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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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Boasting a population of nearly 500,000, Mesa is the 36th largest city in the United States and second largest in the Phoenix-Mesa metro area. AZLabs is located adjacent to the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport making it a strategic location for unmanned and autonomous vehicle research and operations.

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Megabucks Park

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For several decades now, the National Football League has shown a propensity to permit its teams to pack up and move to more lucrative locations (back and forth, in some cases), leaving behind loyal fans and empty stadiums built on a foundation of civic debt. Megabucks Park originally appeared on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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Entered By: Greater Phoenix Economic Council. The winner of our top award emerged from a collaborative effort between Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC), the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA), DMB Associates, Salt River Project (SRP), Maricopa County and the City of Mesa. Mesa also processed the required permits expeditiously.

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Home Builder Success and the Fragility of Good Things

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Finance and Zebras . Over time, the concept has migrated through multiple disciplines including finance, marketing, product development, ecological risk assessment, and even cultural anthropology. . The mega markets may have five times the number of permits, but 10 times the competition. But a bit more study was required. .

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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1 home builder in building permits and construction value, scaring off every large-volume, multistate production operation that dared enter Ivory’s Wasatch Mountain lair. 1 home builder in terms of building permits and construction value and reaching the milestone, in 2019, of 20,000 homes sold (right). Photos: courtesy Ivory Homes.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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CAPCO financing, an alternative to conventional bank financing, can accommodate a slightly higher risk profile and provide a more flexible structure for growing businesses. Terms for both are normally 10-20 years and can finance up to 100% of the project costs. ALABAMA - updated for 2014. They are: The Renewal Program.

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FEATURE STORY: Semiconductor HUBS – Macro Growth from Micro Chips

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Albuquerque’s Skorpios Technologies, an innovator in composite silicon photonic technology, closed on a $19 million Series B round of financing in September 2011 in order to expand its infrastructure and complete the commercialization of its technology. “We Arizona, which ranks as the No.

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