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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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The Arizona team worked closely with Maricopa County’s air-quality department to obtain the required permits for Apple. Mesa also processed the required permits expeditiously. In February 2013, Clarksville-Montgomery County officials were invited to go to Atlanta to meet with the company’s site-selection team.

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Home Builder Success and the Fragility of Good Things

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Growth rate—Fast growth, which enables economic feasibility. For example, Atlanta, Dallas, and Phoenix have long been hot markets, but go into those and you’re competing with every national builder, a host of strong regionals, and more locals than you can count. Diet—not finicky, easy to feed, with plentiful food. . Financing.

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Top 25 Finalists for Ivory Innovations' Housing Affordability Prize

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This year’s finalists in the Policy & Regulatory Reform category include organizations focused on addressing historically lengthy processes, such as accelerating permitting and connecting LMI individuals to housing opportunities. Homeowners see on average an 11x increase in borrowing power with RenoFi-powered loans. Category Innovators