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

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Major market centers in the region include: Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and St. Louis and Chicago to the north and New Orleans to the south, while Interstate 30 connects Arkansas with markets to the southwest, including Texas and Mexico. population.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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Led by the Research Foundation of the State University of New York (RF SUNY), the photonics institute involves a consortium of 124 partners, including 55 companies, across 20 states. ACHIEVEMENT IN SITE CERTIFICATION. We have two winners for this year’s award for Achievement in Site Certification: Indiana Economic Development Corp.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

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LEED Certification, and LEED in general has been a GREAT marketing tool. Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters. City of Chicago. Green Building Certification Institute. Green Education Foundation (GEF). Green Hive Foundation. Service Employees International Union. American Architectural Foundation.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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Earlier this year, the Chicago-based aircraft giant came close to moving its primary 787 assembly facility from the Seattle area to Salt Lake City [a last-minute union deal kept the plant in WA]. In January 2010, Tennessee passed the First to the Top Act (FTTT). Louisiana FastStart: Still the Gold Standard in Training.

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Industry Focus: Food Processing – The Process Of Consistency

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IMPA communities work closely with the state of Indiana, which has embraced its agriculture industry as a foundational part of the Indiana economy. There also is Arkansas’s state-of-the-art railroad infrastructure comprising three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway and Kansas City Southern Railway.