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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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Pennsylvania Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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For-profit small businesses (100 employees or less) that are located in a DCED designated distressed community or Keystone Opportunity Zone is eligible. It is a companion program to the Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ) program. Eligibility for benefits is based upon annual certification. Maximum loan amount is $350,000.

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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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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Points of Entry for Cash-Rich Cargo

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Two mobile harbor cranes. Given that it’s a substantial distance from any coasts or borders, Hendricks County, Indiana might seem to be a surprising place for a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ). Hendricks County is home to VULTC, Vincennes University Logistics Training Center offering a certification in logistics and materials handling.

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

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The company, which develops software applications for mobile platforms, opened its R&D center in southwestern Pennsylvania in 2010. Vivisimo: 25 new jobs, IBM recently acquired the Squirrel-Hill based search technology company; Vivisimo also recently unrolled a mobile version of its customer service product.

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Food Processing: Generating Growth for Good Eats

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The Park offers an expandable 50,000-square-foot shell building and land sites ranging from 30 to 65 acres and is zoned light industrial. Urban Enterprise Zones – tax credits, PILOT or Payment In Lieu of Taxes agreements and low interest rates to reduce development costs.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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Mesa Mayor Scott Smith, City Manager Chris Brady and Economic Development Director Bill Jabjiniak assisted Apple with its Foreign Trade Zone application to provide real and personal property tax relief for Apple’s investment in the Mesa site. Mesa also processed the required permits expeditiously.

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