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Markets With Extreme Weather are Only Affordable to the Wealthy

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He’s one of many homeowners in a flood-prone zone who can afford to stay and retrofit his home for extreme weather. Eventually, however, a homeowner or bank could end up losing everything if a flood or other disaster destroys the house and makes the property unlivable. But it’s not enough to keep him away.

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Oregon Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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The intention is to protect those industrial lands with the potential for future economic development and job growth from conversion to residential or commercial zoning. Oregon Capital Access Program (CAP): Helps lenders (banks and credit unions) make more commercial loans to small businesses and provides capital for start-up or expansion.

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Pennsylvania Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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For-profit small businesses (100 employees or less) that are located in a DCED designated distressed community or Keystone Opportunity Zone is eligible. It is a companion program to the Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ) program. PCD Bank offers a Loan Program to assist and grow CDFIs. Maximum loan amount is $350,000.

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New Hampshire Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Export-Import Bank; U.S. Economic Revitalization Zone Tax Credits (ERZ): Tax credits against the business profits and enterprise taxes. In exchange for the contribution, a company can take 75% of the donation as a tax credit on its BET, BPT or insurance premium tax. OIC also works with the U.S. Department of Commerce; U.S.

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Rhode Island Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Mortgage Insurance: Offered through the Rhode Island Industrial Recreational Building Authority (IRBA). Alien Insurance Companies: Rhode Island allows a non-U.S. insurance company to become licensed in Rhode Island and, as long as it maintains its base of U.S. Loan and Bond Guarantees.

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Ford Offers Gas When Diesel Is Too Much | ENR: Engineering News.

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Banking & Credit Crisis. --> Companies. Large fleet owners typically use F-650-size trucks, which have a gross-vehicle weight rating of 26,000 lbs, for maintenance of traffic in work zones, such as cone and barrel trucks. Since Owners are Demanding Designers Carry Higher Insurance Limits, Is a Split-Limit Approach Best?

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Lessons From the Hudson River PCB Cleanup Project | ENR.

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Banking & Credit Crisis. --> Companies. Work continues in the dredge zone around the clock, six days a week, during the work season from May through November. Along the dredge zone, air, water and noise monitoring systems are in place to alert officials to adverse conditions. Gulf Oil Spill. -->. Building Types. Sustainability.