Doing Business in the Mountains:
How the Asheville Region Uses Quality of Life to Grow Industry
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| Dale Carroll, president and CEO of AdvantageWest Economic Development Group |
"If you've ever traveled to Asheville, N.C., the site of the Spring 2009 IAMC Professional Forum, then you know about the area's scenic beauty. The Blue Ridge Mountains surround the city like a warm glove — forming a perfect fit that blends the old with the new," writes IAMC Executive Director Ron Starner.
Read Ron's article.
To register for the Asheville Forum, click here.
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Highlights of IAMC's
Oklahoma City Professional Forum:
The Three CEOs, Leadership — "Be Strategic"
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| Dick Wilkerson, Michelin N.A. |
"What's the top highlight from IAMC's recently concluded Fall 2008 Professional Forum in Oklahoma City? That's hard to say. The Friday beforehand, it looked like it might be Hurricane, Tropical Storm or Tropical Depression Ike, which was forecast to sweep right over the city. But it didn't happen. By Sunday, the sky was clear and temperatures were spot on for Fall."
Read selected highlights of the Oklahoma City Forum.
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People and Projects
To read about new and expanded facilities and other news on these IAMC member organizations, click here.
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Mitsubishi ad with rendering
of its planned regional jet
Source: http://www.japancorp.net/
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- Alcoa
- Boeing
- Caterpillar
- Linde Group
- Nestle Waters N.A.
- Holcim
- Merck
- Corning
- General Electric
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IAMC reaped a bumper crop of new members in September, 18 all told. Eight Active members joined, including representatives from Nucor, SAP and Catalent Pharma Solutions. Ten Associate-member organizations signed on, including Newmark Knight Frank, Port of Olympia and Have Site Will Travel, Ltd.
To review the names of the new people and their organizations, click here.
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Chart Room
The economic indicators include some with conflicting signals. Corporate lending interest rates, such as Libor, are down; business lending by large banks is still growing, but at a steadily declining rate. The dollar is up, which could slow U.S. exports. Industrial production has eased to a level equal to that in early 2007. Manufacturers' new orders and durable goods orders have shown surprising resilience in recent months. But corporate profits have not shown strength since the second quarter of 2007. GDP, continuing to confound the doomsayers, grew in both of this year's first two quarters. Producer price inflation paused a bit in August, but the trend is upward. Spot oil prices generally have been falling. To see charts of the following indicators, click here.
- Libor
- 3-month T-bills
- Commercial & Industrial lending by large banks
- Trade weighted value of the dollar
- Industrial production
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- Manufacturers' new orders
- Durable goods new orders
- Corporate profits
- Real gross domestic product
- Producer prices
- Crude oil spot prices
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"Get Some Help" Q&A from the Phoenix Professional Forum Program
Here's our last article based on a Phoenix Forum program, in this case Get Some Help. In the next (October) issue of IAMC Dispatch Newsletter, you'll find articles on the Oklahoma City Forum program.
"The always lively question-and-feedback exchange that is the IAMC 'Get Some Help' session has taken place in a variety of venues, but its value is always unquestionable. Leavened by the breezy delivery of moderator Jim Harbaugh, senior director, corporate real estate for Bristol-Myers Squibb, the perennially popular 'Get Some Help' session at the IAMC Spring 2008 Professional Forum in Phoenix delivered equal measures of help, humor and guidance for the dozens of professionals in attendance," writes article author Adam Bruns. To read it, click here.
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| Get Some Help attendees take in the program in Phoenix |
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Sponsor Spotlight
Minnesota: Success Attracts Success
"Success attracts success. So it's no surprise that some of the world's most recognized public and privately held companies were born in Minnesota or have made strategic decisions to expand or relocate there. Best Buy, Cargill, Target, Medtronic, General Mills, 3M, Hormel, Ecolab, Ameriprise, US Bancorp, Coloplast, and Nestle — a veritable who's who of major global corporations — are just a few of the companies that have primary or North American headquarters in Minnesota." To read this article, click here.
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| Coloplast redevelopment project in Minneapolis |
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