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The Grand Junction Economic Partnership (GJEP) is the official economic development agency for Colorado’s Grand Valley region, which includes Mesa County and the cities of Grand Junction, Fruita, Palisade, De…

Advances in wireless are changing the landscape and delivery models for industries as diverse as health care, financial services, higher education, agriculture, energy, aviation, utilities, public safety, government and the…

Deepwater Chemicals, a subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho Corp, based in Woodward, Oklahoma is a manufacturer of specialized organic and inorganic iodine derivatives. Iodine is a chemical element of the halogen…

On Friday, June 9, 1916 in New York City’s Herald Square, Harry C. Ives of the Ives Manufacturing Corporation called to order a meeting of 46 American toy manufacturers. Their…

When Bob Portiss, Port Director of the Tulsa Port of Catoosa, says that “Oklahoma is a maritime state,” eyebrows get raised. “There’s no such thing as a navigable waterway into…

The PGA Merchandise Show, today the world’s largest and most influential golf business event, had its informal beginnings in 1954, when a handful of golf merchandisers assembled in the PGA…

Sandy, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City, may be far away from the sun-drenched beaches of Hawaii, Mexico, and the Caribbean, yet the island lifestyle has always been on…

“Our primary objective is to be able to create this wide gulf between our pricing and the competitor’s pricing,” says Bill Naylon, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of…

K-Co Enterprises, Inc., based in Piedmont, South Carolina, was established to serve all phases of commercial concrete, foundation, and tower construction needs in most of the southeastern United States. The…

Rennu Dhillon, President and Founder of Genius Kids, believes that everyone is born a genius and that it is the responsibility of educators and parents to awaken the inner genius…

NAV Industrial, a provider of cellular services to wireless companies throughout the southeastern United States, began about 15 years ago in the garage, basement, and pickup truck of J.D. Newsome.…

“If a city doesn’t invest in itself, no one else is going to invest in it,” declares James Fenton, Executive Director of the Gallatin, Tennessee, Economic Development Agency (EDA), whose…

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin is a city of about 43,000 on the southern shore of Lake Winnebago, the second largest freshwater, inland lake in the country. The name Fond du…

Like many places in the state of Michigan, Bay City, a community on the Saginaw River near the base of the Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron, has seen better days.…

“The City of Rochester is very progressive for a small, New England town,” says Karen Pollard, Rochester New Hampshire’s Economic Development Manager. “We’re not sleepy; we have a whole different…