Front Line: The Growth of Indoor and Vertical Farming
1 Sep 2022
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If you want to see the possible future of farming in the U.S., there are a number of places to look.
One is Morehead, Ky., where AppHarvest has opened a 2.76-million-square-foot high-tech greenhouse to grow non-GMO, chemical pesticide-free fruits and vegetables closer to consumers. AppHarvest has also broken ground on a second similarly sized, controlled-environment ag facility nearby in Richmond, Ky.
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Demand for Industrial Land Surges
Aug 16 2022As a zoning and land use attorney over the last 15 years, I have witnessed a lot of change. That change has been brought about by a host of factors including traditional — but increasingly less predictable — business economic cycles, the Great Recession, the affordable housing crisis, and the...
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Aug 16 20227. Nebraska
Economic Profile
Governor: Pete Ricketts, Republican
Population: 1,963,692
GDP growth (Q1 2022): -2.4%
Unemployment rate (May 2022): 1.9%
Top corporate tax rate: 7.5%
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Believing Who You Are
Aug 15 2022It takes but a cursory glance at our list of top-performing non-metros, and a one-word theme emerges: Georgia.
Based on numerical tallies of projects that qualify for inclusion in Site Selection’s Conway Projects Database, Georgia placed two non-metro communities among the nation’s top five and seven among the top...