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Illinois: Unveiling the Future of Digital Design and Manufacturing

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Wheeling is also home to Chicago Executive Airport, the third-busiest airport in Chicagoland, which it co-owns with the neighboring City of Prospect Heights. The airport serves as a resource for business and industry, and is a magnet drawing commerce to the area. It recently completed a $5.9

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COMMUNITY PROFILE: Opportunity Knocks in Southwest Louisiana

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There are good sites to develop because of our infrastructure which includes six ports, interstate highway, railway, airports, a large pipeline system, a loyal and productive workforce, and training facilities,” Swift says. Rail service is provided by Union Pacific, Burlington Northern, Santa Fe and Kansas City Southern.

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

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The European Union has been in intense negotiations with Beijing in recent weeks to try to resolve the trade dispute, and the latest reports say a tentative agreement has been reached. In 2010, both sales and production in China topped 18 million units, with 13.76 and other free-market proponents.

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Arkansas’s railroad infrastructure includes three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway, and Kansas City Southern Railway. Union Pacific operates major yards in Little Rock and Pine Bluff, along with a locomotive repair facility in North Little Rock.

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STATE FOCUS: Florida – Let The Sun Shine

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Southwest view of the Fort Lauderdale International Airport. Navy Federal Credit Union. More than 330,000 new private sector jobs have been created in the state since December 2010, and the unemployment rate is now below the national average. Photo: Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance.). By Dominique Cantelme. 1,500 jobs.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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billion in 2010. Census Bureau reported that Texas added more than 420,000 people from 2010 to 2011, a larger increase than any other state, providing nearly 19 percent of the nation’s population growth for the year. Facebook opened its Austin office in May 2010 and doubled the facility’s size in October 2011. billion, up 20.7

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Business Facilities’ 2019 Metro Rankings Report

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Plus, metro Atlanta is a digital supply chain leader as home to the world’s busiest and most efficient airport and a destination with an easily accessible port. With two locations in Denver (Union Station and in the Lower Highlands), WeWork has the capacity for up to 2,000 workers.

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