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Are There Lessons From the Great Recession for the COVID-19 Pandemic?

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economy into its worst quarter since the Great Depression, with unprecedented declines in gross domestic product, employment, consumer confidence, retail spending, and just about every other metric. . . Erickson, who founded Grayhawk Homes in 1992, grew it into the largest volume builder in Columbus, Ga.,

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

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In 2012, the Alliance formed its first Port Everglades Action Team, led by CEO Council member Terry Stiles, to work with the business community to generate support in securing necessary state and federal funding for expansion projects in the county’s Port Everglades Master Plan. Port Everglades, the 12 th largest cargo port in the U.S.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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The Santa Teresa and Columbus ports-of-entry have overweight cargo zones with a six-mile radius for trucks carrying a reducible load up to 96,000 lbs. New Mexico has three ports of entry bordering Mexico, all overseen by the New Mexico Border Authority with varying degrees of service: Santa Teresa, Columbus and Antelope Wells.

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FEATURE STORY: Nothing Matters More Than Talent

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In March, National Cash Register (NCR) Corporation, a leading provider of ATMs, opened a second Columbus, GA, facility. More than 300 jobs are being created at the 100,000 square-foot facility, where employees will manufacture self-service point of sale terminals for retail and hospitality applications.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

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Ahold USA Retail. Campagna/Architecture + Planning PLLC. Breedlove Land Planning, Inc. Dover, Kohl & Partners Town Planning. Environmental Planning Associates. FILARSKI/architecture+planning+research. GR Planning. Advanced Comfort Solutions, Inc. Advanced Furniture Services. Aedis Ince.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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Construction officially started on the $600-million facility in April 2013 and aircraft assembly is planned to begin in 2015, with a targeted 2016 delivery of its first A320 jetliner. Lexington is a diversified growth engine for health and educational services, technology, retail trade, and manufacturing.

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Tech-Driven Demand, Shifts In Trade Policy Boosting U.S. Industrial Sector

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The industrial real estate sector continues to benefit from many of the technology-driven shifts that are challenging the retail and office sectors, such as rising consumer dependence on e-commerce and mounting demand for data centers to support cloud computing, according to the latest U.S. Industrial Market Outlook report from Ten-X.