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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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Mesa Mayor Scott Smith, City Manager Chris Brady and Economic Development Director Bill Jabjiniak assisted Apple with its Foreign Trade Zone application to provide real and personal property tax relief for Apple’s investment in the Mesa site. Mesa also processed the required permits expeditiously. Direct economic impact of $1.33

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COVER STORY: Shovel Ready Sites Are Growing From The Ground Up

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Certified shovel ready sites are in growing demand among companies and site selection consultants, and they are an increasingly popular tool for communities to attract new business and industry. GEORGIA IS “MARKET READY”. Construction began this year with completion of the first manufacturing buildings planned for 2015.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Points of Entry for Cash-Rich Cargo

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Chicago Executive Airport serves as a hub for business and industry and as a logical magnet drawing businesses to the area. In July 2012, Wheeling retained a land planning consultant to evaluate alternate development scenarios over the eastern portion of the airport district to outline aviation and commercial development options.

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Feature Story: Shovel-Ready Sites – Fired Up, Ready To Go

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The certification process involves developers—working closely with their local officials, utility partners and consultants—to become better prepared to market their sites with specific site-related information and community data. Continued presence on Georgia Allies electronic newsletter targeted to companies and location consultants.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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in Oakland Park is a computer engineering consultancy that develops turnkey computing solutions for its clients. The Port of Little Rock, on the Arkansas River is a designated Foreign Trade Zone and a United States Customs Point of Entry. Metro Atlanta: A Biomed Sector Keeps Growing. DataBridge Corp. Parkinson, Jr.,

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LOCATION FOCUS: Indiana — More And More Roads Are Leading To “The Crossroads Of America”

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Louis, Dallas, Cincinnati and Atlanta, Hendricks County provides overnight trucking access to more than half of the nation’s population—and local officials made access even more convenient with the locally funded, truck-friendly Ronald Reagan Parkway. Several sites within Hendricks County are foreign trade zones, too.

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Shovel-Ready Sites: Ready To Hit The Ground Running

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Certified shovel-ready sites are in growing demand among companies and site selection consultants, and they are an increasingly popular tool for communities to attract new business and industry. Mirroring the city in which it lies, the park has shown a propensity to draw a diverse group of tenants since its opening in 2015.

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