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BUSINESS REPORT: Missouri – Ford Invests $1.1 Billion In Kansas City Truck Plant Expansion

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On May 02-2013, Ford Motor Company announced it would add a third crew and more than 2,000 jobs at the Kansas City Assembly Plant which builds the F-150. Ford is adding more than 2,000 jobs at its Kansas City (MO) Assembly Plant to meet surging demand for the Ford F-150 and planned production of the all-new Ford Transit.

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HOK Sport Venue Event splits from parent

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The managers of Kansas City-based HOK Sport Venue Event, the world's leading sports architecture firm, and the board of its St. have agreed to a transfer in ownership of HOK Sport Venue Event to the leaders of that practice, according to a Kansas City Business Journal article published Thursday.

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

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This means that new hot spots of tech innovation are springing up in places like Kansas City, the site of Google’s new high speed Google Fiber network, and Pittsburgh, a new hotbed for innovative tech start-ups. Greater Kansas City: Silicon Prairie. We’ve found this in Kansas City. Rick Perry in a statement.

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

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Off the Clock • Spending time with the Golden Girls (retrievers) Avery and Basil • Oklahoma State football and Kansas City Chiefs fan. . . . . Jude Dream Home • Constructed playhouse for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Kerri Woodward, 38 . Director of Sales and Marketing. Chesapeake Homes. Virginia Beach, Va. .

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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The largest single capital investment commitment for a TEF project in Texas is a multi-year refinery expansion by Motiva that began in 2006. Direct service is provided by Kansas City Southern, with connecting service provided by RailAmerica/DGNO and short-line carrier Blacklands Railroad. Saudi Refining, Inc. (a

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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BIOSCIENCE DISCOVERY EVALUATION GRANT PROGRAM: Created by the Colorado legislature in 2006 to strengthen the bioscience industry and the creation of quality jobs within the state. The facility must be placed in service, or co-firing with coal must begin, on or after January 1, 2006, but before January 1, 2016. SALES TAX EXEMPTIONS.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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TARGETED JOBS WITHHOLDING TAX CREDIT: Enacted in 2006, it allows the diversion of withholding funds paid by an employer to be matched by a designated “pilot” city to create economic incentives that can be directed toward the growth and expansion of targeted businesses located within Urban Renewal areas. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

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