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Location Focus: Illinois – Trying to Make Headway in Every Way

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According to the Chicago Tribune , “The fund will award convertible notes initially ranging from $100,000 to $500,000 to early-stage Illinois-based companies working in renewable energy, energy efficiency, smart grid, next-generation transportation and water resource management. This venture capital fund allocated with $2.3

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Guggenheim is in the process of putting together an Arctic Infrastructure Inventory that it says will give priority to infrastructure needs that are “socially and environmentally sound for investment and opportunity.”

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Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class

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Iowa ranks fifth in the nation in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) degrees conferred per 1,000 residents. Crisscrossed by four interstates and over a dozen state and federal highways, the Quad Cities region is located 2½ hours away from Chicago, and within a five-hour truck drive of Milwaukee, St.

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Major market centers in the region include: Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and St. Louis and Chicago to the north and New Orleans to the south, while Interstate 30 connects Arkansas with markets to the southwest, including Texas and Mexico. population.

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Shovel-Ready Sites: Ready To Hit The Ground Running

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Not only does the “Hub City” see leisure travelers, but business travelers, conference attendees and athletes visit Lubbock for meetings and tournaments. Nickson Industrial Warehouses is building three Class A tilt-wall buildings in the park, adding unique inventory to Tomball.

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