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Transit agencies agree to share certification of minority contractors

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Chicago and Philadelphia’s reciprocal arrangement for disadvantaged businesses could become a national model, organizers say.

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President Obama’s Promise Zones Initiative

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” The first five Zones, located in San Antonio, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Southeastern Kentucky, and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, have each put forward a plan on how they will partner with local business and community leaders to make investments that reward hard work and expand opportunity. Philadelphia, PA (West Philadelphia).

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

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” The first five Zones, located in San Antonio, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Southeastern Kentucky, and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, have each put forward a plan on how they will partner with local business and community leaders to make investments that reward hard work and expand opportunity. Philadelphia, PA (West Philadelphia).

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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Mott is leading a rebalancing of information technology at GM under which the majority of IT work will be done by GM employees instead of being outsourced, which has been the GM model for most of the last three decades. “We The design of the Philadelphia headquarters expansion will begin in this year, with groundbreaking expected in 2017.

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

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Alexis Udine , 37, Account Supervisor, Group Two Advertising, Philadelphia. Certifications • Florida Building Contractor. Certifications • Arkansas Contractors License. Chelsea Timmons , 33, VP of Community Experience, TRI Pointe Homes, Austin, Texas. Akel Homes. Delray Beach, Fla. . Koby Bowen, 38. Rogers, Ark. . .

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Location Focus: New York – The Empire State Leverages Its Strengths

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This project has been a model for how local governments, civic groups and businesses can work together and be proud of the finished product, which will keep all parties satisfied for years to come. Among the area’s most recent success stories is Agrana Fruits US, Inc., White Pine is expected to achieve shovel-ready status in late 2014.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

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Qualifying businesses are eligible to receive an accelerated, 10-year state income tax depreciation deduction, a sales tax exemption for equipment and materials purchased from the date of the project’s certification until three months after the facility is completed, and a 10-year ad valorem tax exemption. Achievement In Ports/FTZs.

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