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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. The Arkansas River dissects the state from the northwest to the southeast, while the Mississippi River borders the state’s eastern edge. Interstate 55 links eastern Arkansas to St.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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ACHIEVEMENT IN SITE CERTIFICATION. We have two winners for this year’s award for Achievement in Site Certification: Indiana Economic Development Corp. for the Indiana Shovel Ready Program and the Tennessee Valley Authority for TVA’s Data Center Site Certification Program.

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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. Service Employees International Union. USGBC Mississippi Chapter. That said, should LEED be a requirement? Is LEED cost effective?

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Industry Focus: Food Processing – The Process Of Consistency

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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. Union Pacific operates major yards in Little Rock and Pine Bluff, along with a locomotive repair facility in North Little Rock.