Corporate Site Selection and Economic Development: A 30-YEAR PERSPECTIVE

This book is aimed at different audiences and they all can gain from Mark's perspective. From company executives, business owners, economic developers, community stakeholders and ED enthusiasts. It draws from Mark's 30 years of experience as economic developer and site selector and it is a useful recollection of memories, advice and experience. I got hooked on it really quick and read it in less than a week. - Juan Pablo Alcantar, Senior Economic Development Policy Advisor, City of Tuxpan, VER. MX.

This book is an easy read, but full of insight. Site Selector and Economic Development perspectives are well balanced and give a look at professions that don't have much published about what the work actually involves. This book should be mandatory reading for any new economic developer or site selector.

A must read for anyone engaged in corporate site selection and economic development! Incredibly well written and organized - the project examples/“war stories” added an extra layer of very meaningful depth to the content.

An easy to read book with real life application. Great insight in to the economic developer’s world.

I have known Mark for more than 15 years and have admired he and his company’s approach to working with clients. This is a great read for community leaders, new economic developers as well as grizzled veterans of the business. An “inside baseball” look at what communities need to do and why to have themselves product ready. Also…really cool to read about a transformational project my community received with Mark leading one of his clients and that I worked on daily for 91 days

Thanks Mark for documenting these best practices (and common mistakes) in economic development and corporate site selection. A great read for economic developers, corporate executives, elected officials and all involved or interested in why companies locate where they do and what that process involves.

Expert advice of significant value to corporate executives considering site location projects in the United States. Any corporate team considering a new location or expansion in the industrial or office market should read this book and share with teamates.

More than providing the foundational elements of corporate site selection and economic development, Mark’s book feels like an intimate conversation about lessons in business learned over a career working with a diverse group of corporations and businesses leaders. I highly recommend Mark’s book to anyone involved in an organization's site selection decision, those working in economic development, or anyone interested in learning about the process of how companies navigate the complex world of site selection and incentive negotiations.