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Business Facilities Names 2013 Deal of the Year Winners

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addressing the increasing demand for flexible software to keep up with Big Data, cloud and mobile requirements. The new Pinewood Atlanta Studios resulted from a cooperative effort including Fayette County Development Authority (FCDA), Georgia Department of Economic Development, Georgia Power and Coweta-Fayette EMC.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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eStockIt.com in Hollywood is an online retailer of restaurant, janitorial and office supplies. Motorola Mobility, Plantation, FL. The Port of Little Rock, on the Arkansas River is a designated Foreign Trade Zone and a United States Customs Point of Entry. Airbus Lands In Mobile.

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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. Honorable Mentions.

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FEATURE STORY: 2014 Economic Development Awards

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Businesses will be able to locate in these zones and operate 100 percent tax-free for 10 years (no income, business, sales or property taxes and no franchise fees). The Pinewood Atlanta Studios project was the culmination of more than five years of efforts to grow the footprint of the film industry in Fayette County.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Points of Entry for Cash-Rich Cargo

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Two mobile harbor cranes. Given that it’s a substantial distance from any coasts or borders, Hendricks County, Indiana might seem to be a surprising place for a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ). Louis, Dallas, Cincinnati, and Atlanta, providing overnight trucking access to more than half of the nation’s population. PROJECT OVERVIEW. $30

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FEATURE STORY: Nothing Matters More Than Talent

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“We have addressed this issue with the creation of Phase 1 of the Alabama Robotics Technology Park in North Alabama (Tanner) and the Maritime Training Center in South Alabama (Mobile).”. based production facility at the Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile, Alabama, creating as many as 1,000 new high-skilled jobs. aerospace industry.

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SPECIAL REPORT: The Carolinas Are Bringing The Business

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In our wireless world, mobile and broadband networks create economic opportunities for health care, manufacturing, education, transportation and public safety, and virtually every other economic section.”. Retail Business in Charlotte and for its Global Technology & Operations organization in Cary.