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

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Louisiana’s capital has had great success in executing the state’s strategy of bringing together business and higher education in innovative public-private partnerships that spur initiatives in new high-growth sectors. Austin, TX tops the list, followed by El Paso, McCallen and Houston.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

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In 2012, the Partnership completed 100 annual surveys of key businesses in the region; it is spearheading key workforce issues including the development of a career academy which will be a partnership between Lincoln Public Schools and Southeast Community College to provide career-based educated for juniors and seniors in the LPS District.

El Paso 106
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Leading the Home Building Industry: Pro Builder's 2021 Forty Under 40

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Eder Gallardo , 35, VP, Edward’s Homes of El Paso, El Paso, Texas. Education • BA, Business Administration, The George Washington University • MDes, Real Estate Development and Finance, Harvard University. Education • BS, Architecture, Lawrence Technological University. Forty Under 40. Leadership.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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The Midwest Inland Port is served by a Foreign Trade Zone and provides local Customs Clearing, features that are being enhanced to provide a more robust set of service offerings. Quality higher education is available through local and regional offerings. Several parochial schools provide additional educational choices.

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The Home Building Technology Revolution, Part III: The Missing Link

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People don’t leave their comfort zone without a highly compelling reason, and when it comes to technology, we have failed to convincingly provide that reason. From Jim Leiferman, View Homes, El Paso, Texas. Panelization here is $7K to $10K more and it may save two weeks. Garbage in, garbage out. Technology is only a tool.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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The community’s quality of life is second-to-none with a variety of residential options, an excellent education system, convenient shopping and dining, progressive medical care and easy access to all the metropolitan amenities that the DFW Metroplex has to offer. Waxahachie attracts families.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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The wind boom in Texas was assisted by the expansion of the state’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS), use of designated Competitive Renewable Energy Zones and expedited transmission grid construction. also is building a 50-MW PV plant to supply El Paso Electric Co., In January, Texas completed the last segment of the $6.8