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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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4 in Best Business Climate, Texas—all have been perennial contenders for BF’s top honor, the State of the Year Award: Texas and Tennessee each have won the award three times since it was created in 2007; Virginia was the 2018 SOTY; Alabama won BF’s top award in 2017. “An OPPORTUNITY ZONES ARE HERE.

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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

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In Maryland, state law does not address carryout bags provided by retail establishments. Senate Bill 54 / House Bill 36 (both passed) require a surface mining permittee to permanently replace a failed water supply (that is within a zone of dewatering influence) within 45 days after learning about a specified water supply failure.

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Renewable Energy: The Power Of Change

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as measured by retail electricity produced and sold, serving more than 5.6 In 2017 FPL purchased?the? The 1,250-acre mega site, which is located in the New York Power Authority (NYPA) hydropower zone, features low-cost, 100 percent renewable electricity. Read on to find some locations taking steps to achieve these massive goals.

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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Through the Enterprise Zones Program business and industry can realize state incentives such as Job Creation Grants and Real Property Investment Grants, while also realizing a number of local tax and other incentives. Section 5 is scheduled to be finished by June 2017. Enterprise zone, including tax credits. 10,700-foot runway.

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SPECIAL REPORT: The Carolinas Are Bringing The Business

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Ipreo Holdings plans to create 250 new jobs by the end of 2017 when it establishes a business center in Wake County, NC. Retail Business in Charlotte and for its Global Technology & Operations organization in Cary. Lastly, the county bought a 100-acre rail-served industrial site within a New Market Tax Credit Zone.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Appalachian Regional Commission and Delta Regional Authority Grants: Federal-state partnerships that work with the people of 37 Appalachian counties in Alabama and the Mississippi Delta region’s twenty Alabama counties to create opportunities for self-sustaining economic development and improved quality of life.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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ENTERPRISE ZONE CREDIT: To stimulate growth in depressed areas of the state, Alabama offers certain tax credit incentives to business that locate or expand within a designated enterprise zone. The increase is to occur in equal increments over a four year period, between 2014 and 2017. percent, between 2014 and 2017.

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