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Aerospace And Defense Jobs Expected To Grow

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Aerospace And Defense Jobs Expected To Grow originally appeared on Business Facilities - Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions. After several years of job losses, aerospace and defense sector employment is expected to grow in 2016 by more than 39,000 jobs in the U.S., Credit: Stockbyte.

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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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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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What’s more, Arizona offers a robust portfolio of programs and resources supporting both large and emerging tech employers. With more than 1,200 aerospace and defense companies in Arizona, it is easy to understand why PriceWaterhouseCoopers ranked Arizona number one for aerospace manufacturing attractiveness. In 2016, U.S.

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Advanced Manufacturing Driving Pittsburgh’s Economic Growth

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The total employment anticipated as a result of these investment announcements is 14,951— 5,417 new jobs and 9,534 retained jobs, marking the highest overall anticipated job impact since 2011. markets likely to see a surge of Millennial buyers in 2016. average (and that of 15 benchmark cities) for four of out five years from 2010-14.

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Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class

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Governor Kim Reynolds is calling on educators, employers and legislators to collaborate to add 120,000 Iowans with postsecondary degrees or credentials to the state’s workforce by 2025. IOWA’S CERTIFIED SITES PROGRAM. Industrial sites in 17 communities are third-party certified as ready for development. By the BF Staff.

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Governor’s Report: Sooner Is Better In Oklahoma

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By Jack Rogers From the May/June 2016 Issue. The governor also told us that OK’s abundance of water resources is making the state increasingly attractive to site selection professionals who are moving availability of water to the top of their priority lists. Fallin cited Oklahoma’s fifth-lowest cost of living among U.S.

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Louisiana: Where Partnerships Propel Innovation and Investment

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A rendering of CSC’s next-generation IT center at the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City, Louisiana, where 800 technology professionals will work after the technology and data center opens in 2016. Also attractive to CSC were the state and region’s multiyear preparation to attract major technology employers.