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Less Is More In New England

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The Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training reported that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for April 2017 was 4.3 Green Airport in Providence, RI, has approximately 250 domestic flights per day. I’m thrilled to see another business building here in Rhode Island.”.

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6 showcase hotel construction projects

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Gateway Inn & Suites – Newport, Rhode Island. As with almost every Department of Defense project we complete, green construction methods were applied. Cabins feature kitchens, Jacuzzis, cable TV and baseboard heating. It will also house most of the base’s lodging administrative staff.

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Governor’s Report: Sooner Is Better In Oklahoma

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Oklahoma has almost 56,000 square miles of shoreline along lakes, rivers and ponds (which hold enough water to fill an area larger than Rhode Island) and 167,000 miles of rivers and streams. PLANNING FOR A GREEN ENERGY FUTURE. OK is home to the largest U.S. programs.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – State Rankings

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Those who liked to snicker at the development of what we used to call green energy, denigrating non-fossil power sources as a passing fad, probably should join the climate-change skeptics in the witness protection program. 3 in Aerospace/Defense Industry Leaders, no. NEW SOURCES OF ENERGY TO POWER TOMORROW’S GROWTH. in nearly 30 years.

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Business Report: Chicago Will Host Digital Manufacturing And Design Innovation Institute

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President Obama has awarded Chicago a $70 million grant from the Department of Defense to build a $320-million Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute. The Digital Lab will apply computing technologies to address the manufacturing challenges faced by the Department of Defense.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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The wind turbines operating at Buffalo’s green energy complex on Lake Erie generate enough electricity to power roughly 15,000 homes; the turbines are under contract to a local utility, Constellation Energy Resources. defense department, with an additional $500 million in state and private investment. Andrew Cuomo.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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The sites include the Greene and Sumter Renewal Community, made up of both counties, the Mobile Renewal Community, which includes Prichard and a section of east Mobile, and the Southern Alabama Renewal Community, which includes Wilcox County and parts of Butler, Conecuh, Dallas, Hale, Lowndes, Marengo, Monroe and Perry Counties.

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