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Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class

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All have ready access to major transportation infrastructure, energy, water and zoning that meets the industry needs of advanced manufacturing, information technology and bioscience companies. The Quad Cities Combined Statistical Area has a population of more than 475,000, making it the 90th largest CSA in the U.S.

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The Home Building Technology Revolution, Part III: The Missing Link

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Combine that with the commonly cited statistic that just 3% of U.S. People don’t leave their comfort zone without a highly compelling reason, and when it comes to technology, we have failed to convincingly provide that reason. And that’s just on the construction (that is, product) side. .

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don't think: Do Revit: QUACK!

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The GDP graph and statistics are right on, and have not gotten nearly enough press as its much more fun to talk about how "bad" things are, and while it does suck to be out of a job, there is hope. Revit Zone. Thirdly, I read this article even more recently on Forbes.com ( 9.2% Unemployment? All Things BIM. Revit Beginners.

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Less Is More In New England

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Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the annual average unemployment rate in New England, at 4.1 Over the 40 years this statistical data has been collected, the jobless rate in New England has rarely exceeded the U.S. By the BF Staff. From the July/August 2017 Isssue. percent in 2016, was down 0.8 percentage points to 4.9

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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Twenty-eight Fortune 500 companies operate within the Little Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Port of Little Rock, on the Arkansas River is a designated Foreign Trade Zone and a United States Customs Point of Entry. million passengers annually. Those include five on the Fortune 500 list—Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.,

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State Focus – Utah: Consistently Excellent

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It’s also massively multilingual with more than 130 languages spoken in the course of business every day and has a foreign trade zone and intermodal inland port. A number of national financial institutions have established branch offices in Salt Lake City, making it the center of banking and finance for the region.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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Here are just a few examples that illustrate how 21st-century renewable energy initiatives are transforming what was a 20th-century steel hub: on the banks of the Buffalo River, one of the largest solar panel factories in the U.S. percent, the lowest since 2007, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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