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Industry Focus – Retail: Less Than Six Degrees of Separation

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Lower gas prices are creating more discretionary income to save, pay down debt and spend on travel, eating out and personal services. Pine Island Road Commercial Corridor was completed last year, ready for innovators who want get in on the ground floor of a major commercial destination. percent accounting for the added inventory.

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COVER STORY: Shovel Ready Sites Are Growing From The Ground Up

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We expect that this growth will continue into the future as the available existing building inventory shrinks and there is a greater need for vacant sites for new development,” said Gromberg. With new developments underway and six new site applications under review, Gromberg expects the certification program to continue to grow. “We

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SPECIAL REPORT: Steadfast And Strong In The Wake Of Superstorm Sandy

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About $30 billion of the loss came from the physical storm damage, split fairly evenly between households, businesses and public infrastructure such as rail lines, roads and water and sewage systems. The rest of Moody’s estimate comes from lost business activity. Moody’s also estimates that Sandy will be the third most costly U.S.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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That’s kind of scary because when you pave the roads, it’s pretty baked in, so there’s this hope that the rest of our team would get there with product.”. Builders that are laser-focused on one or two master planned communities already in the works, he says, typically neglect backfilling their land inventory fast enough.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Alabama Infrastructure Grant Program: Funds are available to public entities for extension of water, sewer and road facilities to service new or expanding industries. Alabama Industrial Access Road & Bridge Program: Provides financial assistance to communities for industrial access to new and expanding industries.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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ALABAMA INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM: Funds are available for extension of water, sewer and road facilities. ALABAMA INDUSTRIAL ACCESS ROAD & BRIDGE PROGRAM: Provides financial assistance to communities for industrial access to new and expanding industries. It allows for the construction of roads, bridges, etc.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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and the largest road project in Pennsylvania’s history. With such a large inventory of bridges and a sizeable backlog of repair needs, we looked to innovative solutions to address the problem,” said PennDOT Secretary Leslie S. The debt-free, state-of-the-art AnC Bio facility will take about 18 months to build.

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