So Much To Be Proud Of!

For years I have subscribed to Business Facilities, in which many of our country’s states tout how wonderful their economic climate is, their economic development departments incentive programs, and where major real estate deals have taken place around the United States. In the past I have felt a smugness about California’s place in our country, with so many strong economic indicators and continued major corporate expansions. Today for the first time I read the latest issue differently. Earlier in other media posts I read about Wells Fargo giving up a huge part of its San Francisco headquarters, as well reading about yet another San Francisco tech company picking up and relocating to another state. In this case it was Sendoso, who signed a 60,000 square foot lease in Phoenix for its headquarters relocation. It was through this lens that I read in Business Facilities about the Ford Motor Company and SK Innovation planning to invest $5.6 billion in West Tennessee to build a new all-electric F-series truck factory. I read about Samsung investing $17 billion in Texas for a semiconductor facility. One part of me is saddened by companies leaving California, but another part of me is so proud of our great country that we have so much going for us in so many different regions!