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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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Bill Lee has cited TN’s business-friendly environment in several recent project announcements. This expansion in Jackson underscores the ripe environment for job creation and investment we’ve fostered here in Tennessee,” Rolfe said at the project announcement. The center will ultimately employ up to 2,000 associates. billion.

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SPECIAL REPORT: The Carolinas Are Bringing The Business

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South Carolina offers us an excellent business environment with a dedicated and skilled workforce. Manufacturing continues to be a real wealth and job creator across South Carolina,” said Hitt. May was also a good month for North Carolina—the month it was announced that Cape Fear Arsenal Inc.

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Workforce Training: Engineering A Skilled Workforce

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Here’s the good news: most of the states (and the federal government) got the memo (Workforce Training is Job One) and they are moving aggressively to put in place innovative and highly effective workforce training programs that put forward-thinking businesses and higher education resources on the same team. The Legislature has allocated $48.5

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

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Locations are bringing higher ed resources and high-tech businesses together to plant the seeds for market-ready advanced technology at incubators and innovation institutes, and to create the STEM-savvy workforce that will fill these new jobs. Chicago is rising up in ranks to become the next big place for technology innovation.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Regional Utilities Are Busy Powering Growth In The Carolinas

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Meanwhile, in North Carolina, lawmakers are mulling a major revamp of state economic development programs, including the conversion of the NC Department of Commerce into a public-private partnership. More than 35 counties submitted applications for Duke Energy’s Site Readiness Program in North Carolina and South Carolina in 2013.

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

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With I-85 dissecting the county running north-south, US Route 58 dissecting the county running east-west and I-95 about five miles east of the county, transportation is accessible and efficient. because of its strong pro-business environment. DuPage County has a business-friendly environment. 50 percent of all U.S.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

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Chatham County Commission. City of San Francisco, Department of the Environment. E3 INNOVATE, LLC. Green Innovative Design. Innovative Associates LLC. Innovative Design. Innovative Green Strategies, LLC. Institute for the Built Environment. International Commissioning Engineers West, Inc.