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These Cities Are Becoming More Affordable for Renters

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The personal finance site compared median household incomes to rent from 2016 to 2019, while including how the pandemic has affected rent prices, to find the cities with the greatest changes in rent affordability. Between 2016 and 2019, rent as a percentage of income fell by almost 8%. Housing Markets. Affordability.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

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. Plenary Group USA Ltd.

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The Beauty of Public Private Partnerships

Construction Knowledge

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KTC) and the Indiana Finance Authority (IFA) want to build two 2500′ cable stayed bridges spanning the Ohio River. The Walsh Group from Chicago, IL won both competitions. They engaged Engineering firms to produce conceptual bridge designs, estimated costs and schedules.

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Illinois Revives Premier Corporate Tax Incentives

Business Facilities

In 2016, the company located in a 115,000-square-foot food processing facility in Wheeling after a multi-state site selection program. Chicago Executive Airport links Wheeling to the world, with international visitors from India to Canada to South America regularly traveling through the airport. The previous tax credit expired Dec.

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Illinois: Unveiling the Future of Digital Design and Manufacturing

Business Facilities

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. Last year’s groundbreaking on the project was an exciting one for Goose Island, which is quickly becoming known as an important tech hub within Chicago.

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Food Processing: Generating Growth for Good Eats

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

By the BF Staff From the January/February 2016 Issue. Chicago, our third-ranked city for Food Processing Employment Leaders, has long been a center for the conversion of raw farm products into edible goods. Local incentives include real and personal property tax abatement and tax increment financing. CENTRAL IN: A GROWING HUB.

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Our 2022 Builder of the Year, Van Metre Homes, Is Wired for Change

Pro Builder

Since 2016, seven Van Metre employees have been named to Pro Builder ’s Forty Under 40 list , which recognizes housing’s next generation of leaders. “We Paul Deffenbaugh, a freelance journalist in the Chicago area, and Denise Dersin, executive editor of Pro Builder Media, contributed to this story.

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