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Cracking the code of affordable housing

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Washington, DC, offers an inclusionary zoning program that allows residential developers to build more units than would normally be permitted as long as eight to 10% of those units are affordable. Even better, Calleri says, residents don’t need a car to traverse the city or get to work.

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When office-to-residential conversion works

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In most cases, these office-to-residential incentives are necessary to offset the other economic forces at play, DC Managing Principal Barbara Mullenex says. Zoned business districts cease to function after 6 p.m.” This zoning provides opportunities to create a profitable development.”

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BUSINESS REPORT: Texas – Innovation Moves Front And Center In Austin

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Key Incentives: Emerging Technology Fund, Enterprise Zones, Skills Development Fund, Renewable Energy Incentives, TX Industry Development Loan Program. Fridays and is expanding to other cities including Seattle, San Francisco, Portland, Denver, DC, Dallas and Houston. GDP (All Industry 2011): $1.3 Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S.

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Facilities Maintenance Checklist and Procedures

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Low voltage, portable, AC/DC signal generator 2. Low voltage, portable, AC/DC signal generator 2. Obtain and understand control system diagrams and identify zone thermostat locations. Review all zone set points at the server. Obtain and understand control system diagrams and identify zone thermostat locations.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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SGICC will use the bulk of the D2PA funds to provide grants to PA-based small companies to demonstrate the feasibility of emerging technologies, or seed funds to test and help launch ideas, and to assist in market acceptance and growth of shale energy focused products or services. In January, Texas completed the last segment of the $6.8