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Attend Greenbuild – The Best Way To Grow Your Green Building Business

Green Building Law Update

While attendance is off a bit from the huge Greenbuild in Boston in 2008 with 27,995 attendees, last year dwarfed the first Greenbuild in 2002 when 4,189 people gathered in Austin. It is your chance to meet incoming USGBC CEO Mahesh Ramanujam, the man to know in the post Fedrezzi era. And Greenbuild is sustainable. So register today.

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Putting 9 senior living market trends into perspective

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For developers and operators of senior living communities, the upper-income part of the market has the most potential for financial success but also the most options. The hotelier applied the business traveler model to a senior living prototype and began building them in communities across the U.S., It’s important, but it’s not enough.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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Having witnessed income and social class inequities entrenched by corruption on their European mission, and a system in which government officials and business entrepreneurs rarely collaborate to solve civic and social problems, the Ivorys recognized the seeds of similar dynamics in their own backyard. See past Builder of the Year winners.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Affordable Eco.

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Dr.Jenny Pickerill recently traveled around the world on a Winston Churchill Trust Travelling Fellowship on a quest for information and insights on how folks in England (where she teaches at the University of Leicester) might better address needs for sustainable housing. 8 Comments: NYC low income housing said. March 29, 2011.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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no personal income tax), business-driven tort reform, a variety of incentives and an overall low cost of doing business. Hanger Orthopedic Group, an orthotic and prosthetic services firm, relocated its headquarters to Austin. Perry discusses Facebook's expansion plans in Austin. to do business.

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STATE FOCUS: Lassoing Jobs In Texas

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Its central location—just about an hour’s drive from Austin or San Antonio, and about three hours from Dallas/Fort Worth or Houston—makes Marble Falls a great choice for commercial prospects. While many people travel to Marble Falls to take courses, workforce development is clearly a benefit. TAYLOR, TX: LAND OF OPPORTUNITY.

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Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Gets Smarter, Faster

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That, along with a strong economy and zero personal state income tax, make it a great place to do business. The state’s central location, as a gateway between the American South and Midwest and with easy access to the Northeast and Atlantic Seaboard, is within a day’s drive of two-thirds of the nation’s population and household income.