Interstate 69 is coming to Dyersburg, Tenn. Will additional traffic, hotels and restaurants follow? Dyersburg city officials hope so.

Led by a potato chip factory, Jackson has experienced a manufacturing boom that has city fathers smiling.

Louisville is the focus in the first installment of this new data-driven feature in The Regional Economist. Unlike many other older cities, Louisville has smoothly transitioned from the industrial economy to the service economy, thanks in no small part to its strong health-care and food-service...