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Location Focus: Florida – Rebounded And Ready

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19 million for Space Florida, $5 million for the Florida Sports Foundation, $74 million for Visit Florida’s tourism marketing and promotion efforts and $71 million for the Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO). New conceptual plans offer two options: as a new Retail District or an Office Park.

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Location Focus: Illinois – Trying to Make Headway in Every Way

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Efficient, cost-effective, non-congested, full-service access to domestic and international locations is the foundation of the ability to get to any customer to any place at any time—domestically and internationally. Existing Foreign Trade Zone and U.S. That number reflects a 6.7 percent increase in restaurant sales and a 14.9

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State by State Incentives Guide

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The principal and interest on the bonds are paid solely from the funds derived from leasing or selling the facilities to the user company. Enterprise Zone Credit or Exemption: The Alabama Enterprise Zone Act (Act. May not have closed or reduced employment elsewhere in Alabama in order to expand into an enterprise zone.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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ENTERPRISE ZONE CREDIT: To stimulate growth in depressed areas of the state, Alabama offers certain tax credit incentives to business that locate or expand within a designated enterprise zone. The principal and interest on the bonds are paid solely from the funds derived from leasing or selling the facilities to the user company.

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Industry Focus: Aerospace Sector Is Flying High Again

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With no state sales or income tax, limited corporate taxes and new tax incentives, like R&D Tax Credits and Economic Revitalization Zone Credits, the tax burden is ranked as BEST in New England and 8th in the nation by the U.S. Tax Foundation. Allen notes that the airport is primed for more growth.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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The foundation work for the Highland turbines started last fall and should be done by the end of the year, with the turbines and the more than 650 blades set to go up by the end of 2015. The project is part of a $1.9-billion billion expansion of Iowa’s wind generating capacity that the Des Moines-based utility announced in May 2013.

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Automotive Industry Focus: Hitting On All Cylinders

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However, analysts say higher interest rates and a glut of cars coming off leases (which will crowd used-car lots with late-model vehicles available at discounts) could act as a damper on new-car sales. These larger vehicles account for more than half of U.S. The industry’s seasonal adjusted annual selling pace fell to 17.3