Site Selection Magazine recently revealed its list of Top US Economic Development Groups. For 2015, the Top US Economic Development Groups are based on four objective project criteria: jobs, capital investment, jobs per capita and investment per capita as tracked in Conway’s proprietary New Plant Database. The magazine included additional criteria such as the creativity of economic development strategy; scope of project activity; and the ability to accurately document the link between the EDO and real results.ly document the link between the EDO and real results.