Hickey Institute 2025 Report: Risk & Resilience - Strategic Framework

The site selection playbook has shifted.

In today’s world of escalating natural hazards, aging infrastructure, constrained grids and workforce fragility, the traditional site selection and economic development strategies no longer guarantees a safe bet. Success now requires strategic resilience.

• How resilience is becoming the foundation of site selection strategy

• Why power, infrastructure reliability and community stability are now deal-breakers

• How firms are turning disruption into opportunity through proactive risk management

• Why regions that sell resilience — not just incentives — will capture the next wave of investment

• What decision-makers must do now to stay ahead of the curve

This report gives you the full framework, from hazard scenario planning and infrastructure analytics, to workforce & community evaluations and utility-grid readiness, and ties it all to site selection outcomes and economic development competitiveness.

Be among the first to gain insight into how competitive advantage is being redefined, how regions are repositioning themselves, and how businesses must transform their location strategies.

Register now to receive the full report and prepare the for the dynamic future ahead!