By Dean Whittaker An economic renaissance is underway in South Bend, Indiana, a community of 100,000 on the Indiana/Michigan border. Recently South Bend started an effort to re-invent itself from a declining old manufacturing city with population out-migration...
By Dean Whittaker The Southern Economic Development Council (SEDC) Meet the Consultants conference was held in Chicago, March 20th and 21st. In the six panel discussions, we learned about the trends in site location of back offices, distribution/logistics centers,...
By Dean Whittaker Mobility – the movement of people and goods from place-to-place. Earlier this month I heard a presentation by Jeff Stout, Executive Director, APDS at Yanfeng, a global automobile interiors manufacturer. In his message he described the autonomous...
By Dean Whittaker While in Chicago recently I had the opportunity to experience the Rap musical, Hamilton, which is about the founding of the United States. It stirred in me a renewed interest in the history of our country and the people that helped bring it about....
By Dean Whittaker As I look back at 2018, I am struck by the turbulence. Every day brings new “bumps.” I am reminded of the FUD Factor of Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt – all of which can be dream killers. Everything starts with a hope, a dream, for ourselves and...
