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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.

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Voters Say Yes to Most Project Finance Measures on Ballots

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Key project finance measures pass in New Jersey and Arkansas; Union initiatives get mixed results.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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a Miramar managed services provider to small businesses; and Blue Frog Solutions in Pompano Beach, a leading provider of middleware solutions for life insurance carriers, underwriters and their distributors and agents. Competitive wages and Arkansas’ right-to-work environment provide an excellent workforce environment for businesses.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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Pennsylvania’s decision to consolidate hundreds of bridge projects into a single procurement financed by a bond fund managed by a new Public-Private Partnership (P3) should serve as a model for the rest of the country. Every state in the nation is struggling with the critical need to repair and replace dilapidated infrastructure.

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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk

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Established by enactments of state government, public port agencies develop, manage and promote the flow of waterborne commerce. Dyersburg/Dyer County is the regional hub of a 10-county area, including parts of Tennessee, Missouri and Arkansas. Open berth for project-cargo operations with an apron lay-down area of 105,000 square feet.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Alabama Industrial Development Training (AIDT): State training program certified in compliance with ISO 9001:2000, the International Organization for Standardization Principle for Quality Management. It also provides certified manager training and supervisory and team leadership training. ARKANSAS – updated for 2014.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

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The recently released sustainability and energy “scorecard” by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) demonstrates just how successful GSA has been at reducing costs, improving efficiency and eliminating waste. Development Management Associates, LLC. Institute for Supply Management. Service Employees International Union.