Economic Development in Jacksonville, Florida--and in America

This is what economic development looks like, up close: The business leaders and folks of Jacksonville, FL all pulling together to establish their "Jax" as "America's Logistics Center."    The signs are visible on the Interstate 95, coming into town.

That is, Jacksonville is seeking to better integrate its seaport, its airport, its railways, and its roadways into an efficient hub for domestic and international commerce.  Their strategy seems to be working; as one drives by the airport, for example, there's a huge Mercedes-Benz facility/warehouse, pictured below:

To be sure, Jax faces competition; Memphis, for example, has dubbed itself "North America's Logistics Center."  And many other cities and locales, too, are transportation hubs--of course, they are, because that's how any place thrives.   The US needs all the logistics hubs it can get.

Competition among all these hubs is good, but underneath all of them, and their ambitions, we can see that infrastructure itself is vital.