Monday, April 22, 2019

Tenaska Closes Financing for Missouri Project

Tenaska Closes Financing for Missouri Project



IncSmart Missouri (Small Business and Startups) - Tenaska closes financing for Missouri project in Nodaway County.  The wind project in Clear Creek Energy Center is under construction.  The wind farm will become operational later this year.  Tenaska is based in Omaha Nebraska.  Commercial operations are scheduled to start in 2020.   Tenaska will build and operate the wind farm. The onshore wind farm chose Nodaway because of its high wind location.  


Sunday, April 21, 2019

South Dakota Joins Fermi Lab Experiment

South Dakota Joins Fermi Lab Experiment

IncSmart South Dakota (Small Business and Startups) - South Dakota joins the Fermi Lab experiment with Kiewit Alberici bringing jobs to Lead.  The science experiment is growing and expanding at the Sanford underground Research Facility, and is expected to hire between 30 to 100 employees.  The office will be located in downtown Lead at the Gold Rush Plaza.  Subcontracts will be awarded to local contractors.  Contracts will last as long as 5 years.  Lead is an old mining town located in the Black Hills region of South Dakota,  home of the Homestake Miming Company.  

Friday, April 19, 2019

Maryland to Ban Styrofoam

IncSmart Maryland (Small Business and Startups) - Maryland to become the first state to band Styrofoam as lawmakers vote for approval.  The state will become the first in the union to establish a ban, with Hawaii next in line,  The effective date will be July 1st, 2020.  Many counties such as Montgomery and Prince George have already established a ban.  The state is looking to create a cleaner Baltimore Harbor.  Over 100,000 Styrofoam containers washed down Jones Fall in 2018.  Maryland to Ban Styrofoam

Friday, March 29, 2019

GM Michigan Plant Investment

GM Michigan Plant Investment

IncSmart Michigan (Small Business and Startups) - GM Michigan plant investment at Orion Township north of Detroit.  The $300 million investment in the facility will create 400 new Michigan jobs.  This plant is replacing an electric car manufacturing plan for China.  After intense lobbying by President Trump after GM closed an Ohio plant, this is good news for labor unions in Michigan.  Last year General Motors imported 1 million vehicles from Mexico where it has ramped up production facilities instead of opening plants in the US.  

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Breaking News

Breaking News

IncSmart Washington (Small Business and Startups) - Measles Outbreak in Washington.  Two months of the steady growing outbreak is concentrated among children that have never been vaccinated.  Clark County Washington is situated north of the river from Portland Oregon.  The spread of the disease is also related to cases in Seattle and Vancouver.  The situation in Washington is dangerous. 

Saturday, March 9, 2019

Elon Musk Nevada Tunnel

Elon Musk Nevada Tunnel

IncSmart Nevada (Small Business and Startups) - Elon Musk Nevada Tunnel.  The project will connect downtown to the Convention Center, the strip with the new Raiders stadium, and McCarran International Airport.  The Boring Company will design, build and run the underground tunnels.  These tunnels will carry people in autonomous electric vehicles.  The new tunnel will not only be for transportation, but will become a Vegas attraction.  The price tag of the subway system will be between  $35 and $55 million dollars.  

Sunday, March 3, 2019

Fiat Chrysler Builds Plant in Michigan

Fiat Chrysler Builds Plant in Michigan

IncSmart Michigan (Small Business and Startups) - Fiat Chrysler to build plant in Michigan.  They will spend $4.5 billion dollars in and around Detroit.  They will also be opening a boarded up engine plant as part of the investment.  It has been over 30 years since Chrysler has build a plant in Michigan.  Production at the new plant should start by the end of 2020.  President Trump is praising Chrysler for investing in Michigan.  The new USMCA (the old NAFTA) is already benefiting the city of Detroit.