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New England: A Rising Tide Of Jobs, Wages

Business Facilities

All six New England States experienced gains in wages and salaries in 2018, with the income surge averaging more than four percent in 2Q 2018. Read: New England: A Rising Tide Of Jobs, Wages at BusinessFacilities.com.

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States Where Wealthy Gen Xers Move To

Pro Builder

With a median income of $113,300 in 2019, Gen Xers have the funds to invest more in their homes, so what housing markets are most attractive to this generation? The site found that the Southern and Western states were most popular, with Florida as the top state, Texas in second, and North Carolina in third. South Carolina.

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EPA Celebrates 20 Years Of Superfund Redevelopment

Business Facilities

Returning Superfund sites back to productive use has resulted in dramatic changes in communities by improving the quality of life, raising property values, and providing needed services to communities. Thanks to SRI, hundreds of formerly contaminated sites have been transformed into hubs of economic, recreational, or residential activity.

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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

Green Building Law Update

In 2014 the legislature established the original “Coast Smart” siting and design criteria requirements including created a Coast Smart Council. The bill also delays the implementation date of the Coast Smart siting and design criteria that are modified and made more broadly applicable from July 1, 2019, to July 1, 2020. Forest Cover.

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Report from Natural Building Event in Moab

Natural Building

[Albert]: One of the benefits of the program here is that we provide a safe, accessible space for anybody who’s interested in construction to come and be on a construction site where it might be intimidating if you’re not a typical construction worker to walk up to just some construction site and say, “Hey, I want to learn.”.

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Location Spotlight: Cape Coral – A Strategic Location

Business Facilities

2 best state for doing business because there is no state income tax, and Florida offers a competitive cost of doing business and streamlined regulatory environment. New high-end conference center at the waterfront Westin Resort begins drawing business leaders from around the world in early 2018.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

Business Facilities

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 Louisiana, no. million over the next five years. territories.