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Bootstraps for Building

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Like many other older cities, a decades-long decline in manufacturing coupled with urban flight left the downtown populated by discount retail stores and pizza parlors. ” A state initiative called the Neighborhood Improvement Zone (NIZ) program aims to change all that, and it’s already yielding solid results in Allentown.

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STATE FOCUS: Florida – Let The Sun Shine

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percent); Trade, Transportation & Utilities (3.0 percent in 2012, retail sales will grow at an average pace of 3.7 This is due in part to the fact that economic recovery in Florida is feeding into retail sales. According to the 73rd Annual Report released by the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to the U.S. percent).”.

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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These include transportation carriers of all kinds, as well as warehousing, distribution, third-party logistics services, manufacturers’ operations, retailers and distributers who may have their own distribution centers. Sheffi is a professor of Engineering Systems and director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL).

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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SelectUSA states that “A highly integrated supply chain network in the United States links producers and consumers through multiple transportation modes, including air and express delivery services, freight rail, maritime transport and truck transport. logistics and transportation industry totaled $1.33

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SPECIAL REPORT: Devens – Secret Weapon In The Battle For Business

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Because Devens is a self-supporting, quasi-public environment that was created specifically to support and grow businesses—and not a municipality—the zoning and permitting hurdles associated with most cities and towns are greatly reduced. Locating at Devens can truly turn into a distinct competitive advantage.”.

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COMMUNITY PROFILE: Opportunity Knocks in Southwest Louisiana

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SWLA’s transportation infrastructure is keeping pace with surging development needs. We are blessed to have natural resources like oil and gas, but you have to be able to transport them and that adds value,” he told the American Press. Transportation issues aren’t fixed overnight,” he notes. “We By Eric Cormier.

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The Oculus

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The centerpiece for the 16-acre WTC development, the element that was supposed to tie it all together, is the World Trade Center Transportation Hub, an appropriately pedestrian name for a facility that serves as the home of a rebuilt PATH station for commuters riding the trains connecting NYC and New Jersey. The backlash is building.