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FIRST WORD group media building inspiration. ™ Best of the Best Published by Group C Media, Inc. E ach year, when we solicit nominations for our Economic Development Deal of the Year Award, we always are looking for the “Rolls-Royce” of development projects. This year’s winners, our 16th annual awards presentation, include not only a Rolls, but also a Volkswagon and a project so hot it is positively radioactive. Our Gold Award, the top honor, goes to Virginia’s Gateway Region for its success in snaring Rolls-Royce’s new advanced manufacturing center, which will develop new jet engines and generate nearly $2 billion in economic activity and 8,200 new jobs. A very close second was our Silver Award winner, the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce, which announced during the summer that Volkswagon has chosen Chattanooga as the site of its new North American automotive plant, a $1-billion investment. The Bronze Award went to Grow Idaho Falls and Bonneville County, ID, for AREVA’s decision to locate a new $2-billion uranium enrichment facility in eastern Idaho. Our distinguished panel of awards judges was particularly impressed by the creativity and teamwork exhibited by each of the winners in crafting the incentives and regional cooperation needed to land these mega-projects. Details on the winning projects, and also several that deserved honorable mentions, can be found in this month’s cover feature. Business Facilities congratulates this year’s winners and all of the other nominees, who all merited consideration for the 2008 Economic Development Deal of the Year Award. 44 APPLE STREET, SUITE 3 • TINTON FALLS, NEW JERSEY 07724 (732) 842-7433 • (800) 524-0337 • FAX (732) 758-6634 VOLUME 41 NUMBER 12 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: 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 DECEMBER 2008 http://www.BusinessFacilities.com http://www.BusinessFacilities.com

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Business Facilities - December 2008 Contents First Word Snapshots Corporate Moves: North Carolina Gold Award: New Engine for Growth in Virginia Silver Award: Tennessee Gets the Big Prize Bronze Award: Enrichment in Idaho Falls Honorable Mentions International Reach From America's Heartland Supply Chain Priorities Metro Spotlight: Greenville/ Spartanburg, SC The Magnolia State Has It All A Real Estate Mega-Merger State of the Year Ask the Expert Advertiser Index

Business Facilities - December 2008

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