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Resilient Flooring: The sustainable specification

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Is the goal to achieve certification from a green building rating system? • In senior living communities, LVT is specified often because it provides a nice homey feel for the residents and is durable for mobility device traffic. FloorScore certification for indoor environmental quality.

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The Drone Age

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The six sites were tasked by the FAA with conducting “critical research into the certification and operational requirements necessary to safely integrate UAS into the national airspace in the next several years.” Or, to put it in drone-speak, we’re putting the UTM before the Mobile Skylight. Thank you for voting.

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Keeping Up With Advanced Manufacturing

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percent annually from 2013 to 2015, outpacing the national average of 2.46 Haslam introduced the Tennessee Promise in 2015. More than 16,000 students enrolled in the Tennessee Promise for the fall of 2015. There has been an 81 percent retention rate among the 2015-2016 class of Tennessee Promise students.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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focused on mobile, security and business operations software). The $600-million Institute already is well on its way to establishing the region as a national hub for producing next generation integrated photonics, a light science with the potential to transform communications, medicine and national defense, and could create thousands of jobs.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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Rising stars Tennessee and Indiana, our fourth- and fifth-ranked states in Best Business Climate, show no signs of abandoning their upward mobility in this flagship category. SL Tennessee will begin construction in August 2014 with a goal of being fully operational by April 2015. TN is Race to the Top Leader. Herbert told us.

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COVER STORY: 2012 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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Construction of the first manufacturing buildings at the new Baxter campus is expected to be completed in 2015, with full commercial production commencing in 2018. Airbus announced in July that it will invest $600 million in an aircraft assembly facility at the Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile. Honorable Mentions. the new plant to?more

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LOCATION FOCUS: California Dreamin’ – A Rebound Fueled By New Energy

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With so many states trying to lure businesses to their cities, why have such pioneering companies as Intel, Siemens Mobility, Micron and SynapSense chosen to call Sacramento, California home? Aerojet, a major space and defense contractor also based in Folsom, has a corporate mandate for sustainability in all areas of its organization.