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Snapshots: 60 Seconds With Jennifer Nelson, Michigan Economic Development Corp.

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BF: The Michigan Film & Digital Media Office has introduced the Creative Chambers Initiative, a pilot program to retain and attract new talent for creative industries in five MI communities. Jennifer Nelson, Executive Vice President, Business Development, Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC). BF: The U.S.

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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Presented by Penske Logistics and authored by transportation consultant, Rosalyn Wilson, senior business analyst at Parsons Corporation, the report tracks and measures all costs associated with moving freight through the U.S. The transportation sector of the logistics industry grew by 3.6 Costs for water transportation rose 8.9

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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These include transportation carriers of all kinds, as well as warehousing, distribution, third-party logistics services, manufacturers’ operations, retailers and distributers who may have their own distribution centers. Sheffi is a professor of Engineering Systems and director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL).

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Guide to Top 2022-23 Construction Conferences & Events

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This event is being hosted by the Vecellio Construction Engineering and Management Program (VCEMP) at Virginia Tech and taking place at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City at Reagan National Airport. . Design-Build for Transportation/Aviation Conference (Orlando, FL). Electrical contractors, this is your event! Get more details.

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My Kingdom for a Horse

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7 at Boston’s Logan International Airport. The sleek new commercial jet offers unprecedented fuel efficiency thanks to a light-weight but ultra-strong carbon-fiber composite skin and an advanced electrical system powered by a huge lithium-ion battery. The dimensions of the battery are 19×13.2×10.2

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Snapshots: 60 Seconds… With Bill Hagerty, Commissioner, Tennessee Department Of Economic And Community Development

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Reno also is vying to become a leading test center for drones and is in the running for what likely will be the biggest economic development prize this year: Tesla’s lithium battery plant, from which the electric carmaker intends to supply batteries to the entire U.S. auto industry. and around the world. Far West U.S.

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Autodesk Construction Champions 2023: 25 People Powering the Future of Construction 

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Ariel Castillo Innovation Manager, Miller-Davis Company, Kalamazoo, MI Ariel leads innovation for Miller-Davis Company, a construction management firm based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. As one of the only airports in the nation allowed to fly drones on-site, DFW had to establish its own program in collaboration with the FAA.