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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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P83 Innovation Center campus conceptual renderings. Feeding this worker pipeline is Arizona’s university system that produces in-demand graduates specializing in technology and innovation that can quickly make an impact on these growing businesses. In 2015, Apple decided to put its $2 billion, 1.3-million-square-foot

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Business Report: Illinois Leaders Form Non-Profit to Spur Job Creation

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We have over 200 higher education institutions around the state, a growing innovation ecosystem, a diverse and dynamic workforce, along with an abundance of natural resources.”. Last year, Illinois lost an average 250 jobs a month and ended 2015 with 3,000 fewer jobs, in stark contrast with overall national growth.

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

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Locations are bringing higher ed resources and high-tech businesses together to plant the seeds for market-ready advanced technology at incubators and innovation institutes, and to create the STEM-savvy workforce that will fill these new jobs. Chicago is rising up in ranks to become the next big place for technology innovation.

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State Focus – Kansas: The Sunflower State Is Blooming and Booming

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The Innovation Campus at Wichita State is a new and unique partnership that combines the university’s world class aviation research with industry expertise. In an increasingly competitive global economy, innovation and forward thinking leadership is of the utmost importance. joined the Topeka community in 2015. at 12,800 feet.

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Illinois: Unveiling the Future of Digital Design and Manufacturing

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L ast year, Chicago celebrated the highly anticipated grand opening of the new UI Labs Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) on Goose Island. The lab opened in May 2015. By the BF Staff. The lab occupies 64,000 square feet of a former, 285,000-square-foot factory.

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A Blueprint For Success In Rural Colorado

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Launched in 2015, Blueprint 2.0 OEDIT is committed to building rural economies through a variety of innovative programs and initiatives,” Copeland said. “We If your business belongs in a place that delivers on the Colorado promise of opportunity, innovation and adventure, explore Colorado’s Grand Valley at www.grandvalleyco.com.

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Feature Story: Public-Private Partnerships – An Alliance For Progress That Works

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Bruce Russell Global Innovator’s Award, the organizations ultimate and most prestigious, recognizing innovation at the highest level. The overall winner will be announced in October 2015. Navy Federal Credit Union, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Deutsche Bank. MEDC: LEADING INNOVATOR IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

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