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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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A central element of the public-private partnership that secured the IBM center is the construction of a mixed-use, riverfront complex that will be developed by Commercial Properties Realty Trust (CPRT), a real estate investment trust that manages and develops property holdings of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF).

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Snapshots: 60 Seconds… With Bill Hagerty, Commissioner, Tennessee Department Of Economic And Community Development

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Since 2008, a dozen states have held a total of 30 statewide referendums proposing to expand gambling. BF: You recently selected six TN communities to participate in the Tennessee Downtown program, a competitive improvement program for cities and counties seeking to revitalize traditional commercial or historic districts.

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Industry Focus: Food Processing – The Process Of Consistency

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1,677 miles of class 1 railroads. There also is Arkansas’s state-of-the-art railroad infrastructure comprising three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway and Kansas City Southern Railway. Arkansas also has 22 smaller railroads operating over its more than 2,700 miles of track. percent between 2008 and 2018.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: MHC says starts rise in August; housing is.

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And what appears to be the early signs of recovery for commercial building may well end up being deferred by rising investor concern about employment growth and the near term prospects for the U.S. ► 2008. “This is in part because of a $5.25 billion project to widen the Panama Canal by 2014. “Bridgestone Corp.

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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. Drilling activity, extraction and production in the shale have expanded rapidly since the first well was drilled in 2008.

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COVER STORY: Shovel Ready Sites Are Growing From The Ground Up

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The GRAD program was first launched in 2008 under a public-private marketing partnership called Georgia Allies in order to enhance economic development opportunities for the state and develop a pool of available industrial sites. To get ready, many states across the U.S. headquarters and manufacturing plant in Effingham County.

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LOCATION FOCUS: California Dreamin’ – A Rebound Fueled By New Energy

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Jerry Brown fired the two state regulators who had overseen a 70 percent decline in state drilling permits since 2008, a notable turnaround for a state leader who in his first stint as governor in the 1970s pioneered many of California’s landmark environmental protection statutes. Last year, CA Gov.