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July/August 2014 Issue (Volume 47, Number 4)

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BUSINESS REPORT: Four Cities To Pilot Kansas Statewide Broadband Initiative | Four Kansas cities will participate in a pilot program that will help the state develop strategic plans to meet broadband needs and priorities.

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State Focus – Kansas: The Sunflower State Is Blooming and Booming

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In order to support the continued expansion of the renewable energy industry, Kansas has a goal of generating 15 percent of the state’s electricity from renewable sources by 2016, and the state’s utilities are on track to meet this target. THE KANSAS CITY ANIMAL HEALTH CORRIDOR KEEPS EXPANDING.

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Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class

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billion in public and private sector investment is happening right now in the Quad Cities, a six-county region straddling the southeastern Iowa and northwestern Illinois state lines and connected by the two banks of the Mississippi River. The innovation happening at companies in the Quad Cities is astounding,” says Tallman.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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CAPCO financing, an alternative to conventional bank financing, can accommodate a slightly higher risk profile and provide a more flexible structure for growing businesses. The COMMERCIAL FISHING AND AGRICULTURE BANK provides loans to fishing, tourism, natural resources and agriculture-based projects.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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CAPCO financing, an alternative to conventional bank financing, can accommodate a slightly higher risk profile and provide a more flexible structure for growing businesses. Many small businesses that are not able to receive traditional bank financing can get support through CEF. CALIFORNIA – updated for 2014.

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Crystal Ball 2013

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Department of Energy awards $20-million grant to former bank president who says he has a way to turn sub-prime mortgage promo letters into biofuels. ” – SEC sanctions Mets for insider trading, says team failed to disclose missing fingers when it shipped Mr. Met to Kansas City for a mascot to be named later.

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Crystal Ball 2013

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Department of Energy awards $20-million grant to former bank president who says he has a way to turn sub-prime mortgage promo letters into biofuels. ” – SEC sanctions Mets for insider trading, says team failed to disclose missing fingers when it shipped Mr. Met to Kansas City for a mascot to be named later.