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Fall Conference Circuit: 12 Top Takeaways

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This could potentially be incentivized by baking it into recycling facility certification requirements. As outlined in a session on sustainable and healthy workspaces , employers want lower costs, shorter lease terms, fewer commitments, a shift from fixed to variable costs, talent attraction and retention, and increased flexibility.

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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

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However, technology companies are realizing that to be truly global, they need to tap innovation at more locations and in new high-growth markets. The company, which develops software applications for mobile platforms, opened its R&D center in southwestern Pennsylvania in 2010. Smith Micro has received $1.8

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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Innovative thinking, quick action and impressive regional cooperation enabled Arizona to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in creating a bold new opportunity for the First Solar site in Mesa,” Rogers said. “We Project Title: General Motors Technology Innovation Center. Photo: georgia.org.).

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FEATURE STORY: Semiconductor HUBS – Macro Growth from Micro Chips

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New technologies are being developed at an unprecedented pace and our highly mobile world is changing the shape of the semiconductor industry in new ways. “We Mobile’ is the watchword in today’s landscape.”. There are now almost as many cell phone subscriptions as people in the world.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

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These programs have resulted in substantial upward mobility for current and new Broward County residents, while providing substantial returns on investment to local municipal partners through the generation of new revenue as a result of capital investments. Brick City Development Corp.

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

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The federal Bureau of Land Management, which has subsurface mineral rights for much of the Monterey shale field, in December sold about 15 leases for thousands of acres of potential shale development in California. SMUD: ENERGY INNOVATORS. Last year, CA Gov. that are LEED-certified (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design).

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State by State Incentives Guide

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The principal and interest on the bonds are paid solely from the funds derived from leasing or selling the facilities to the user company. The Alabama Innovation Fund supports and operates two (2) distinct programs. If applying for a transferable credit certificate, no more than half the credit may be applied in a single calendar year.

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