Grella Partners Jan 4 Michael Grella Featured in Fort Wayne Magazine - January 2021 Innovation. Momentum. Prosperity. What will 2030 look like in Fort Wayne? Take a step and find out. The complete issue is available here....
Grella Partners Dec 10, 2020 Talent now matters more than incentives, says Amazon's founding economic development chief When it comes to winning the most coveted prize in economic development, incentives don't matter nearly as much as they used to.
Grella Partners Oct 2, 2020 Beautiful, perk-filled and mostly empty: What the future holds for tech’s billion-dollar headquarter SAN FRANCISCO — For years, they weren’t much to look at. The Silicon Valley tech companies famously started in garages eventually...
Grella Partners May 22, 2020 Elon Musk’s threat to leave California could cost Tesla $1 billion — and be worth it PUBLISHED WED, MAY 20 202012:03 PM EDT UPDATED WED, MAY 20 20203:30 PM EDT Tim Mullaney [PHOTO: Workers assemble cars on the line at Tesl...
Grella Partners Apr 1, 2020 What does the Amazon fulfillment center means for Des Moines shoppers? More selection, next-day deli Nancy Austin was one of a few dozen people shopping at Jordan Creek Town Center on a warm weekday afternoon in late February.
Grella Partners Oct 4, 2019 What to expect when you're expecting (an Amazon fulfillment center) State and city officials won't say who is behind Bondurant's Project Bluejay, the code name for a giant warehouse planned in the city’s sout
Grella Partners Aug 31, 2019 How Amazon learned to love and thrive in Baltimore The history, challenges and leadership of the City of Baltimore were under a microscope this summer as tweets, speeches and press...
Grella Partners Aug 7, 2019 Online retailers are transforming warehouse construction U.S. consumers' zeal for nearly instantaneous access to groceries and other items has upended the design and construction of facilities...
Grella Partners Apr 16, 2019 Former Amazon director: 'Blank checks aren't the answer' on incentives Mike Grella weighs in on how government incentives to companies should be used.
Grella Partners Feb 18, 2019 Economic Development & ESG: the two of you need to talk. Now! For the past seven years (6 years, 11 months, two weeks to be exact), Amazon’s Director of Economic Development has been my title.