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Food Processing: Generating Growth for Good Eats

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its access to highways, water, railroad, and cargo airports has made this region of the United States an ideal location for new businesses to succeed. Preferred often brings popcorn here from Nebraska via the railroad. The locally owned, short line railroad company provides facilities for them to unload the corn.

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

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states have launched site certification programs with the goal of helping communities prepare available sites for investment and expansion. The latest designation happened in April, when the Fairhope Airport Industrial Park in Baldwin County received the AdvantageSite certification. SPOKANE COUNTY, WA: REGIONAL SITE CERTIFICATION.

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Global Growth Surge in Southwest Louisiana

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There are 2-Class I railroads, Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) and the Union Pacific (UP) that serve the parish and a short line that accesses the major industrial areas. There is a four-lane interstate quality highway US 90 (future I-49) that parallels the railroads. The port is located about 12 miles south of the 4-lane.

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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Not only do logistics clusters have huge potential for jobs creation, they also are hubs of innovation of environmental sustainability. The I-69 International Trade Corridor, which spans four counties in eastern Michigan, serves as a strategic commercial gateway between the midwestern U.S. Major metros such as Dallas, Kansas City, St.

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LOCATION FOCUS: California Dreamin’ – A Rebound Fueled By New Energy

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Aerojet, a major space and defense contractor also based in Folsom, has a corporate mandate for sustainability in all areas of its organization. It is anticipated that the Draft EIR will be brought before the Planning Commission for certification in March 2013. gigawatt hours of electricity a year. Barstow Casino & Resort Project.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Alabama Economic Development Loan Program: The state has more than 2,300 commercial lending sources with assets of over $61.3 The Alabama Economic Development Loan Program is used to work with commercial lenders for projects in non-entitlement communities. For more information, please visit this link.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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ALABAMA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOAN PROGRAM: The state has more than 2,300 commercial lending sources with assets of over $61.3 The Alabama Economic Development Loan Program is used to work with commercial lenders for projects in non-entitlement communities.

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