Business Facilities

JULY 24, 2019

Tennessee, Virginia and Alabama are the top-ranked states, respectively, in BF’s flagship Best Business Climate ranking. The TNECD website summarizes Tennessee’s approach to business climate with this credo: “We believe in high expectations, low debt and a pro-business regulatory environment. TN TOPS IN BUSINESS CLIMATE.

North Carolina 111

North Carolina San Antonio Louisiana Tennessee 111

Natural Building

JULY 14, 2009

Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Thomas Jefferson popularized and manifested the "pursuit of happiness" through land ownership with establishing his grand Monticello in Virginia.

Sustainability 40

Sustainability Green Architecture Finance 40

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 15, 2014

Alabama Innovation Fund: As part of the implementation of Accelerate Alabama, this fund was created to maximize the use of the State’s economic development resources by leveraging annual research and development expenditures by Public Universities within the State to generate resources which can be used to support economic development initiatives.

Income 108

Income Finance Zoning Employment 108

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MARCH 21, 2014

ENTERPRISE ZONE CREDIT: To stimulate growth in depressed areas of the state, Alabama offers certain tax credit incentives to business that locate or expand within a designated enterprise zone. ARIZONA INNOVATION ACCELERATOR FUND: An $18.2 LAMBRA zones are a companion to EZs. The program ends December 2016. CALIFORNIA.

Income 75

Income Finance Zoning Equipment 75

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 12, 2016

Our 2016 awards include recognition for the locations that have led the way in smart-grid modernization, innovative funding for infrastructure projects, renewable energy breakthroughs and new tools for supporting startups and entrepreneurs. We handed out awards to 30 locations in 11 different categories. The power industry is in transition.

Indiana 40

Indiana New York New Jersey Wisconsin 40