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Lindsey Cannon, CRE®

Director

Lindsey Cannon, CRE®, co-founded Quest Site Solutions, a site selection and economic development firm, in 2018. With more than 15 years of experience in site selection and economic development, she assists companies in identifying, evaluating, and selecting the optimal location for their capital investment. Her prior experience includes 10 years at McCallum Sweeney Consulting, after starting in the industry at the South Carolina Department of Commerce. Lindsey currently serves on CREW Network’s Industrial Council and is a past-president of the Upstate SC chapter. She earned a Master of Public Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of South Carolina. Lindsey has also been awarded the Counselor of Real Estate (CRE®) designation by The Counselors of Real Estate® and the Master of Corporate Real Estate (MCR) designation through CoreNet Global.

Metalworking + Fabrication

Automation, technology, and the workforce are forcing changes in the metalworking and fabrication industry. To learn more about the industry and the outlook for the future, see the latest installment of Insights by Lindsey Cannon. The published version of this article, which is featured in the Q2 2021 edition of Trade & Industry Development, can be viewed at https://lnkd.in/dMbbQcE.

Incentive Negotiations

Leveraging incentive negotiations can minimize risks and maximize return on investment for capital projects. In this edition of Insights, Lindsey Cannon provides guidance about the types of incentives available for capital investment projects, how and when incentives factor into the site selection process, and key considerations for maximizing incentive potential.

Quest Director, Lindsey Cannon, Weighs in on the Results of Area Development’s 2019 Top States for Doing Business

While the top five states are not surprising — as the South continues to dominate in corporate location — it is interesting that the top five states are all adjacent to each other geographically from North Carolina to Alabama

Lindsey Cannon Featured in Area Development

As technology continues to drive a wave of disruption across the site selection industry and economic headwinds loom on the horizon, it has become more important than ever for corporates to engage economic development organizations (EDOs) that have a firm understanding of the businesses, local governments and communities that they represent.