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Top 25 Finalists for Ivory Innovations' Housing Affordability Prize

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In addition to financial support, Ivory Innovations connects all of its Top 25 Finalists with leading practitioners, capital partners, student interns, and pro bono consulting or capacity-building services. Over the last five years, Ivory Innovations has recognized 14 Ivory Prize Winners across the country and awarded $890,000 in prize money.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: California's.

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Kelly has lived in an earthbag/papercrete home that he built and consults about sustainable building design. Californias Green Building Code. California has adopted the nations first statewide green-building standards, which will become mandatory in 2010. Yeah California! View my complete profile. Strawboard Panels.

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Linda Purdy on TRI Pointe's Goals and Challenges in the Colorado Market

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Panels probably would not be feasible, but it would be nice to reduce waste. You can set up consultations with new-home advisors by Zoom. I believe this was a California division. I think we've really grown accustomed to that because we've become so savvy with virtual home tours. You can do your loan applications online.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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AZ Fast Grant: Up to $7,500 grant to pay for consulting services to advance Arizona-based technology companies. Human Resource consulting on Arizona’s labor laws. CALIFORNIA – updated for 2014. The borrower’s primary business and at least 50% of employees or income, sales or payroll, must be located in California.

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FEATURE STORY: Thailand — Nuanced Nation, One-Stop Shop

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Projects with investments exceeding $17 million USD must submit a feasibility study to gain approval. In January, California-based WD CEO Timothy Martin Leyden announced a $200-million USD expansion for its operations in Thailand’s BangPa-in Industrial Estate in Ayutthaya Province, which I visited on March 5th.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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SGICC will use the bulk of the D2PA funds to provide grants to PA-based small companies to demonstrate the feasibility of emerging technologies, or seed funds to test and help launch ideas, and to assist in market acceptance and growth of shale energy focused products or services.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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CALIFORNIA. To qualify, a taxpayer’s research must be conducted within California and include basic or applied research of scientific inquiry, original investigation for the advancement of scientific or engineering knowledge or improved function of a business component. Possible city business tax exemption.

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