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Springfield, Missouri |
June
28, 2007 |
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SPRINGFIELD AMONG
TOP MID-SIZED METROS
FOR RECRUITMENT & ATTRACTION |
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Springfield was recently named by
Expansion Management magazine as one of the top mid-size metros for
recruitment and attraction. Springfield ranks with such cities
as Tucson, Albuquerque and Des Moines.
Expansion Management teamed up with the National Policy Research
Council to find out which cities were the most successful in
expanding the local economy by attracting outside companies to
locate there. To determine this, they analyzed the relocation
decisions of 19 million companies over the course of eight years.
"For the metros and counties that ranked high in this study, it
represents the best of all possible validation that their local
economies are on the right track," says Bill King, chief editor of
Expansion Management. "There's probably not a better vote of
confidence than knowing that, when faced with a decision of where in
the entire United States to locate a new facility or branch office,
the consensus of millions of business executives was to choose these
locations for a significant business investment." |
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Top Mid-Sized
Metros |
| 1 |
Canton-Massillon, OH |
| 2 |
Huntsville, AL |
| 3 |
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR |
| 4 |
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA |
| 5 |
Tucson, AZ |
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Flagstaff, AZ |
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Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, FL |
| 8 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA |
| 9 |
Wilmington, NC |
| 10 |
Stockton-Lodi, CA |
| 11 |
Albuquerque, NM |
| 12 |
Springfield, MO |
| 13 |
Charleston-North Charleston, SC |
| 14 |
Columbia, SC |
| 15 |
Wichita, KS |
| 16 |
Des Moines, IA |
| 17 |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| 18 |
Colorado Springs, CO |
| 19 |
Omaha, NE |
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Mobile, AL |
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