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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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Tennessee, Virginia and Alabama are the top-ranked states, respectively, in BF’s flagship Best Business Climate ranking. Nevada and Alabama rounded out the top five in Economic Growth Potential, followed by Utah, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri and Mississippi. OPPORTUNITY ZONES ARE HERE. TN TOPS IN BUSINESS CLIMATE.

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Workforce Training: Engineering A Skilled Workforce

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Culpeper’s five strategically located Tech Zones provide incentives to qualified technology zone businesses. In addition, businesses that qualify for technology zone grants will receive reimbursements up to 100 percent of the cost for building permits and site plan review permits for the property subject to technology zone grants.

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

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In March, IBM announced a new 800-job technology center in downtown Baton Rouge that will provide software development and software maintenance services to clients in the U.S. with services that address the increasing demand for flexible software to keep up with Big Data, cloud and mobile requirements they are facing.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

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The program asks local health care providers to identify problems they believe can be solved through new technology, and then forwards these challenges to Lincoln’s software community. After two months, a quick-pitch contest was held and the winning software proposal got a 120-day test period at the health care institution.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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Name a growth sector—digital media, advanced manufacturing, IT/software—and Louisiana has a specific program geared to welcome new players, with a proven track record of successful startups. Mercedes’ decision was a game-changer: the German automaker’s arrival opened the door for other industrial giants to come to Alabama.

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FEATURE STORY: 2014 Economic Development Awards

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Businesses will be able to locate in these zones and operate 100 percent tax-free for 10 years (no income, business, sales or property taxes and no franchise fees). Alabama Industrial Development Training (AIDT); Enterprise Florida. WyoRECs™ Renewable Energy Credit Discount Program. ACHIEVEMENT IN WORKFORCE TRAINING.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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Traditionally known as the “Creative Capital of the South,” Baton Rouge has established itself as a thriving high-tech hub for IT/software development and digital media while continuing to be an attractive location for corporate headquarters, relocations and traditional manufacturing. The new tech center will provide IBM’s clients in the U.S.

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