This week’s Agurban comes from a post by our good friend, Becky McCray and one of her guest contributors, Paula Jensen. We couldn’t agree more with some of the take-aways from Paula’s post, What’s the Life Expectancy of Our Community? We are sharing … Read more

Have you ever wondered, or worried, about a robot invasion? Is it a real thing? A recent post on Industry Week, entitled “The Great Robot Takeover: Fact of Fiction?”, could clear up any confusion on the issue, or perhaps, make it murkier… Following … Read more

Last week we shared a story about how small manufacturers are having a difficult time filling job openings. They are not alone, as numerous manufacturing job openings throughout the United States are be left unfilled. Perhaps apprenticeship programs are the answer. US Needs … Read more

Filling manufacturing jobs continues to be a problem, even for the smaller manufacturers. 89% of Small Manufacturers Can’t Fill Job Openings IndustryWeek | May 31, 2019 An overwhelming majority (98.6%) of American manufacturing companies are small businesses, and 75.3% of those businesses have … Read more

We have discussed is previous Agurbans about the impending rise in electric vehicles (EVs) and how that technology will require significant changes in the manufacturing process of automobiles. We are particularly interested in how this disruption will affect our tenants who manufacture components … Read more

Last week we shared an article on How Higher Tariffs Affect Different Industries. This week we are sharing a piece, in part, that discusses the reasons why the higher tariffs have been imposed. As you know, we try our best to remain politically … Read more

Unless you live under a rock, you cannot have missed the latest news on the trade war between the United States and China. And, by the time this Agurban posts, it is likely to change again. As a developer that focuses on manufacturing, … Read more

We are with the 11% We googled “when is the next recession coming.” We’re curious. We received some 39,100,100 results in 0.68 seconds! There’s a lot of information out there. In February, according to a Washington Post article, a survey of business economists … Read more

We were very intrigued, and concerned, with a recent report from Congress’ Joint Economic Committee’s Social Capital Project that looked at the migration of highly educated citizens over the past 80 years. While some of the information is not surprising, some of it … Read more

We look forward every year to seeing the latest addition and improvements being made at Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari in Santa Claus, Indiana. Holiday World became one of our favorite places back when we began our research for Boomtown USA – The … Read more