Business Environment

McKinley County has a pro-business environment built on three central principles:

• We strive to proactively foster an entrepreneurial culture that will stimulate and produce tomorrow’s innovation today,
• We work to attract new investments and diversify our economy through the expansion of existing businesses and recruitment of stable base job providers. 
• We respect and value our businesses and industries that are generations old, and seek to retain them as cornerstones of communities.

Our business environment is strengthened by our competitive advantages, including:

• Interstate transportation networks (rail and highways);
• Location-to-major markets advantage;
• Available and diverse human capital;
• Comprehensive package of local and State incentives;
• Available industrial parks and sites;
• A highly-desired quality and quantity of life;
• Leadership’s commitment to economic development;
• Strategic infrastructure investments; and
• Targeted industrial clusters.