Reporting at the scale of a town or district, where one employer can determine a tax base, a school budget and a housing market. Coverage follows arrivals, closures, incentive deals and the years afterward. Read by local officials, economic development staff, planners and residents facing similar decisions.
Coal and gas plants sit on tax rolls worth hundreds of millions, and their retirements document what happens to districts that treated one facility as a fiscal base.
Hana Kimura · April 27, 2026
Hundreds of thousands of brownfield sites sit in the towns industry left, and the documented redevelopment math finally works where liability and funding align.
Jay Douglas · April 5, 2026
Billions in federal money are finally wiring rural America, and the documented early returns show what changes when the county gets real upload speeds.
Hana Kimura · March 13, 2026
When a stadium or megadevelopment wants public land, the neighborhood sometimes gets a contract. The documented record shows when those contracts pay and when they are set dressing.
Hana Kimura · February 18, 2026
Employee stock ownership plans now cover over 10 million Americans, and the towns where retiring owners sold to their workers document what changes when payroll becomes ownership.
Hana Kimura · January 26, 2026