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Jay Korte: Bridging the gap

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Between his knowledge of the customer base in the region and the connections he’s made through local and regional philanthropic involvement, Jay was the obvious choice to oversee business development in the St. Louis Bi-State region. About 110 miles upriver from St. Jubel made his way with his brain, excelling in a St.

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Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class

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I owa’s leaders have an ambitious target for the state’s workforce education goals. Governor Kim Reynolds is calling on educators, employers and legislators to collaborate to add 120,000 Iowans with postsecondary degrees or credentials to the state’s workforce by 2025. Iowa consistently earns high marks for its education climate.

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

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Major market centers in the region include: Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and St. Interstate 55 links eastern Arkansas to St. Department of Education. That represents 42 percent of the total U.S. population.

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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The I-69 Corridor serves industry clusters including automotive, defense, aerospace, medical devices and green technology. Many of the country’s inland ports are located in the Midwest, including Chicago, Memphis, St. Louis and Kansas City. Major metros such as Dallas, Kansas City, St. Their location is vital.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Points of Entry for Cash-Rich Cargo

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With fast connections to Interstates 65, 74, 70, 465 and 69, Hendricks County is less than a day’s drive from New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Dallas, Cincinnati, and Atlanta, providing overnight trucking access to more than half of the nation’s population. Domestic distribution is just as convenient.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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3 Rivers Connect is a nonprofit agency that helps individuals, educators and community leaders use information and technology to make the best possible decisions about the allocation of resources and delivery of services. defense contracts. Other locations that performed well were Baltimore, St. Louis and Cleveland.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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BROWNFIELD DEVELOPMENT TAX ABATEMENTS: Gives cities and counties the ability to abate the following: Non-educational city and county sales & use taxes; Non-educational state, city and county property taxes—up to 20 years; Mortgage and recording taxes. Three of the nation’s 40 Renewal Community areas are in Alabama.

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