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COVER STORY: Shovel Ready Sites Are Growing From The Ground Up

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are implementing site certification programs called “shovel ready”—meaning that the site is primed and ready for economic development. Cloud’s Airport Industrial Park, an area certified as “Shovel Ready” under the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Shovel Ready Site Certification Program.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Soaring To New Heights

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Three Louisiana Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) schools, including one at Southern University at Shreveport, deliver technicians with required certificates and FAA certifications. The site offers a 24/7 control tower and a fire station and is designated a Foreign Trade Zone with customs and border security. Highway 165, U.S.

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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The Corridor is home to a Next Michigan Development Corporation (NMDC), a state designation from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. Inland ports are hubs designed to move international shipments more effectively between maritime ports and locations throughout the U.S. Major metros such as Dallas, Kansas City, St.

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Food Processing: Generating Growth for Good Eats

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The metropolis of Los Angeles was the top food processing location in BF ’s 2015 Metro Rankings Report, earning the number one ranking in our metro Food Processing Employment Leaders category, edging Greater Toronto’s burgeoning food processing hub and the traditional food processing crossroads of Chicago as king of the foodies.

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Feature Story: Shovel-Ready Sites – Fired Up, Ready To Go

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states have launched site certification programs with the goal of helping communities prepare available sites for investment and expansion. million aviation technical school is nearing completion at the Fairhope Airport Industrial Park, designated at an Alabama AdvantageSite. Across the U.S., That time-savings is a valuable commodity.

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New Mexico Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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This credit is designed to stimulate the development of new alternative energy manufacturing facilities. A certificate of eligibility must be obtained from the Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department to apply for this credit. The credit may be carried forward for four years from the date of the certificate of eligibility.

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New Mexico Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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The rural area is divided into two tiers: Tier 2 = Non-metro area municipalities that exceed 15,000 in population: Alamogordo, Carlsbad, Clovis, Gallup, and Hobbs; Tier 1 = Everywhere else in a rural area. This credit is designed to stimulate the development of new alternative energy manufacturing facilities. Certain green industries.