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Feature Story: Shovel-Ready Sites – Fired Up, Ready To Go

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From the May/June 2014 issue. states have launched site certification programs with the goal of helping communities prepare available sites for investment and expansion. states have launched site certification programs with the goal of helping communities prepare available sites for investment and expansion. By Jenny Vickers.

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State Focus – Iowa: Growing Jobs As Well As Corn

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The first four sites—all 200-plus acres—completed designation in 2014, with the additional six sites earning designation in summer 2015. In 2014, Iowa reached a new export record of more than $15.1 The Green Certification program is being launched with a pilot round focused on the Green Office Park category.

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

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are implementing site certification programs called “shovel ready”—meaning that the site is primed and ready for economic development. The company plans to open its facility in January 2014. Obtaining the Shovel Ready designation better positions the city of Becker [a St. From the September/October 2013 issue .

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

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From the July/August 2014 issue. BH: The goal of the Tennessee Downtowns program is to revitalize historic downtown commercial districts using the four-point approach of the National Main Street Center: design, promotion, organization and economic restructuring. Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report.

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State Focus – Utah: Consistently Excellent

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Even Utah’s international airport is on top of its consistency game: last year Travel+Leisure ranked Salt Lake City International Airport the most punctual airport in America, the fifth such ranking for the airport since 2008. UDEN did not arise by accident, rather it evolved by design.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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From the January/February 2014 issue. million-square-foot building located on 83 acres near Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. 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. manufacturing.”

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BUSINESS REPORT: Maryland — SSA’s New Data Hub Moves Forward In Urbana

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The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Mid-Atlantic Region and the Social Security Administration (SSA) are collaborating to design and construct the SSA’s new National Support Center in Urbana, MD. The SSA awarded the contract to design and build the new data center to Hensel Phelps Construction, a Colorado-based general contractor.