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Are There Lessons From the Great Recession for the COVID-19 Pandemic?

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economy into its worst quarter since the Great Depression, with unprecedented declines in gross domestic product, employment, consumer confidence, retail spending, and just about every other metric. . . In a little more than a month, the coronavirus outbreak jolted the U.S. Trying to Anticipate What the Downturn and Recovery Will Look Like.

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

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Horton’s brand and marketing best practices • Opened 11 retail centers within 18 weeks to launch an operating division; trained the sales team and activated outreach to real estate agents to introduce D.R. Education • Green Building Certificate, Colorado State University.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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Medical, manufacturing, technology, retail and many other businesses continue to choose Waxahachie as their home. Retailers in Waxahachie have enjoyed success for decades and continue to prosper today. Many new retail developments such as Waxahachie Crossing and Waxahachie Town Center, have been added to the community since 2000.

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North Dakota Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Flex PACE will allow communities the ability to provide assistance to businesses that would not meet the current requirements of PACE, such as: jobs retention, technology creation with no new jobs, retail, smaller tourist businesses and essential community businesses.

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North Dakota Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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The primary candidates for this program are businesses that create new wealth for the state and provide new jobs outside of the retail sector. The Bank of North Dakota (BND) provides some of the lowest interest rates in the nation through this program. Each borrower is capped at $100,000 of PACE funds per biennium under Flex PACE.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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In 2001 the MRZ designation was renewed for the former Williams Air Force Base, now known as Williams Gateway Airport. The incentive is available for non-retail businesses engaged in commerce for profit that fall into certain categories. Military Reuse Zone (MRZ): A Program established to lessen the impact of military base closures.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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Nebraska is the only all public power state in the country, which means wind resources in the state must be sold to Nebraska utilities which have all of the retail customers in the state. E15 is a blend of 15 percent ethanol and can be used in all vehicles manufactured in 2001 or after. Much of this renewable energy will be solar.