Site Select
Picking a plant site
A state economic developer
A state economic developer answers a manufacturer's site request in three days with a two-site shortlist. It usually takes three weeks.
The request
A parts manufacturer needs 40 acres, 300 workers, good truck access and fast internet, close to an interstate. Three counties might work.
The work
On Site Select:
- Markets and Business dynamics. Which counties are gaining businesses and which are losing them.
- Places and Workers and wages. How many people with manufacturing skills live within commuting distance, and what they earn.
- Internet service, Truck freight & shipping, Transportation. The infrastructure check.
- Housing & need and Schools & families. Where the plant manager's people would live.
- Surplus federal sites. A former federal property in one county.
- Check an address and Saved sites. The two best parcels tested and saved.
The decision
One county drops out over weak broadband. The other two go to the manufacturer with the evidence attached.
Why it matters
A fast answer, built on federal data the company can check, wins the next round of the search.
See it with real data: the free Polk County, Iowa sample, or what's inside each desk. Every plan starts with a 7-day trial.
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