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Los Angeles: Home of the Single-Family Streetscape

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Los Angeles: Home of the Single-Family Streetscape. Unlike New York City and other multifamily havens, Los Angeles has been an epicenter of single-family living for decades, attracting world-renowned architects commissioned by Hollywood’s finest actors from the 1920s to the late 20th century. .

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Dennis Calvert, the right architect for Design-Build

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He did return every summer to work on a permit as a union carpenter with his father. On a flight to Los Angeles to meet their Pan Am Industries partners for the project, Dennis had a breakthrough. . The design partners in Los Angeles loved the idea. Jenny had commissioned a well-known St.

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

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In addition, Brunswick County is one of the localities that receive economic development support from the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission. This Intermodal Center is the 3rd largest maritime port in the country, only behind Los Angeles/Long Beach and New York/New Jersey. 50 percent of all U.S.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway are among those serving the state and provide transportation of raw materials and finished products throughout the nation. Rail access is provided by both the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) and Union Pacific (UP) railroads, as well as several short-line railroads.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

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Chatham County Commission. International Commissioning Engineers West, Inc. Service Employees International Union. Commissioning & Green Building Solutions, Inc. Commissioning WorCx. TriStar Commissioning, Inc. USGBC Los Angeles Chapter. Center for Sustainable Building Research.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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Pauken is the chairman of the Texas Workforce Commission. It would offer Texas with long-term access to a Pacific deep water port that is approximately 500 miles closer and much less expensive than the Port of Los Angeles. Department of Commerce) with exports in 2011 totaling more than $249.8 billion, up 20.7 percent from $206.9

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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Applicants must meet the same qualification criteria as Advantage Arkansas and must be approved by the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. The cities of Fresno, Los Angeles, Santa Ana, San Francisco, Orange Cove, Parlier, and the counties of Imperial and Riverside have designated RCs, EZs or ECs.

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