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Empire State Development Selects GURU Site Selection to Support New York’s Economic Development Mission
Enabling a more connected, data-driven approach to site readiness and investment attraction
Empire State Development (ESD), New York State’s chief economic development agency, has selected GURU Site Selection by GIS WebTech to support statewide economic development and investment attraction initiatives.
For organizations responsible for attracting major investment projects, site readiness and speed-to-response have become increasingly important. States are under pressure to deliver accurate site information, coordinate across multiple stakeholders, and move quickly when opportunities arise.
That’s where GURU Site Selection comes in.
The platform will help support ESD’s efforts to modernize how development opportunities are evaluated, managed, and presented across the state. By centralizing site data and collaboration workflows, GURU Site Selection enables economic development teams to improve coordination, accelerate project evaluation, and better showcase investment-ready locations.
GURU Site Selection, developed by GIS WebTech, enables economic development organizations to manage site inventories, evaluate infrastructure and readiness, coordinate with regional partners, and present investment opportunities through data-driven workflows and interactive visualization tools.
Across the country, economic development organizations are increasingly focused on industrial competitiveness, supply chain resiliency, and the rapid delivery of development-ready sites for major corporate investments. Having accurate, centralized, and actionable site intelligence has become critical to competing for transformative projects.
“New York is a leader in attracting transformative investment across advanced manufacturing, clean energy, semiconductors, life sciences, and other strategic industries. We’re excited to support Empire State Development with technology that helps teams move faster, collaborate more effectively, and advance high-impact development opportunities throughout the state.”
With GURU Site Selection, ESD will be better positioned to:
- Improve visibility into available development sites and infrastructure assets
- Enhance coordination between state, regional, and local economic development stakeholders
- Accelerate project evaluation and response timelines
- Support strategic industry recruitment and expansion efforts
- Deliver a more data-driven and scalable approach to site readiness
- The engagement reflects a broader shift across the economic development industry toward more collaborative, data-driven site selection and investment attraction strategies.
GIS WebTech continues to work with public-sector organizations seeking modern tools to manage increasingly complex site selection processes and compete for large-scale investment opportunities.
Interested in learning how GURU Site Selection helps economic development organizations improve site readiness, collaboration, and investment attraction?