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Infrastructure & Incentives Update (Feb. 26, 2025)
26 Feb 2025
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Site selection decisions include evaluating available infrastructure and transportation, and relevant incentives and programs. This week’s Infrastructure & Incentives Update from Business Facilities features several of the latest developments and announcements from locations across North America.
Port of Savannah Shows Great Growth
The Port of Savannah (Georgia) experienced significant growth year over year, with container volumes up 12.5% compared to last year. Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) handled nearly 5.6 million twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) in 2024 — an increase of approximately 618,000 TEUs compared to 2023. That made Savannah the fastest-growing container gateway on the U.S. East and Gulf coasts. This data was shared at the recent Savannah State of the Port event, during which GPA President and CEO Griff Lynch laid out plans to increase capacity in Savannah, add berth space over the short and long term, boost container yard and rail capacity, and grow the truck gates at the Port of Savannah.
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Meet Minneapolis Unveils 10-Year Master Plan
Feb 26 2025Can Minneapolis become the epicenter of women’s sports? That’s one of six ambitious goals that tourism nonprofit Meet Minneapolis hopes to achieve over the next decade.At its annual meeting at the Minneapolis Convention Center on Wednesday, Meet Minneapolis unveiled a broad 10-year master plan for the city. Titled “Destination Minneapolis:...
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced a $1 billion-dollar comprehensive strategy to curb highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), protect the U.S. poultry industry, and lower egg prices. This is in addition to funding already being provided to indemnify growers for depopulated flocks.As the Secretary detailed in the Wall Street...
Formulating an effective economic development strategy requires asking a full range of questions to identify community needs and priorities. Comprehensive economic development plans should address pressing and long-term needs in a community. Collaborating with key stakeholders ensures challenges and opportunities across all community sectors are acknowledged and considered as strategies...