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The "not a joke" edition: Malta will pay you to visit, and a site selector takes own advice and moves business from California to Texas.

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Not a joke: Site selector takes own advice and moves business from California to Texas.


For rural communities, "Fostering an ecosystem for small businesses and entrepreneurship, rather than industry recruitment, seems to me to be a more realistic alternative, alongside efforts to enhance digital skills," says Dean Barber.


Also not a joke: This summer, the Mediterranean island nation of Malta will pay you to visit.


Still not a joke: COVID has even hurt the ghost hunting business.


Industrial real estate basics: Roll-Up Doors and Ceiling Height.

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CEO of Sitehunt, the AI platform for economic development, site selection and RFI automation. Host and publisher of the Econ Dev Show. In Houston, Texas.


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