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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

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This means that new hot spots of tech innovation are springing up in places like Kansas City, the site of Google’s new high speed Google Fiber network, and Pittsburgh, a new hotbed for innovative tech start-ups. Austin: A Tech Hotbed Grows in the Southwest. Samsung’s total investment in Austin now exceeds $13 billion.

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Columbus, OH Wins $50M Smart City Challenge

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In December 2015, DOT announced the Smart City Challenge, a competition designed to help one city develop a fully-integrated transportation network using data and technology to connect communities and move people and goods more efficiently. NXP, Autodesk, and Mobileye to help execute its Smart City Plan.

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Race to a Smart Future

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DOT received such a huge response to its call for applications—78 cities entered the contest—that it expanded the number of finalists from five to seven. ” The winning city will be announced in June, but we’ve taken a peek at some of the finalists’ applications. DOT has encouraged the finalists to “think big.”

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40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2023

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Robert Havins Director – Integrated Construction, Bartlett Cocke General Contractors Austin, TX Robert has played a pivotal role in driving significant advancements in Bartlett Cocke’s technology initiatives. She is able to see digital solutions beyond features while maintaining a practical approach to the onsite implementation.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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Pauken is the chairman of the Texas Workforce Commission. In August 2012, TEF award recipient Samsung committed to an additional investment of up to $4 billion dollars to upgrade its Austin chip manufacturing plant, bringing the company’s total investment in the Lone Star State to more than $13 billion. billion, up 20.7

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Industry Focus: Food Processing – The Process Of Consistency

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There also is Arkansas’s state-of-the-art railroad infrastructure comprising three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway and Kansas City Southern Railway. Project managers at the Arkansas Economic Development Commission are eager to speak with you and take you on a tour of an appropriate available site.