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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

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CHICAGO AIMS FOR THE TOP OF THE TECH CHART. Chicago is rising up in ranks to become the next big place for technology innovation. Chicago’s Digital Manufacturing and Design Institute (DMDII), has partnered with McKinsey & Co. Chicago’s Digital Manufacturing and Design Institute (DMDII), has partnered with McKinsey & Co.

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Paul Robinson on the Role of ConstructReach in Workforce Development 

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Paul Robinson founded ConstructReach in 2018 to create events and a social network for educating young people, teachers, and parents about opportunities in construction. PB: You’ve had events recently in Chicago and Minneapolis. PB: Are contractors and unions more open to being recruited and participating? ConstructReach.

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Business Facilities’ 2019 Metro Rankings Report

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It’s an environment where people are looking to enhance and augment ideas. Employees are able to find work environments they enjoy and contribute toward new technologies. From furniture to conference room time, WeWork provides an innovative environment to do business. Austin’s talent is famously “sticky.”

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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But so far some of the windiest environs we know of—the coastal U.S. Savannah is deepening its harbor to 47 feet from 42 feet, and aims to complete the project in 2018. Massive solar-power facilities have come online in the California desert; forests of wind turbines have been hooked up to grids in Iowa and West Texas.

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Industry Focus: Food Processing – The Process Of Consistency

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Competitive electric costs, coupled with the convenience of responsive local utilities, have helped foster an environment where companies want to invest. There also is Arkansas’s state-of-the-art railroad infrastructure comprising three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway and Kansas City Southern Railway.