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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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4 in Best Business Climate, Texas—all have been perennial contenders for BF’s top honor, the State of the Year Award: Texas and Tennessee each have won the award three times since it was created in 2007; Virginia was the 2018 SOTY; Alabama won BF’s top award in 2017. “An OPPORTUNITY ZONES ARE HERE. that need it the most.

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Industry Focus – Retail: Less Than Six Degrees of Separation

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Lower gas prices are creating more discretionary income to save, pay down debt and spend on travel, eating out and personal services. Investment Zones & Distinct Communities. The Cape Coral Economic Development Office has designed several investment zones to enhance and tailor growth with a visionary outlook.

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STATE FOCUS: Florida – Let The Sun Shine

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Since taking office in 2011, Governor Scott has moved aggressively to cut business taxes and costs, pay down debt and streamline the regulatory environment. According to the 73rd Annual Report released by the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to the U.S. In 2011, merchandise received and exported from the Zone reached $3.7 Its FTZ No.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Enterprise Zone Credit or Exemption: The Alabama Enterprise Zone Act (Act. The program provides state and local tax incentives and non-tax incentives to businesses and industries located within Alabama’s Enterprise Zones. 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. ENTERPRISE ZONES: Businesses located within the boundaries of an EZ are eligible for tax credits. LAMBRA zones are a companion to EZs.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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percent, the lowest since 2007, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The debt-free, state-of-the-art AnC Bio facility will take about 18 months to build. Shovel Ready Silver builds upon those attributes by maintaining documentation that is less than one year old and having proper zoning and infrastructure built to the property.

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