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20 Communities To Address Climate Change, Resilience, Social Equity

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Read: 20 Communities To Address Climate Change, Resilience, Social Equity at BusinessFacilities.com. Green Building Council is expanding its LEED for Cities and Communities program with a new $500,000 grant from Bank of America.

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

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Arkansas offers companies a strong transportation network with intersecting Interstates, rail access and water transportation. In Arkansas, you will find: 1,000 miles of navigable waterways. Four ports are located along the Arkansas River in Fort Smith, Little Rock, North Little Rock and Pine Bluff. Hunt and ABF Freight Systems.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Arkansas — Dassault Invests $60 Million In Little Rock Expansion

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Arkansas Gov. Dassault Falcon Jet is a cornerstone of Arkansas’s aviation sector, and today’s significant investment will help cement that status for many years to come,” Gov. ARKANSAS FAST FACTS. ARKANSAS LEEDS THE WAY. Arkansas has more than 450 LEED credential professionals. By Ed Felton. Mike Beebe. Mike Beebe.

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May / June 2022 Issue (Volume 55, Number 3)

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Business Facilities' May / June 2022 issue focuses on workforce development, including STEM, higher education partnerships, quality of life, and more.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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In addition to providing equity, CI’s team works with each pre-seed company to offer advice, support and introductions to powerful connections that help develop a commercially viable business. The income tax credit earned may be used to offset 50 percent of the investor’s Arkansas income tax liability in any one tax year.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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ARKANSAS – updated for 2014. Create Rebate Program: An incentive that may be offered at the discretion of the director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission in highly competitive situations, it provides annual cash payments based on a company’s annual payroll for new, full-time, permanent employees.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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Companies must be less than 5-years old; have an annual payroll between $100,000 and $1 million; show proof of an equity investment of at least $250,000; pay at least 150 percent of the lesser of the state or county average hourly wage where the business is located; and meet requisite payroll thresholds.

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