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State Focus: Minnesota’s Formula For Success

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Joseph Jandrisch, CEO and president of Geringhoff North America, described the workforce in the St. Paul International Airport. WFSI, a Sauk Rapids company that does customized welding projects for the energy and defense industries, is adding 32 new jobs in that central Minnesota community. Cloud area as “world class.”. “In

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Location Focus: Florida – Rebounded And Ready

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19 million for Space Florida, $5 million for the Florida Sports Foundation, $74 million for Visit Florida’s tourism marketing and promotion efforts and $71 million for the Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO). The close proximity of the Miami International Airport provides additional options. Chile, Peru and Mexico. “To

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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A central element of the public-private partnership involved in securing the IBM center is the construction of a mixed-use, riverfront complex that will be developed by Commercial Properties Realty Trust (CPRT), a real estate investment trust that manages and develops property holdings of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF).

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Industry Focus: Aerospace Sector Is Flying High Again

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A fter several years of job losses, aerospace and defense sector employment is expected to grow in 2016 by more than 39,000 jobs in the U.S., Aerospace & Defense Labor Market Study. percent, of which about 185,000 jobs were lost in the defense subsector. Aerospace and defense sector companies paid $7.7

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Dassault Falcon Jet, the region’s top manufacturing employer and the French company’s largest facility in the world, renewed its lease at the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport through 2040. Southeast Arkansas Economic Development Commission BF-March/April-2014 Career Readiness Certificate Caterpillar Little Rock'

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Business Facilities’ 2019 Metro Rankings Report

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Plus, metro Atlanta is a digital supply chain leader as home to the world’s busiest and most efficient airport and a destination with an easily accessible port. National Center of Atmospheric Research (NCAR), managed by UCAR, is a National Science Foundation R&D Center (Boulder, CO).

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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Established in 1986, PSC is supported by several federal agencies, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and private industry, and is a leading partner in XSEDE (Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment), the National Science Foundation cyberinfrastructure program. science and engineering.

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