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

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Pickens reached public acclaim as the lead propulsion designer for SpaceShipOne, the world’s first private manned spaceship that won the $10 million Ansari X PRIZE in 2004 and led to Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic enterprise. With its proximity to the center of the U.S. and other free-market proponents.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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The chamber led Opportunity Austin, a five-year effort launched in 2004 to promote investment resulting in job creation. The Port currently has service by two Class I railroads, Norfolk Southern and CSX—both offer double-stack service to critical manufacturing and population centers. Its aim was to create 72,000 regional jobs.

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