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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. PCD Bank offers a Loan Program to assist and grow CDFIs. Maximum loan amount is $350,000.

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Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class

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From the September/October 2017 Issue. This high achievement level is one reason a 2017 Chief Executive survey of CEOs placed Iowa second in the nation in worker quality. By the BF Staff. I owa’s leaders have an ambitious target for the state’s workforce education goals. Iowa consistently earns high marks for its education climate.

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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

Green Building Law Update

The bills require a person to demonstrate, before a payment is made into the funds, that appropriate credits generated by a forest mitigation bank in the same county or watershed are not available. In January 2017, the Dairy Pride Act was introduced in the U.S. Oil Cleanup . Use of Antimicrobial Drugs. Milk Labeling.

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Lessons From the Hudson River PCB Cleanup Project | ENR.

ENR Construction

Banking & Credit Crisis. --> Companies. Phase two started in 2011 and is expected to be completed by 2017 or 2018. Work continues in the dredge zone around the clock, six days a week, during the work season from May through November. Gulf Oil Spill. -->. Building Types. Construction Methods. Sustainability. Haiti Reconstruction.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

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The city has created two Tax Increment Financing Districts with a third in process, to expand the municipal infrastructure to industrial and commercial zones. The city has adopted three NH Economic Revitalization Zones, offering corporate tax credits to qualifying businesses. 1, 2017 and Dec.

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Less Is More In New England

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From the July/August 2017 Isssue. According to the Connecticut Department of Labor, the May 2017 unemployment rate for Connecticut was estimated at 4.9 percent (seasonally adjusted), unchanged from April 2017 and down four-tenths of a percentage point from a year ago. By the BF Staff. percent in 2016, was down 0.8 The NH Dept.

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STATE FOCUS: Florida – Let The Sun Shine

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The state will cross the trillion dollar threshold for nominal GSP in 2017. Florida’s economy, as measured by GSP, will have grown tenfold in size from 1980 to 2017.”. Deutsche Bank. Florida’s thriving financial and professional services industry is getting a boost from Navy Federal Credit Union, Verizon, Deutsche Bank and DTCC.

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