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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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Austin, TX: On Top, Still Rising. For the past couple of years, Austin, TX and Baton Rouge, LA have been duking it out for the top ranking in our flagship metro Economic Growth Potential category. Austin is now one of the nation’s top emerging high-tech cities, with more than 120,000 people employed by around 4,400 technology firms.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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In August 2012, TEF award recipient Samsung committed to an additional investment of up to $4 billion dollars to upgrade its Austin chip manufacturing plant, bringing the company’s total investment in the Lone Star State to more than $13 billion. Perry discusses Facebook's expansion plans in Austin.

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STATE FOCUS: Lassoing Jobs In Texas

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Its central location—just about an hour’s drive from Austin or San Antonio, and about three hours from Dallas/Fort Worth or Houston—makes Marble Falls a great choice for commercial prospects. The location will house upwards of 10,000 employees when it’s fully staffed in 2015. TOMBALL IS TRUE TO ITS ROOTS.

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

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“Some states manage their programs in-house with a committee that reviews the application, but in Georgia we have a third-party site location consultant that handles it.”. ICAD worked with Austin Consulting and Foote Consulting Group (The Austin Team) to develop the program.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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Inspired by New Urbanism design principles, the complex will include an office building that will house the new IBM Services Center, as well as a separate, 11-story residential building with 95 river-view apartments and nine separate town homes. Austin, TX tops the list, followed by El Paso, McCallen and Houston.

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

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The TNECD partners with Austin Consulting and The Foote Consulting Group to administer the program. The Tennessee Department of Economic Development (TNECD) partnered with world-class site selection firms Austin Consulting and The Foote Consulting Group to administer the program. Photo: stategazette.com.). manufacturing facilities.

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Industry Focus: Food Processing – The Process Of Consistency

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1,677 miles of class 1 railroads. There also is Arkansas’s state-of-the-art railroad infrastructure comprising three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway and Kansas City Southern Railway. Arkansas also has 22 smaller railroads operating over its more than 2,700 miles of track. 16,416 miles of state and U.S.