What if the biggest factor in America's reindustrialization isn't capital, technology, or policy, but whether your state ever learned to play well with others?
In this September takeover episode of KP Unpacked, guest host Tyler Sellhorn sits down with Tom Stringer, founder of Stringer Site Selection, ahead of his appearance at AEC Summit on October 19th at The Weylin in Brooklyn. Tom has spent two decades deciding where things get built. Aerospace plants, EV lines, defense facilities, Fortune 500 headquarters. He's secured billions in incentives and he's a licensed attorney and real estate broker in New York. When a company picks a state, a county, a site, Tom is often the one in the room.
The conversation covers why the CHIPS Act was the first real national industrial policy since World War II, why COVID exposed the fatal flaw in just-in-time supply chains, and why SpaceX is responsible for the volcanic eruption of defense tech startups now building in Southern California. Then Tom gets surgical about what new manufacturers actually need from municipalities, and why the states winning the reindustrialization race aren't the ones with the most incentives. They're the ones with the most integrated teams. Texas. Arizona. The Carolinas. Ohio. Florida. The same names keep coming up, and it's not an accident.
Key questions answered:
Why is this the first real national industrial policy since World War II?
What did COVID expose about just-in-time supply chains that economists missed for 20 years?
Why is SpaceX the origin story for the defense tech boom happening right now?
What do new manufacturers actually need from municipalities and site selectors?
Why does the workforce problem create a level playing field for unexpected states?
Which states are winning reindustrialization projects and why are the same names always on the list?
Why do incentives alone not win projects anymore?
What does bringing back shop class have to do with national security?
Why is New York losing despite offering more incentives than almost anyone?
What does American Idol leaving California for Atlanta tell us about value propositions?
How do utilities, community colleges, permitting offices and economic development agencies have to work together?
What does project success as a team sport mean at the scale of a federal republic?
If you're in AEC wondering where the next wave of industrial projects will land, a municipality trying to figure out how to compete for reindustrialization investment, or just curious why the same five states keep showing up in every major site selection announcement, this episode will show you exactly what separates the winners from the ones that need to go back to the gym.
Listen now.
Catch Tom live at AEC Summit on October 19th at The Weylin in Brooklyn.
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