2016 Foundation Innovation Railroad 
Business Facilities
JULY 6, 2016
By Dominique Cantelme From the May/June 2016 Issue. Chicago is the nation’s rail hub that connects six of the seven class one railroads. DuPage County is accessible to the 52 railroads in Illinois, which makes the area the nation’s largest rail gateway, providing access to every state in the continental U.S. supply chain.
Business Facilities
AUGUST 1, 2014
Baton Rouge, LA has had great success in executing its strategy of bringing together business and higher education in innovative public-private partnerships that spur initiatives in new high-growth sectors. The Apple facility in Texas will become one of four global operations centers for the tech giant outside of its California HQ.
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NOVEMBER 4, 2013
Additional construction will continue into 2016 and the plant is anticipated to begin commercial production in 2018. It is known for its harvesting equipment, particularly its innovative corn harvesting “headers”, the attachments at the front of a combine. headquarters and manufacturing plant in Effingham County.
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MARCH 4, 2016
By the BF Staff From the January/February 2016 Issue. Rendering of Kaiser Permanente’s National Innovation Center. Under the codename “Project Profile,” KP conducted a wide-ranging site selection search for a new National Innovation Center. KP employs 300 physicians and associates in Georgia. Source: georgia.org).
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FEBRUARY 28, 2013
SMUD: ENERGY INNOVATORS. Since its inception in 1946, the community-owned Sacramento Municipal Utility District—known locally as SMUD—has had as its core values a commitment to innovation, conservation, creativity and service. Currently, SMUD is building the foundation for the “smart grid.”
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SEPTEMBER 24, 2013
The present effort in this part of the project is to develop 600 acres that will be the foundation of Virginia’s fourth, deep-water marine terminal. The Port currently has service by two Class I railroads, Norfolk Southern and CSX—both offer double-stack service to critical manufacturing and population centers.
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APRIL 15, 2014
Alabama Innovation Fund: As part of the implementation of Accelerate Alabama, this fund was created to maximize the use of the State’s economic development resources by leveraging annual research and development expenditures by Public Universities within the State to generate resources which can be used to support economic development initiatives.
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