Trade & Industry Development, a leading publication dedicated to site selection for businesses, has announced the winners of its 2025 Corporate Investment/Community Impact Awards (CiCi Awards).
This is the 19th year the publication has honored economic development projects from across the country for the robust capital investment or influential community impact—or both—they bring to the communities in which they are located, and in which they continue to develop and grow. Trade & Industry Development’s CiCi Awards honor 30 projects — 15 in the Corporate Investment category and 15 in the Community Impact category. All the winners are projects that were announced in 2024.
Trade & Industry Development received numerous applications for the award this year and considered all the submitted projects carefully to arrive at a final decision.
“We enjoyed reading about every project submitted for a CiCi Award,” said Trade & Industry Development Publisher Scott Swoger. “These projects represent the brightest of the U.S. economy. They create raw growth at the macro level, and community-changing opportunities at the micro level. All the projects, from large to small and across various industries, are a boost to state and local wealth and create new opportunities for employment, education and regional growth. They would not have been possible without the dedicated efforts of economic development agencies that pull all the complex elements of site selection and project commitment together to build a better future for their communities.”
The Corporate Investment winners have all pledged large economic development investments, while the Community Impact winners promise to have a transformational effect on the communities in which they’re located. The 30 award-winning projects involve more than $65 billion in capital investment. The number of direct jobs created exceeds 30,000, with countless more indirect positions associated with these projects.
Each of the 30 winners is featured in Trade & Industry Development’s Q2 issue, which is available now in print and online at TradeAndIndustryDev.com.
2025 CiCi Corporate Investment Award Winners
· Eli Lilly and Company, Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana
· Amazon Data Services, Inc., New Carlisle, St. Joseph County, Indiana
· Meta, Holly Ridge, Richland Parish, Louisiana
· DG Fuels, Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota
· Novo Nordisk, Clayton, Johnston County, North Carolina
· Google, Moncks Corner, Dorchester County, South Carolina
· Microsoft Corporation, La Porte, La Porte County, Indiana
· Google, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana
· Micron, Manassas, Prince William County, Virginia
· Johnson & Johnson, Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina
· Natron Energy, Inc., Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina
· Microporous, Danville/Pittsylvania County, Virginia
· Eastman Chemical Company, Longview, Harrison County, Texas
· FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies North Carolina, Inc., Holly Springs, Wake County, North Carolina
· Boeing, North Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
2025 CiCi Community Impact Award Winners
· Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Midland County, Michigan
· Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc., Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana
· Delta Electronics, Plano, Collin County, Texas
· Topsoe, Chester, Chesterfield County, Virginia
· Hemlock Semiconductor, Hemlock, Saginaw County, Michigan
· Walmart, Robinson, McLennan County, Texas
· AAON, Inc., Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
· Type One Energy Group, Inc., Greater Knoxville and Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee
· Laepple Automotive, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
· Home Market Foods, South Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut
· Quaker Windows and Doors, Eldon, Miller County, Missouri
· ES Foundry, Greenwood, Greenwood County, South Carolina
· Republic Airways/LIFT Academy, Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama
· Greenville Manufacturing Kentucky, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
· Crucial MRO, Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois
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