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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

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billion in venture capital was invested in emerging regional business and 300 ICT companies announced plans to add more than 8,600 jobs in the region from 2003-2011. Ceva will be the ninth company in the KBA facility, which is 80 percent leased. IceCure Medical is leasing space in GCIC’s 50,000 sq. In the past decade, nearly $1.8

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BUSINESS REPORT: Texas – Innovation Moves Front And Center In Austin

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Key Incentives: Emerging Technology Fund, Enterprise Zones, Skills Development Fund, Renewable Energy Incentives, TX Industry Development Loan Program. Several key planned development applications were approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council during 2012, including the Imperial/Tract 3 and Telfair developments.

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Less Is More In New England

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The Granite Ridge Development District: The creation of the Granite Ridge Development District, a 913-acre commercial and entertainment zone, involved policy changes as well as active investment attraction. percent in 2003 to 24.7 The NH Dept. As a percentage of the city’s development, commercial and industrial increased from 19.3

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State by State Incentives Guide

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The principal and interest on the bonds are paid solely from the funds derived from leasing or selling the facilities to the user company. Enterprise Zone Credit or Exemption: The Alabama Enterprise Zone Act (Act. May not have closed or reduced employment elsewhere in Alabama in order to expand into an enterprise zone.

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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. The principal and interest on the bonds are paid solely from the funds derived from leasing or selling the facilities to the user company.

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FEATURE STORY: 2014 Economic Development Awards

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Businesses will be able to locate in these zones and operate 100 percent tax-free for 10 years (no income, business, sales or property taxes and no franchise fees). million to lease, renovate and equip a 56,800 square-foot facility in Munster. WyoRECs™ Renewable Energy Credit Discount Program. million BTOP grant.

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Automotive Industry Focus: Hitting On All Cylinders

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However, analysts say higher interest rates and a glut of cars coming off leases (which will crowd used-car lots with late-model vehicles available at discounts) could act as a damper on new-car sales. These larger vehicles account for more than half of U.S. The industry’s seasonal adjusted annual selling pace fell to 17.3