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Seven Finalist Cities Chosen For Smart City Challenge

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The finalists are: Austin, TX; Columbus, OH; Denver, CO; Kansas City, MO; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland, OR; and San Francisco, CA. The report, issued last year, revealed that the nation’s aging infrastructure is not equipped to deal with a dramatically growing population in regions throughout the country. Source: USDOT.

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Race to a Smart Future

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The finalists, announced at the South by Southwest (SXSW) tech and music fest, are: Austin, TX; Columbus, OH; Denver, CO; Kansas City, MO; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland, OR; and San Francisco, CA. Cisco was attracted to KCMO because of its emerging technology sector, the investment in transit infrastructure and the advent of Google Fiber.

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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Mesa has one of the nation’s most unique cybersecurity assets—Arizona Laboratory for Security and Defense Research (AZLabs). Air Force Research Laboratory for several years, the City purchased the facility in 2014, renamed it, and retained its high security protocols. Available infrastructure and utilities.

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Columbus, OH Wins $50M Smart City Challenge

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As winner of the competition, Columbus secured $40 million from DOT and $10 million from Vulcan Inc. The other finalists in the competition were Austin, TX; Denver, CO; Kansas City, MO; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland, OR; and San Francisco, CA. Columbus, OH has risen above six other finalist cities to be named the winner of the U.S.

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South Louisiana Methanol Announces $1.3 Billion Investment

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of Austin, Texas, and Todd Corp., To secure the project, the state will offer an incentive package that includes a $5 million performance-based grant for infrastructure costs, and the services of Louisiana’s top-ranked workforce development program, LED FastStart ®. James Parish, La. based in Wellington, New Zealand.

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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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Lassoing Jobs in Texas

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When we headed over to the Texas State Capitol in Austin last week to personally deliver our 2012 State of the Year Award to Gov. Aggressive incentives, great infrastructure, a first-class system of higher education, low labor costs and a growing population position the state to fend off challengers to its hegemony for years to come.

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