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STATE FOCUS: Florida – Let The Sun Shine

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Navy Federal Credit Union. Florida’s thriving financial and professional services industry is getting a boost from Navy Federal Credit Union, Verizon, Deutsche Bank and DTCC. According to the 73rd Annual Report released by the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to the U.S. RECENT MAJOR FLORIDA PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENTS. 1,500 jobs.

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

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Houston (Zone 84) and El Paso (Zone 68) also shined in BF’s new ranking of top Foreign Trade Zones. Broward County, FL (Zone 25) and El Paso (Zone 68) took top honors in the Top FTZs (Exports) category. and other free-market proponents. By 2000, China was producing over two million vehicles.

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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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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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Through the Enterprise Zones Program business and industry can realize state incentives such as Job Creation Grants and Real Property Investment Grants, while also realizing a number of local tax and other incentives. Since its groundbreaking in 2007 construction along the southern sections of I-69 has rolled along steadily.

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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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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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Cerberus, an equity player who had acquired a majority stake in Chrysler from German auto giant Daimler-Benz in 2007, went into bankruptcy in 2009. Its key feature is highly automated 30+ lane transfer zones and automated live e-gates. automaker from going the way of the dinosaurs. Names Innovation Hubs. Great Lakes U.S. -

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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. 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. ACHIEVEMENT IN TARGETED INCENTIVES.

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