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Workforce Training: Engineering A Skilled Workforce

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Virginia has a longstanding reputation as a workforce pioneer thanks to programs such as the Virginia Jobs Investment Program (VJIP), which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2015. Culpeper’s five strategically located Tech Zones provide incentives to qualified technology zone businesses.

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Pennsylvania Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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For-profit small businesses (100 employees or less) that are located in a DCED designated distressed community or Keystone Opportunity Zone is eligible. It is a companion program to the Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ) program. Eligibility for benefits is based upon annual certification. Maximum loan amount is $350,000.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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Mesa Mayor Scott Smith, City Manager Chris Brady and Economic Development Director Bill Jabjiniak assisted Apple with its Foreign Trade Zone application to provide real and personal property tax relief for Apple’s investment in the Mesa site. IBM’s Tech Center in Baton Rouge will open in 2015. Photo: georgia.org.).

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Food Processing: Generating Growth for Good Eats

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The metropolis of Los Angeles was the top food processing location in BF ’s 2015 Metro Rankings Report, earning the number one ranking in our metro Food Processing Employment Leaders category, edging Greater Toronto’s burgeoning food processing hub and the traditional food processing crossroads of Chicago as king of the foodies.

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2020 Builder of the Year: True Homes—a Culture Like No Other

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For Lyncel Earley, senior HR manager, it was pursuing a professional certification. By 2015, True Homes was losing its client-centric focus, chasing volume while customer satisfaction scores declined. And while employees were sequestered in “quarantine zones” at the office, they found a silver lining. Growing Pains.

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True to Itself: True Homes' Purpose-Driven Company Culture Is Like No Other

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For Lyncel Earley, senior HR manager, it was pursuing a professional certification. By 2015, True Homes was losing its client-centric focus, chasing volume while customer satisfaction scores declined. And while employees were sequestered in “quarantine zones” at the office, they found a silver lining. Growing Pains.

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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? Ultimately, ACT selected Sacramento because the availability of a qualified workforce and the benefits of locating in an Enterprise Zone.