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

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Shovel Ready Silver certified sites means that its documentation is less than one year old and has proper zoning and infrastructure built to the property. IOWA STARTS WITH MEGA SITES. Iowa’s program is one of the newest out there and is still under development. To get ready, many states across the U.S.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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The TNECD website summarizes Tennessee’s approach to business climate with this credo: “We believe in high expectations, low debt and a pro-business regulatory environment. Iowa, Oklahoma, California and Kansas fill out the top five, respectively. OPPORTUNITY ZONES ARE HERE. that need it the most.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Enterprise Zone Credit or Exemption: The Alabama Enterprise Zone Act (Act. The program provides state and local tax incentives and non-tax incentives to businesses and industries located within Alabama’s Enterprise Zones. 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. ENTERPRISE ZONES: Businesses located within the boundaries of an EZ are eligible for tax credits. LAMBRA zones are a companion to EZs.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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The debt-free, state-of-the-art AnC Bio facility will take about 18 months to build. Massive solar-power facilities have come online in the California desert; forests of wind turbines have been hooked up to grids in Iowa and West Texas. The stem-cell market currently is valued at about $1.4

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Cover Story: Global Biotech Report

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Another Bio-incubator is called Eurobiotec Brussels and sits in the Erasmus Industrial Zone in the capital. GROWING BIOTECH JOBS IN IOWA. Agriculture and biotechnology go hand in hand in Iowa. The bountiful corn crop has kept Iowa in its leadership position as the top-ranked state for ethanol production for several years.

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