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

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are implementing site certification programs called “shovel ready”—meaning that the site is primed and ready for economic development. Certified shovel ready sites are in growing demand among companies and site selection consultants, and they are an increasingly popular tool for communities to attract new business and industry.

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From the Ground Up

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Keeping the banks solvent and the car industry alive obviously took priority over snazzy new rockets and manned space vehicles. On July 21, 2011 – ironically the 42 nd anniversary of the first time humans set foot on the moon – the Space Shuttle landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the last time.

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Feature Story: Public-Private Partnerships – An Alliance For Progress That Works

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RiverBend Commerce Park is a 185-acre site with waterfront access on the Buffalo River. The site has nearby rail access, is minutes from the Interstate and within a few miles of crossings into Canada. FLORIDA: GOLD STANDARD FOR PPP. We’re pleased to stay in Florida and bring new jobs to Fort Lauderdale. By Jenny Vickers.

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FEATURE STORY: Accelerating In Alabama

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After Mississippi and Florida passed tort reform measures shielding aircraft manufacturers from long-term liability complaints, Bentley quickly put forward the Alabama Commercial Aviation Business Improvement Act, a tort reform tailored to companies like Airbus that make commercial jets seating more than 100 passengers. .

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Industry Focus – Retail: Less Than Six Degrees of Separation

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The Cape Coral Westin will soon bring a new conference center on this site, attracting visitors from around the world. The largest city in Southwest Florida is prime for retail operations planning to expand into a market that is home to ready buyers and in a subtropical climate with close proximity to major urban cores that draw consumers.

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World Water Day

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For example, he says, we need to know how much water is being consumed by fracking operations; whether strawberry growers are using more water than other fruit producers; and, specifically, whether these and other industrial or agricultural operations are drawing water from rivers, reservoirs or diminishing groundwater sources like aquifers.

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COVER STORY: Global Biotech Report

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Höchst hosts 90 on-site companies, among them sanofi-aventis, Bayer CropScience, Clariant and Celanese. Researchers, manufacturers, customers and service providers come together at the site and cooperate in terms of raw materials and infrastructure. million Euro expansion project increases the size of the production site by 65 percent.

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