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BUSINESS REPORT: Virginia’s High-Tech Economy Keeps Growing

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CNBC ranked Virginia as America’s Top State for Business for 2011. Virginia also was a leader in the Forbes.com Best State for Business review and was Pollina Corporate Real Estate’s 2011 Top Pro-Business State for the third consecutive year, with the largest victory margin in the study’s history. And as one of four U.S.

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LOCATION FOCUS: United It Stands

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Coverage of its 4,974 square miles is aided by I-90, I-86 and Route 219; Buffalo-Niagara International Airport; the Port of Buffalo; and four class I railroads (CSX, Norfolk Southern, Canadian National and Canadian Pacific). Western New York provides both city and suburban living. The one consistent is its propensity for economic opportunity.

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

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The ECD began looking intently at developing a site certification program in August 2011. “Some states manage their programs in-house with a committee that reviews the application, but in Georgia we have a third-party site location consultant that handles it.”.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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JPMorgan Chase, the nation’s largest bank, recently announced it will provide $100 million to help Detroit with housing repairs, blight removal, job training and economic development projects over the next five years. “The We are committed to helping make that future a reality,” the bank said. billion over 2011-2012.

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

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011. For the first eight months of 2011, total construction on an unadjusted basis was…down 6% from the same period a year ago.” At the same time, total construction remains on track to register a moderate decline for 2011 as a whole, after leveling off in 2010. skip to main | skip to sidebar.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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CAPCO financing, an alternative to conventional bank financing, can accommodate a slightly higher risk profile and provide a more flexible structure for growing businesses. Effective for facilities placed into service between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2015. per thousand cubic feet of “working gas” storage capacity.

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New Mexico Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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SWEDFA offers a variety of financing strategies to help fund small business including bank participations, direct loans, loan guarantees and taxable and tax-exempt bonds. Tax Incentives. High Wage Jobs Tax Credit: A taxpayer who is an eligible employer may apply for and receive a tax credit for each new high-wage economic-base job.