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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

Business Facilities

North Carolina, Colorado and Virginia topped the chart in BF’s flagship Economic Growth Potential ranking. North Carolina has been laying out the welcome mat for businesses in a diverse group of industries, offering a growing talent pool of young skilled workers, an attractive quality of life and targeted incentives.

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UPDATE: Seven New Locations Added To President Obama’s Promise Zones Initiative

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On January 9, 2014, the President announced the next step in those efforts by naming the first five “Promise Zones.” THE PROMISE ZONES INITIATIVE. The five Promise Zones announced are part of the 20 that will be announced over the next three years. so that each partner can work towards improvement and accountability.

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Workforce Training: Engineering A Skilled Workforce

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In March 2016, McAuliffe signed into law measures that establish a workforce training program targeted to increase specific industry certifications and occupational licenses that meet the needs of businesses in each region of the state. million for a veterans’ portal to strengthen outreach to this key population.

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IEER Report: Small Modular Reactors a “Poor Bet” To Revive Failed Nuclear Renaissance in U.S.

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Titled Light Water Designs of Small Modular Reactors: Facts and Analysis, the IEER report focuses on light water reactor (LWR) SMR designs, the development and certification of which the U.S. The four designs would reduce the size of each reactor considerably. Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D. Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D.,

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Leading the Home Building Industry: Pro Builder's 2021 Forty Under 40

Pro Builder

Cory Benjamin , 39, Project Director, BIM Manager, TK Design & Associates, South Lyon, Mich. Koby Bowen , 38, President / CEO of Construction and Design, Homes of Distinction, Rogers, Ark. Alexa Drees Walker , 31, Design Center Director, Drees Homes, Fort Mitchell, Ky. Adam Steiner , 35, Owner, Birnam Design Co.,

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2020 Builder of the Year: True Homes—a Culture Like No Other

Pro Builder

But when True Homes co-founders Dan Horner and Mark Boyce use words like “having a heart for people,” to describe the North Carolina–based company they founded in 2007, they really mean it. For Lyncel Earley, senior HR manager, it was pursuing a professional certification. No one’s that good.

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True to Itself: True Homes' Purpose-Driven Company Culture Is Like No Other

Pro Builder

But when True Homes co-founders Dan Horner and Mark Boyce use words like “having a heart for people,” to describe the North Carolina–based company they founded in 2007, they really mean it. For Lyncel Earley, senior HR manager, it was pursuing a professional certification. No one’s that good.