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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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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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Chicago is the nation’s rail hub that connects six of the seven class one railroads. per square foot, lower than the Chicago Market average of $4.84. rail freight passes through Chicago’s rail yards. On a daily basis, 500 freight trains and 37,500 carloads of rail freight leave the Chicago metro region (i.e.,

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Dan Scott, conductor of the orchestra

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Then, the local carpenters union approached Host with a deal. Joseph, Missouri; Vinennes, Indiana and Chicago. A roadie later destroyed the bus one day driving back south from a concert in Chicago. In just 70 days, crews built the café inside what had been the arched-roof train platforms of Union Station. at the time.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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Located in the heart of Illinois; in the great Midwest; within 200 miles of metropolitan areas of Chicago, Indianapolis and St. Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway are among those serving the state and provide transportation of raw materials and finished products throughout the nation. a total of 31,900 route miles.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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San Antonio appears in sixth place while Dallas grabbed eighth. “It The Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin-Round Rock MSAs also took the top three places, respectively, in our Job Growth Leaders category, based on government statistics showing the largest percentage increase in employment. and other free-market proponents.

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Business Facilities’ 2019 Metro Rankings Report

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With two locations in Denver (Union Station and in the Lower Highlands), WeWork has the capacity for up to 2,000 workers. Northern Virginia continues its reign as the nation’s leading data center hub, followed in the top five by Phoenix, Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago and the Las Vegas/Reno region, based on net absorption of megawatts.

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