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The Drone Age

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” In other words, the test sites will help FAA create federal regulations that will open the skies to a commercial drone industry that has the potential to become a growth sector worth hundreds of billions of dollars in coming years. For Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, the dawning of the Drone Age can’t come soon enough.

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Pennsylvania Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Uses include machinery/equipment; job training; infrastructure; land and building improvements; environmental assessment/remediation; acquisition of land, buildings, right-of-ways; working capital; and site preparation, demolition and clearance. . Grants shall not exceed $5 million and have a term of not more than five years.

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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). space program.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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million-square-foot building located on 83 acres near Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. SRP executed on substantial load requirements while working in concert with Eastmark Developer DMB and the City of Mesa infrastructure needed for the project. manufacturing.” Mesa also processed the required permits expeditiously.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Texas – Innovation Moves Front And Center In Austin

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The device is based on dried blood spot (DBS) technology, which is best known for newborn screening and has many additional commercial uses for clinical trials, bio-banking, population studies and a wide range of medical research. Several key projects continue within the Telfair commercial area near U.S.

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When office-to-residential conversion works

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represents the ideal potential for dated commercial properties as both office vacancies and residential demands soar in urban areas across the country. A recent Perkins Eastman study, for example, determined it wouldn’t be feasible for a developer client to transform a 50-story, 1980s office building in Long Island City into residential.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Alabama Infrastructure Grant Program: Funds are available to public entities for extension of water, sewer and road facilities to service new or expanding industries. Alabama Economic Development Loan Program: The state has more than 2,300 commercial lending sources with assets of over $61.3 ALABAMA - updated for 2014.

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