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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

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This means that new hot spots of tech innovation are springing up in places like Kansas City, the site of Google’s new high speed Google Fiber network, and Pittsburgh, a new hotbed for innovative tech start-ups. Greater Kansas City: Silicon Prairie. We’ve found this in Kansas City. Rick Perry in a statement.

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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk

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And the city’s undeniable creative spirit continues to attract more and more musicians, artisans, craftsman, chefs, brewers and others who now call Nashville home. And an extension to any great city: its airport. Nashville International Airport (BNA) is served by 12 airlines and offers 440 daily flights.

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Industry Focus: Food Processing – The Process Of Consistency

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There also is Arkansas’s state-of-the-art railroad infrastructure comprising three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway and Kansas City Southern Railway. Due to favorable lease agreements, affordable labor and a pro-business environment, these manufacturers have seen 16 percent job growth in the last 12 months.