ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania
Population: 119,104
Unemployment: 5.5 percent
Project: National Penn Bancshares $80 million headquarters

National Penn’s headquarters was significant not only because it was the first time in 35 years a bank had established its headquar
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CINCINNATI, Ohio
Population: 298,165
Unemployment: 4.6 percent
Project: Housing and infrastructure investment

In a bold and ultimately shrewd move, Cincinnati invested in infrastructure and housing while in the midst of the 2008 recession, a decision that paid o
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DES MOINES, Iowa
Population: 209,220
Unemployment: 3.4 percent
Recent development: Convenience store giant Kum and Go relocated its headquarters

Fifty-six companies moved or expanded to Des Moines in 2013; 14 were attracted by the area’s affordability—cost o
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DEVENS, Massachusetts
Population: 1,840
Unemployment: 4.1 percent
Project: 200,000-square-foot addition to Bristol-Myers Squibb manufacturing facility

A majority of this former fort was purchased by MassDevelopment to develop a resident and business community gi
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri
Population: 470,800
Unemployment: 5.3 percent
Projects: Google Fiber

When Google chose KC to initially get its ultrafast broadband, several city officials expressed joy but admitted they weren’t exactly sure what it would mean for the cit
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ODESSA, Texas
Population: 114,957
Unemployment: 4.4 percent
Projects: Summit Power plant

Odessa has capitalized on its useful location—minutes from an international airport, easy accessibility to major interstates, a Union Pacific Railroad switch station and t
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OMAHA, Nebraska
Population: 446,599
Unemployment: 3.2 percent
Recent development: Prairie Breeze Wind Energy facility

Omaha has several features that make it particularly desirable for businesses to relocate or expand and that doesn’t count close proximity to
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SANDY SPRINGS, Georgia
Population: 101,908
Unemployment: 6.0 percent
Projects: Mercedes-Benz USA headquarters

Located about 15 miles north of Atlanta, Sandy Springs does an exceptional job of attracting large, Fortune 500-type businesses that want an ostensible
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TOPEKA, Kansas
Population: 127,215
Unemployment: 4.6 percent
Project: $100 million expansion of Mars Chocolate’s manufacturing facility

It’s a measure of how effective local officials are that when Mars Chocolate decided to invest in a $100 million expansion
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WARWICK, Rhode Island
Population: 81,963
Unemployment: 5.6 percent
Projects: Elizabeth Mill redevelopment

The Mill redevelopment, which will result in a four-story, mixed-use building (residential, commercial, office), is part of the much larger City Centre Warw
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