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

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However, technology companies are realizing that to be truly global, they need to tap innovation at more locations and in new high-growth markets. To make downtown Pittsburgh more attractive to technology-driven, innovative companies, the local real estate community has developed Larimer’s Bakery Square and the proposed Bakery Square 2.0,

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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Austin, TX: On Top, Still Rising. For the past couple of years, Austin, TX and Baton Rouge, LA have been duking it out for the top ranking in our flagship metro Economic Growth Potential category. Austin is now one of the nation’s top emerging high-tech cities, with more than 120,000 people employed by around 4,400 technology firms.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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Louisiana’s capital has had great success in executing the state’s strategy of bringing together business and higher education in innovative public-private partnerships that spur initiatives in new high-growth sectors. The BRAF-affiliated Wilbur Marvin Foundation (WMF) will own the office building. The approximately $30.5

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

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It is known for its harvesting equipment, particularly its innovative corn harvesting “headers”, the attachments at the front of a combine. ICAD worked with Austin Consulting and Foote Consulting Group (The Austin Team) to develop the program. It’s a vital economic development tool that we can put in our toolbox.”.

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Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Gets Smarter, Faster

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N ew technologies and business models have the heavy/discrete manufacturing industry on the verge of an innovative new period that promises greater productivity and the potential for lower costs, according to a recent report prepared by GE. advanced manufacturing. MANUFACTURING SUCCESS IN THE SUNSHINE STATE. Photo: Enterprise Florida).

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Seven Projects Land Deal of the Year Honorable Mentions

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Rendering of Kaiser Permanente’s National Innovation Center. Under the codename “Project Profile,” KP conducted a wide-ranging site selection search for a new National Innovation Center. Georgia has become a hotbed for global brands such as Kaiser Permanente to locate innovation and IT centers. Source: georgia.org).

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Industry Focus: Food Processing – The Process Of Consistency

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IMPA communities work closely with the state of Indiana, which has embraced its agriculture industry as a foundational part of the Indiana economy. Progresso is one of the oldest names in South Jersey manufacturing, and thanks to innovation and growth it remains one of the most successful. Just ask Hickman’s Family Farms. million.