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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. We are a Top 10 state in gigabyte per second access speed, and Chattanooga is ahead of the curve being North America’s first residential gigabit community.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Indiana — More And More Roads Are Leading To “The Crossroads Of America”

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percent since 2008, those new jobs have triggered 9.5 Begun in 2008 by the Switzerland County Economic Development Corporation, the initiative intends to raise the education and skill levels of residents to meet the needs of 21st century employers. During that same time period, Hendricks County has seen an 82.9

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

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Inspired by New Urbanism design principles, the complex will include an office building that will house the new IBM Services Center, as well as a separate, 11-story residential building with 95 river-view apartments and nine separate town homes. The BRAF-affiliated Wilbur Marvin Foundation (WMF) will own the office building.

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

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The pickup for total construction in August was the result of greater activity for each of construction’s three main sectors—nonresidential building [7%], residential building [4%] and nonbuilding construction [13%]. ” Nonresidential building declined 8% year-to-date; residential, -5%; and nonbuilding, -4%.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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Since 2008, the U.S. The Marcellus Shale Formation, which contains nearly 500 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas, has seen more than 7,700 new wells drilled in Pennsylvania since 2008. states with service to all six Class I railroads, and offers more than 7,300 miles of oil pipeline and 11,200 miles of gas pipeline.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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Drilling activity, extraction and production in the shale have expanded rapidly since the first well was drilled in 2008. Freeport LNG Development LP is investing some $4 billion in expanding the liquefied natural gas facility opened as a receiving and regasification terminal by the Houston-based firm at Port Freeport in 2008.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Private Activity Bond: Issued to finance construction and equipment purchases associated with industrial and manufacturing facilities, residential rental projects, facilities for the furnishing of water, sewage and solid waste facilities and more. Railroad Spurs. The incentive, unless extended, expires at the end of 2008.

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