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The Future was on Display at Greenbuild

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Green Building Council’s Greenbuild 2016 convention in Los Angeles last week with more than 600 exhibiters from the green building industrial complex showcasing innovations and new products on the expo floor. Nearly 20,000 people attended the U.S. The zero waste principles will be aligned with GBCI’s certifications and arc.

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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While the national average of per-capita income going to taxes is 9.9 In addition, Arizona’s taxes on property, gas and personal income remain low compared to the rest of the country. Mesa has one of the nation’s most unique cybersecurity assets—Arizona Laboratory for Security and Defense Research (AZLabs).

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For Sarah Hernandez, The Korte Company made her American dream come true

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Now she’s the project manager on the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s new Reality-Based Training Center , a 105,000-square-foot campus where first responders can practice simulations for personal and citizen defense, along with active shooter incidents. . My husband and I are very involved in giving back to lower-income communities.

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LOCATION FOCUS: California Dreamin’ – A Rebound Fueled By New Energy

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After swallowing that gloomy news, Californians trudged to the polls in November and approved a referendum increasing their state income taxes by a whopping $6 billion a year. Aerojet, a major space and defense contractor also based in Folsom, has a corporate mandate for sustainability in all areas of its organization.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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INCOME TAX CAPITAL CREDIT: Currently codified as Article 7, Chapter 18, Title 40, Code of Alabama 1975. It is a credit of five percent of the capital costs of a qualifying project, to be applied to the Alabama income tax liability or financial institution excise tax generated by the project income, each year for 20 years.

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2012 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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For the past few years, we have issued a Metro ranking for our annual evaluation of aerospace/defense manufacturing leaders. More than 162,000 workers are directly employed in the aerospace/defense industries in the Golden State. aerospace and defense industry directly employed 1.05 billion in state individual income taxes.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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headquarters in Los Angeles, aims to link solar arrays and storage devices into a “virtual grid” that allows members to trade electricity among themselves and sell excess power into the wholesale market, circumventing the local utility. defense department, with an additional $500 million in state and private investment.

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