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Cracking the code of affordable housing

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That meant proximity to transit, jobs, schools, retail, public access to parks and recreation, and other social infrastructure. The community will be home to offices, schools, services such as daycare, and retail/dining. He found the most successful ones had a sense of community that went beyond the buildings.

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When office-to-residential conversion works

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Zoned business districts cease to function after 6 p.m.” Eliminating single-use zoning so people can live throughout the city, where all of its districts thrive at all times, is a β€œnet positive,” he says. This zoning provides opportunities to create a profitable development.”

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Pennsylvania Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Uses include machinery/equipment; job training; infrastructure; land and building improvements; environmental assessment/remediation; acquisition of land, buildings, right-of-ways; working capital; and site preparation, demolition and clearance. . Zones provide specific state and local tax benefits. The number and size of Zones varies.

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SNAPSHOTS: 60 Seconds… with Dennis Davin, Secretary, PA DCED

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BF: PA recently allocated $18 million in Keystone Innovation Zone Tax Credits to support 239 early-stage companies in growth sectors including information technology and advanced manufacturing. As the infrastructure is built, these pipelines will bring low-cost gas to areas previously underserved throughout the state. THE OCULUS.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Alabama Infrastructure Grant Program: Funds are available to public entities for extension of water, sewer and road facilities to service new or expanding industries. Enterprise Zone Credit or Exemption: The Alabama Enterprise Zone Act (Act. A comprehensive guide to state incentives offered throughout the U.S.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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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. ALABAMA INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM: Funds are available for extension of water, sewer and road facilities. CALIFORNIA.

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FEATURE STORY: Racing To Be Ready – U.S. Ports Prepare for Post Panamax Era

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However, the competition is heating up as other ports build up their infrastructure and dredge their channels to get ready. This new investment in port infrastructure is an important step forward to help grow our local economy and to secure the Port of Baltimore’s future for years to come,” said Baltimore Mayor Rawlings-Black.