Company Description:

Area Development (subtitledSite and Facility Planning) isan economic developmentpublication that covers allaspects of corporate siteselection. Topics addressedinclude site selection planningand methods, startup andoperating costs, working witheconomic developers,infrastructure/utilities,employee training and laborissues, quality-of-life factors,community acceptance andrelations, security, pollutioncontrols and regulations,financing and incentives,working with architects andcontractors/constructionmanagers, governmentprograms such asforeign-trade zones andenterprise zones, access tomarkets and availability ofraw materials, taxes,proximity to highereducation, communicationsrequirements, land andfacilities availability, supportservices for plant andequipment installation andmaintenance and legislationaffecting economicdevelopment.