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'Historic' $8B in Grants to Fund Construction and Expansion of US Passenger Rail

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Grants from the Federal Railroad Administration will fund high-speed passenger rail projects from North Carolina and Virginia to California and Nevada.

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'Historic' $8B in Grants Will Fund US Passenger Rail Expansion

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Grants from the Federal Railroad Administration will fund high-speed passenger rail projects from North Carolina and Virginia to California and Nevada.

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Bootstraps for Building

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When the industrial revolution unfolded in the 1830s, Allentown became the center of Pennsylvania’s iron industry and a railroad hub. Mack Trucks and other major factories that made Allentown a manufacturing hub headed for greener pastures (Mack moved to North Carolina) or overseas; the last major silk company closed its doors in 1989.

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Over the next three years, the company will invest $60 million in new construction and the refurbishment of existing facilities. 1,677 miles of Class 1 railroads. Interstate 40 is the major east-west thoroughfare reaching from North Carolina to California that runs through Arkansas. From the March/April 2014 issue.

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

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billion investment by Dominion Virginia Power, which constructed a cutting-edge technology power plant. Brunswick County is located in southern Virginia about an hour’s drive from Richmond to the north and Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina to the south. Located within a day’s drive of two-thirds of the U.S.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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A central element of the public-private partnership that secured the IBM center is the construction of a mixed-use, riverfront complex that will be developed by Commercial Properties Realty Trust (CPRT), a real estate investment trust that manages and develops property holdings of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF).

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Seven Projects Land Deal of the Year Honorable Mentions

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If there was any doubt that CHS would continue to center its burgeoning operations in the Volunteer State, that doubt was erased by the company’s announcement that it is investing $66 million to construct a new Shared Services Center in Nashville. BILLION WINDFALL FOR NORTH CAROLINA. PROJECT BRIGHT SKY: $1.7-BILLION

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