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The Weitz Co. nabs $113M Orlando airport infrastructure project

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The Des Moines, Iowa-based company will build a pedestrian bridge and rental car lobby at the Orlando International Airport.

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Iowa approves $3.4B infrastructure plan

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The transportation commission approved a 2019-2023 program that includes airport, transit, railroad, trail and highway projects.

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State Focus – Iowa: Growing Jobs As Well As Corn

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State Focus – Iowa: Growing Jobs As Well As Corn originally appeared on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. If you think Iowa is about corn, you’re right. If, however, you think Iowa is all agriculture, you’re wrong. Much of what you know about Iowa is true. Iowa is a right-to-work state.

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Feature Story: Shovel-Ready Sites – Fired Up, Ready To Go

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million aviation technical school is nearing completion at the Fairhope Airport Industrial Park, designated at an Alabama AdvantageSite. Alabama’s AdvantageSite program has had a tremendous success record in matching new industrial projects with infrastructure-rich sites in the state. ALABAMA SITES ARE READY FOR JOB-CREATING GROWTH.

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COVER STORY: Shovel Ready Sites Are Growing From The Ground Up

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Cloud’s Airport Industrial Park, an area certified as “Shovel Ready” under the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Shovel Ready Site Certification Program. Shovel Ready Silver certified sites means that its documentation is less than one year old and has proper zoning and infrastructure built to the property.

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SNAPSHOTS: 60 Seconds… With Larry V. Parman, Secretary, Oklahoma Department Of Commerce

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billion project by MidAmerican Energy, an Iowa-based utility, and the long-awaited Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound. Siemens AG will supply 448 giant turbines (with the capacity to generate 1,050 megawatts of power) as part of largest economic development project in Iowa’s history. Is Oklahoma a major logistics/distribution hub?

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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So evolved is Louisiana’s pipeline infrastructure that the state’s No. Combined with those infrastructure advantages, the advent of low, stable natural gas prices in the U.S. States poised for major growth in wind energy in coming years include Iowa, Kansas, Texas, Nebraska, North Dakota and Michigan. times that of the Nos.