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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

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This means that new hot spots of tech innovation are springing up in places like Kansas City, the site of Google’s new high speed Google Fiber network, and Pittsburgh, a new hotbed for innovative tech start-ups. Greater Kansas City: Silicon Prairie. We’ve found this in Kansas City. Rick Perry in a statement.

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New Partnership Encourages Private Investment In Natural Infrastructure

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“We already know green infrastructure solves massive urban stormwater problems, but we need to pick up the pace of implementation by using the full toolkit of public investment, smarter regulations and innovative private financing approaches,” said Larry Levine, a senior attorney in NRDC’s Water Program. Kansas City, Mo.: $78

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New Partnership Releases Guide To Stimulate Private Investment In Natural Infrastructure

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“We already know green infrastructure solves massive urban stormwater problems, but we need to pick up the pace of implementation by using the full toolkit of public investment, smarter regulations, and innovative private financing approaches,” said Larry Levine, a senior attorney in NRDC’s Water Program. Kansas City, Mo.: $78

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Fifth Avenue: A Top 10 Great Street For 2012

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Planning efforts have contributed to Fifth Avenue’s status as a Great Street, gaining steam after the Fifth Avenue Association, formed by merchants and property owners in 1907, began lobbying for zoning regulations to protect against encroaching factories.

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Fifth Avenue: A Top 10 Great Street For 2012

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Planning efforts have contributed to Fifth Avenue’s status as a Great Street, gaining steam after the Fifth Avenue Association, formed by merchants and property owners in 1907, began lobbying for zoning regulations to protect against encroaching factories.

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Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Gets Smarter, Faster

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The Red Tape Reduction Initiative encourages businesspeople, state employees and consumers to identify burdensome regulations and offer suggestions for improvement. Situated in Upstate New York, Oswego County is located centrally to New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Toronto and Montreal.

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Industry Focus: Food Processing – The Process Of Consistency

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Situated in Upstate New York, Oswego County is located centrally to New York City, Boston, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Cleveland, Toronto and Montreal. There also is Arkansas’s state-of-the-art railroad infrastructure comprising three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway and Kansas City Southern Railway.