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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Affordable Eco.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly has lived in an earthbag/papercrete home that he built and consults about sustainable building design.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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Pennsylvania went from importing 75 percent of its natural gas requirements in 2007 to becoming a net exporter of natural gas in 2011; PA is now the second-largest natural gas producing state in the United States. The grant anticipates that the center will become self-sustaining after the initial three-year period.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

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The finalists for our new overall Economic Development Excellence awards were asked to prepare a detailed submission that summarized the most productive project development in their locations and gave our us an overview of the economic development strategy they have deployed to ensure sustained long-term growth.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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By December 2011, Texas employers had replaced all of the jobs shed during the recession compared with the nation’s 44 percent recovery. Texas’ job growth over the past year points to a steady and sustained expansion of our state’s economy,” said Tom Pauken. Department of Commerce) with exports in 2011 totaling more than $249.8

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FEATURE STORY: Nothing Matters More Than Talent

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According to a recent news article in Mobile’s Press-Register newspaper, the training of workers will be primarily handled by an existing aircraft manufacturing and electronics training center at the Brookley Aeroplex. Creating and sustaining jobs and workforce development is the central focus of Gov. It’s been a great asset to us.

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Feature Story: Shovel-Ready Sites – Fired Up, Ready To Go

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Baldwin County’s first AdvantageSite—the 56-acre Baldwin EMC Site on Alabama 59 in Bay Minette—was designated in 2011. Alabama Archives Articles By Industry Articles By Location Articles By Topic Feature Story Featured Post Georgia Iowa Magazine Magazine Highlights South Carolina Tennessee U.S. - Far West U.S. Plains U.S.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Appalachian Regional Commission and Delta Regional Authority Grants: Federal-state partnerships that work with the people of 37 Appalachian counties in Alabama and the Mississippi Delta region’s twenty Alabama counties to create opportunities for self-sustaining economic development and improved quality of life.

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