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Rhode Island goes for LEED for Neighborhood Development and SITES

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Last week the House and Senate passed S952 , legislation introduced on June 8, 2017, amending the Green Buildings Act by adding to the definition of public projects, that had regulated new construction or major renovations of buildings, now expanded to include a public building’s “public real property site.”

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E-Commerce Site Opens Distribution Center In Nevada

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E-Commerce Site Opens Distribution Center In Nevada originally appeared on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Jet.com, a new online shopping site, has opened a 160,000-square-foot, west coast warehouse and distribution center in the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center, east of Reno, NV. said Nate Faust, Jet.com COO.

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Bayer CropScience Opens New R&D Site In California

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Consequently, the company plans to invest close to $ 1 billion in the United States between 2013 and 2016, mainly to ramp up research and development and to expand the product supply of its top crop protection brands. Far West Bayer CropScience Blog-Sept-2014 Sacramento' He said that the company aims to grow faster than the U.S.

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Montreal Named 2016 Intelligent Community of the Year

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The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) has named Montreal, Quebec, Canada as its 2016 Intelligent Community of the Year. Montreal succeeds Columbus, which also was the host city for the 2016 ICF Summit, as the think-tank’s annual Intelligent Community of the Year.

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15 Tennessee Communities To Receive Site Development Grants

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Site Development Grants totaling $5.7 million will be awarded to 15 Tennessee communities to prepare economic development sites for market. The Site Development Grant program is part of the state’s larger Rural Economic Development Fund. “We Department of Agriculture selected the 15 sites from a pool of 24 applications.

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Drone Technology Improves Infrastructure Inspections

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W hat began as a school project has turned into an exciting career for the founders of SkySpecs , an Ann Arbor-based startup that provides drone technology for the inspection of infrastructure projects, such as wind turbines, cell towers, power transmission towers, and eventually bridges. “It DannyEllisSkySpecs.

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Richelieu Foods Expanding In Wheeling, IL

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When the site is fully operational it will significantly increase our frozen pizza and dressings capabilities to a level required to support the growth of our customers. We expect the site to be fully operational in the second half of 2016 and to employ as many as 125 new workers over the next 12 months.”.