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Texas Cities Lead Recovery Employment Leaders In BF 2013 Metro Rankings Report

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The Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin-Round Rock MSAs also took the top three places, respectively, in the magazine’s Job Growth Leaders category, based on government statistics showing the largest percentage increase in employment. Southwest Business Facilities Cities Economic Development Employment rankings'

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Boston’s Plan to “Be Blue”

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Urban farming, which is one example of “being blue”—along with genetically engineered architecture—is set to expand in almost every part of Boston under a new zoning law. According to Boston Magazine , Mayor Thomas Menino stated that: “Urban agriculture is an innovative way to improve city life.

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FEATURE STORY: Game-Changer In The Heartland

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It is served by Norfolk Southern, Canadian National and CSX railroads, and provides lower cost and efficient shipping options to the east, west and gulf coasts, bypassing the congestion of Chicago, St. Louis, 165 miles from Indianapolis and 179 miles from Chicago, Decatur boasts a number of access outlets. Louis and Indianapolis.

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West Michigan Lands Largest Third-Party Data Center In Eastern U.S.

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originally appeared on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. SUPERNAP Michigan will be 2 milliseconds from Chicago and 14 milliseconds from New York. Nevada is in the Pacific time zone and Michigan is in the Eastern time zone and the prime campus locations have low millisecond access to the largest people hubs in the U.S

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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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Icy Hot

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Icy Hot originally appeared on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. At the conclusion of the World Economic Forum last week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov declared that Russia is eager to mine the Arctic for rubles and prepared to partner with other nations to develop its portion of the Arctic zone.

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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