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Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class

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The regional initiative, the Quad Cities Manufacturing Innovation Hub (the Hub), was chosen by the Department of Defense Industry Adjustment program to create a model in the Quad Cities that will be replicated throughout other parts of the nation. Louis, Kansas City, Des Moines, Indianapolis and Omaha.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Points of Entry for Cash-Rich Cargo

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CHICAGO EXEC ANCHORS WHEELING. The Village of Wheeling’s manufacturing base is anchored around its general aviation airport, Chicago Executive Airport, the third busiest in Chicagoland. Chicago Executive Airport serves as a hub for business and industry and as a logical magnet drawing businesses to the area.

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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You know if the white shirt should go to Kansas and the blue shirt should go to Chicago or the other way around.”. Memphis, Panama, Chicago—are so efficient that they make globalization and trade easier virtually everywhere around the world. Many of the country’s inland ports are located in the Midwest, including Chicago, Memphis, St.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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We want to emphasize that the space between our top two finishers was closer than Ryan Hunter-Reay’s 0.060 margin of victory in this year’s Indianapolis 500, and No. The Crimson Tide rolled into the top spot by edging past Tennessee, our top-ranked state in Automotive Manufacturing Strength for four consecutive years. Herbert told us.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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The $600-million Institute already is well on its way to establishing the region as a national hub for producing next generation integrated photonics, a light science with the potential to transform communications, medicine and national defense, and could create thousands of jobs. Andrew Cuomo. ACHIEVEMENT IN WORKFORCE TRAINING.

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