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Industry Focus: Aerospace Sector Is Flying High Again

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AvEx, a world leader in the niche market of aviation exterior painting, has been located at Acadiana Regional Airport (ARA) in New Iberia for over 25 years. Market accessibility is a differentiator in the Gulf Coast region, with easy access to interstate, rail, ports, and airports. Credit: Enterprise Florida).

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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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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

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The Alliance has a strong partnership with Broward County’s Workforce One employment center, securing nearly $1 million state and local training assistance for 1,107 employees in local companies. Anticipating this, Mississippi has structured an incentive which throws down a welcome mat for health-care providers to come to the Magnolia 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. The latest designation happened in April, when the Fairhope Airport Industrial Park in Baldwin County received the AdvantageSite certification. ALABAMA SITES ARE READY FOR JOB-CREATING GROWTH.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Appalachian Regional Commission and Delta Regional Authority Grants: Federal-state partnerships that work with the people of 37 Appalachian counties in Alabama and the Mississippi Delta region’s twenty Alabama counties to create opportunities for self-sustaining economic development and improved quality of life.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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Sales tax credits shall be determined in accordance with the following criteria: Eligible minimum project costs must be $1 million, except in high unemployment counties (Arkansas, Chicot, Clay, Crittenden, Dallas, Desha and Mississippi) where it is $500,000. FOREIGN TRADE ZONES (FTZs): Secured areas legally outside of U.S.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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national security concern has been reducing our dependence on foreign oil. 2-5 states (Ohio, 0.250; Mississippi, 0.233; Pennsylvania, 0.223; and Texas, 0.210), according to the U.S. Minnesota also is in the process of negotiating contracts with grantees for its NextGen Energy program. times that of the Nos.