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Some of the Oldest Buildings in the U.S.

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Founded in 1776 by Spanish Franciscans, the San Juan Capistrano mission is one of 21 in California. A defensive fort that can be traced to 1672, Castillo De San Marcos was built under the direction of Florida’s Spanish governor to protect the city of St. The National Park Service opened the house to the public in 1960.

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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1,677 miles of Class 1 railroads. Interstate 40 is the major east-west thoroughfare reaching from North Carolina to California that runs through Arkansas. Arkansas’s railroad infrastructure includes three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway, and Kansas City Southern Railway. 16,416 miles of state and U.S.

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LOCATION FOCUS: California Dreamin’ – A Rebound Fueled By New Energy

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The key to that positive change resides in the same place in California it did in North Dakota—buried more than a mile underground in the middle of a huge shale deposit. Thus far, California hasn’t dived head-first into an embrace of fracking. Source: Energy Information Administration based on data from various studies.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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The thriving high-tech industry in Austin has made Texas the second-largest semiconductor job market after California, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. The Apple facility in Texas will become one of four global operations centers for the tech giant outside of its California HQ.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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Texas also is home to six of the top 50 companies on the Fortune 500 list, third only after New York and California. expansion and is its largest operations office in North America outside of its Menlo Park, California headquarters. For companies requiring rail, Greenville can be accessed by virtually every major railroad line.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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CALIFORNIA. To qualify, a taxpayer’s research must be conducted within California and include basic or applied research of scientific inquiry, original investigation for the advancement of scientific or engineering knowledge or improved function of a business component. Possible city business tax exemption.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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CALIFORNIA – updated for 2014. The California Capital Access Program (CalCAP): Encourages participating banks and lending institutions to provide loans to small businesses that fall outside of conventional underwriting standards. Any unused credit may be carried forward for a period of nine years.

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