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

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Louisiana will provide $14 million in funding over 10 years for expanded higher-education programs designed primarily to increase the number of annual computer science graduates. CPRT will secure private financing for the residential building, which will also be an asset of the WMF. Morris Lessmore.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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A major incentive is the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (ETF), which is designed to expedite the development and commercialization of new technologies and to attract and create jobs in technology fields. The largest single capital investment commitment for a TEF project in Texas is a multi-year refinery expansion by Motiva that began in 2006.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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Launched by the Shale Gas Innovation and Commercialization Center (SGICC), the initiative is designed to harness entrepreneurial innovation to maximize the economic return from the Marcellus and Utica shale formations. So evolved is Louisiana’s pipeline infrastructure that the state’s No. times that of the Nos.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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TVA Economic Development Loan Fund: A multimillion-dollar revolving loan program designed to stimulate investment and job creation in the TVA region. 573), was enacted in 1987 to stimulate business and industrial growth in designated areas of the state that are considered economically depressed. In December 2002, the former U.S.

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Seven Projects Land Deal of the Year Honorable Mentions

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Founded in 2006, SolarCity has more than 200,000 residential customers throughout 18 states. The “Project Axle” recruitment climaxed in late 2014 when economic development officials from Alabama and two other Southeastern states designated as finalists made pitches at the company’s headquarters in Minnesota.

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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. SALES & USE TAX ABATEMENTS: Taxes on construction-related transactions, pollution control devices are exempt from sales and use taxes.

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