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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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By Business Facilities Editorial Staff From the March/April 2016 Issue. Our 2016 awards include recognition for the locations that have led the way in smart-grid modernization, innovative funding for infrastructure projects, renewable energy breakthroughs and new tools for supporting startups and entrepreneurs.

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The Future of the Built Environment in 2019

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And while it was previously thought difficult to achieve impressive heights with a timber structure, a 49-story tower in design in Portland is planning to prove everyone wrong. It became very clear that the USGBC’s certification body was quickly amassing its global peers under its umbrella. This progression makes sense.

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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. Construction began this year with completion of the first manufacturing buildings planned for 2015. And it’s working.”. Cloud, Minnesota.

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Oklahoma Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Certification that all projects described within the related project plan will generate, in the aggregate, a minimum of either $1,000,000 in payroll, exclusive of payroll for construction, or 5,000,000 in investment; . The certificates of deposit bear interest rates of up to 3% below the standard rate. 841(13), (14), and (15).

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Programs create thousands of new jobs, increase school readiness, improve local water and sewer systems, expand access to health care, assist local communities with strategic planning, and provide technical, managerial, and marketing assistance to emerging new businesses. ARIZONA – updated for 2014.

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

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Last year, a State Budget Crisis Task Force headed by former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker estimated California’s long-term debt at a staggering $370 billion. SMUD is setting aggressive goals for renewable energy production, including 125 megawatts of customer-sited, net-metered solar power by 2016. Barstow Casino & Resort Project.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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have a solid, completed business plan for a viable enterprise. JOB TRAINING PROGRAM: Originally set to expire in 2011, the Arizona Competitiveness Package extended the program an additional five years until December 31, 2016 and modified the definition of a “rural area.”. $25 The program ends December 2016.

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