDENT, HICKEY & ASSOCIATES; STUART MACKAY, FRANK MANCINI, JR., MANAGING MEMBER, HARBORAGE, LLC; PRESIDENT, MMK CONSULTING; DON SCHJELDAHL, DIRECTOR OF THE FACILITIES LOCATION GROUP, THE AUSTIN CO.; FREDERICK METZ SHEPPARD, MANAGING DIRECTOR, QUADRAL GROUP; FRANK J. SHERWOOD, VICE PRESIDENT, STAUBACH CORPORATE SERVICES, HOWARD R. SILVERMAN, PRESIDENT & CEO, THE CAI GLOBAL GROUP INC.; MARK SWEENEY, SENIOR PRINCIPAL, MCCALLUM SWEENEY CONSULTING; JERRY SZATAN, PRINCIPAL, SZATAN & ASSOCIATES PRODUCTION MANAGER LUANN RATHEMACHER luann@groupc.com GROUP CREATIVE DIRECTOR JEFFREY CLAPP clapp@groupc.com SENIOR DESIGNER MEGAN KNIGHT mknight@groupc.com SENIOR WEB DESIGNER GLADYS ROLDAN groldan@groupc.com ADVERTISING NATIONAL SALES MANAGER: U.S. AND EUROPE JIM SEMPLE jsemple@groupc.com SR. ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE: U.S. AND CARIBBEAN BEN NACHSIN bnachsin@groupc.com SR. ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE: REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES, WEST COAST, MEXICO, CANADA, ASIA/PACIFIC, SOUTH/CENTRAL AMERICA DAVE GOLDSTEIN dgoldstein@groupc.com WEBMASTER PETER MCCABE pmccabe@groupc.com AD TRAFFICKING MANAGER JUDY NOWELL jnowell@groupc.com VP MARKETING AND CIRCULATION BILL MACRAE bmacrae@groupc.com MARKETING DIRECTOR MARY ELLEN MCCANDLESS maryellen@groupc.com CIRCULATION MANAGER/SALES ASSISTANT CATHY ASTE caste@groupc.com GROUP C COMMUNICATIONS, INC. EDGAR T. COENE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUSAN COENE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED COENE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LYLE CONNOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD MANAGING PARTNER MANAGING PARTNER COMPTROLLER BUSINESS FACILITIES IS A PUBLICATION OF GROUP C COMMUNICATIONS, INC. ©COPYRIGHT 2008 BY GROUP C COMMUNICATIONS; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PROUD MEMBERS OF: Karim Khan kkhan@groupc.com 6 MARCH 2008 http://www.BusinessFacilities.com
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Business Facilities - March 2008 Business Facilities - March 2008 Contents First Word Snapshots California Seeks Immigration Reform To Spur Economic Growth Outside the Biotechnology Clusters Global Biotech Competition Heats Up Location Is Key To Your Bottom Line New Incentives For New Hampshire Metro Spotlight: Jersey City, NJ Europe's Center For Goods, Real and Virtual Access Your Markets From Pennsylvania Corporate Moves: Illinois Louisiana Upgrades Important Port Road Projects To Accelerate Michigan's Economy Corporate Moves: South Carolina Metro Spotlight: Salt Lake City, UT Advertiser Index Inside LiveXchange Business Facilities - March 2008 Business Facilities - March 2008 - Business Facilities - March 2008 (Page Cover1) Business Facilities - March 2008 - Business Facilities - March 2008 (Page Cover2) Business Facilities - March 2008 - Business Facilities - March 2008 (Page 1) Business Facilities - March 2008 - Contents (Page 2) Business Facilities - 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