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

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The Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC), working with other state agencies, offers a Career Readiness Certificate to potential employees. Through the Career Readiness Certificate program, potential employees are evaluated and tested so that your business can identify and qualify the most skilled workers. An estimated 38.4

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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The Memphis International Airport is home to the FedEx Superhub. Additionally, the four county-wide economic development partners can assist companies not eligible for Next Michigan with other incentives, financing, workforce hiring and training, site selection, lean implementation, and marketing including government procurement.

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Shovel-Ready Sites: Ready To Hit The Ground Running

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are implementing site certification programs that give available sites a shovel ready designation—meaning that the site is primed and ready for economic development. To achieve certification, sites go through a rigorous review process. States across the U.S. The outcome?

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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million-square-foot building located on 83 acres near Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. After learning in the summer of 2012 that U.K.-based Noting that the rolling pasture land was less than 20 miles from Atlanta’s international airport, the Pinewood team indicated it was a feasible location for their new studio complex.

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Food Processing: Generating Growth for Good Eats

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ConAgra bought Ralcorp in 2012 for $6.8 percent in 2012. It is conveniently located adjacent to Canada’s largest airport, Toronto Pearson International, as well as home to CN’s Intermodal Railway Terminal, the largest intermodal railway terminal in Canada. Not all of these acquisitions have worked out.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

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The information provided included the top projects (initiated since the beginning of 2012), in terms of capital investment and job creation. In 2012, a national TV ad blitz continued to promote Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County’s strong business value proposition. Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance.

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