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FIRST WORD group media building inspiration. ™ Wired For Growth Published by Group C Media, Inc. T here’s been a lot of talk lately about infrastructure. When an interstate highway bridge falls into the Mississippi River, we all know it’s time for a major overhaul. But in today’s hyperconnected global economy, infrastructure isn’t limited to roads and bridges. As this month’s cover story reveals, there is a new type of infrastructure under construction that also is critical to growth. You can’t see much of this progress or drive over it, because it isn’t put together with concrete and rebar. It is carrying us into the future at the speed of light, on a network built on fiber optics and wi-fi signals. We call it Economic Development 2.0, and one of the most exciting things about this digital awakening is that it levels the playing field for everyone. Even smaller communities can rapidly deploy connectivity to realize instant economic advantages. Wired communities are quickly linking resources that fuel development and establishing wireless networks like the one that helped bring computer maker Dell to Winston-Salem. Cash-strapped municipalities have discovered that they can outsource the creation of digital networks so they can avoid leaning on overburdened taxpayers. Current trends in metals commodity prices also are making the development of digital infrastructure a cost-effective enterprise—the fiber optic wire being used to create the new information superhighway is a lot cheaper than the copper wire that carried our old 20th-century communications system. We encourage you to turn the page and take a megabyte-sized look at the emerging players in Economic Development 2.0. Or, if you already are living in a wired community, just click on the link for our cover story on the Business Facilities Web site. 44 APPLE STREET, SUITE 3 • TINTON FALLS, NEW JERSEY 07724 (732) 842-7433 • (800) 524-0337 • FAX (732) 758-6634 VOLUME 41 NUMBER 8 www.BusinessFacilities.com EXECUTIVE PUBLISHER TED COENE tcoene@groupc.com EDITOR IN CHIEF JACK ROGERS jrogers@groupc.com SENIOR 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; FRANK MANCINI, JR., MANAGING MEMBER, HARBORAGE, LLC; STUART MACKAY, 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, JONES LANG LASALLE AMERICAS, INC., 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 ONLINE PUBLISHER BILL MACRAE bmacrae@groupc.com MARKETING DIRECTOR MARY ELLEN MCCANDLESS maryellen@groupc.com CIRCULATION MANAGER/SALES ASSISTANT CATHY ASTE caste@groupc.com GROUP C MEDIA, INC. EDGAR T. COENE . . . . . . SUSAN COENE. . . . . . . . TED COENE . . . . . . . . . . LYLE CONNOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD CO-PRESIDENT CO-PRESIDENT COMPTROLLER BUSINESS FACILITIES IS A PUBLICATION OF GROUP C MEDIA, INC. ©COPYRIGHT 2008 BY GROUP C MEDIA; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PROUD MEMBERS OF: Jack Rogers jrogers@groupc.com 6 AUGUST 2008 http://www.BusinessFacilities.com

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Business Facilities - August 2008 Contents First Word Snapshots Corporate Moves: Florida Economic Development 2.0 Everything's Big in Texas Aerospace Sites: Poised for Takeoff The Nebraska Advantage Metro Spotlight: Cullman, Alabama Special Focus: Louisiana Industry Focus: Financial Centers Advertiser Index Inside LiveXChange

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