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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Arkansas offers companies a strong transportation network with intersecting Interstates, rail access and water transportation. Major market centers in the region include: Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and St. Hunt Transport, ABF Freight System, P.A.M.

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2012 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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For the past few years, we have issued a Metro ranking for our annual evaluation of aerospace/defense manufacturing leaders. More than 162,000 workers are directly employed in the aerospace/defense industries in the Golden State. aerospace and defense industry directly employed 1.05 Florida and Arizona round out the top five.

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Keeping Up With Advanced Manufacturing

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Eurotranciatura will also build a roughly 30,000-square-foot distribution warehouse near its current plant to accommodate growth and reduce transportation costs. WE HAVE LIFTOFF IN OKLAHOMA. Eurotranciatura’s investment includes upgrades and new equipment for its existing manufacturing plant in Henry County.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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HEALTHY FOREST ENTERPRISE INCENTIVES PROGRAM (HF): Provides incentives for certified businesses that are primarily engaged in harvesting, initial processing or transporting of qualifying forest products. Tax credits can be used to offset Arizona income tax liability; any unused credit amounts can be carried forward for a five-year period.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Appalachian Regional Commission and Delta Regional Authority Grants: Federal-state partnerships that work with the people of 37 Appalachian counties in Alabama and the Mississippi Delta region’s twenty Alabama counties to create opportunities for self-sustaining economic development and improved quality of life.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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The Little Rock National Airport is operated by the Airport Commission, whose members are appointed by the Little Rock City Board of Directors. The system provides a 448-mile navigation channel for barge traffic from the Mississippi River northwest to fifteen miles east of Tulsa, Oklahoma. location and excellent transportation access.

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