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

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From the May/June 2014 issue. states have launched site certification programs with the goal of helping communities prepare available sites for investment and expansion. states have launched site certification programs with the goal of helping communities prepare available sites for investment and expansion. By Jenny Vickers.

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Location Focus: New York – The Empire State Leverages Its Strengths

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From the March/April 2014 issue. The program transforms State University of New York (SUNY) campuses, private colleges and universities, and university communities across the state into tax-free zones for new and expanding businesses. ?Business Kennedy Airport. By Business Facilities Editorial Staff.

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State Focus – Iowa: Growing Jobs As Well As Corn

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The first four sites—all 200-plus acres—completed designation in 2014, with the additional six sites earning designation in summer 2015. Two miles from I-80 in Van Meter, a nearly 288- acre site is ideally zoned for a data center. In 2014, Iowa reached a new export record of more than $15.1 Branstad in a July 2015 statement.

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COVER STORY: Shovel Ready Sites Are Growing From The Ground Up

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are implementing site certification programs called “shovel ready”—meaning that the site is primed and ready for economic development. The company plans to open its facility in January 2014. To get ready, many states across the U.S. This is the first U.S. Geringhoff will be located in St.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

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Family-owned Duncan Aviation is undertaking a $25-million expansion including an 80,000-square-foot maintenance hangar, 95,000 square feet of office and shop space; the new facilities are scheduled to open in June 2014. The city has adopted three NH Economic Revitalization Zones, offering corporate tax credits to qualifying businesses.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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ALABAMA - updated for 2014. Enterprise Zone Credit or Exemption: The Alabama Enterprise Zone Act (Act. The program provides state and local tax incentives and non-tax incentives to businesses and industries located within Alabama’s Enterprise Zones. ALASKA – updated for 2014. TAX INCENTIVES.

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State Focus – Utah: Consistently Excellent

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Even Utah’s international airport is on top of its consistency game: last year Travel+Leisure ranked Salt Lake City International Airport the most punctual airport in America, the fifth such ranking for the airport since 2008. Energy costs have remained below national averages for decades.

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