Richard Blackwell

Rural communities make up just a fifth of the US population and are experiencing a bigger impact from inflation compared to urban areas

Where data center demand puts pressure on power prices:

This visualization of the world’s mined metals makes iron ore’s enormous scale hard to miss. Smaller quantities can still be crucial to manufacturing.

2026 is the Super Bowl of political advertising Spending on 2026 TV ads will roughly equal the amount advertisers spent during the first 59 Super Bowls combined #ElectionDay

Interesting look at where #DataCenters are located and where are the coming

The Reshoring Initiative counted about 247,000 manufacturing jobs announced through reshoring and foreign direct investment in 2025, and the South accounted for 142,828 of them, or 61%.

This breakdown of state and local tax collections shows how much communities rely on property, income, sales, and other taxes:

40 years ago today we started doing business. Interesting to look at 1986 but also encouraging to know what is ahead for @GrowWithAgracel lnkd.in/p/er9KjThu

It was a treat to host a panel discussion on permitting at recent @SCEDA mtg as it's a important topic sometimes taken for granted in industrial real estate Great to have @MPC_Ken from Cherokee EDO, SC state fire marshall (Chief Jones) & Preston Busbee from @SeamonWhiteside

Globally, internal combustion engine sales are declining due to growing EV demand

Over the next decade, the U.S. Treasury will spend $20 trillion in interest on the national debt—$200 billion a month by 2036 finance.yahoo.com/economy/po…

Regional differences in automotive production • The United States focuses predominantly on internal combustion engines (ICE) • The remainder of the world is pivoting more towards hybrids and battery electric vehicles (BEV)

Average new-vehicle transaction prices in the U.S. flirt with all-time high The September average transaction price, or ATP, reached $50,562

Rather than showing the best-selling candy in each state, the map highlights candies purchased at unusually high rates relative to their national share of candy sales on Instacart

Halloween candy up 71% since 2021