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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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North Carolina, Colorado and Virginia topped the chart in BF’s flagship Economic Growth Potential ranking. North Carolina has been laying out the welcome mat for businesses in a diverse group of industries, offering a growing talent pool of young skilled workers, an attractive quality of life and targeted incentives.

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SPECIAL REPORT: The Carolinas Are Bringing The Business

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April was when Boeing announced that it would invest another $1 billion in an expansion of its North Charleston manufacturing facility. The plant will double production and assemble two 787 Dreamliners per month, said Jack Jones, the vice president and general manager of Boeing South Carolina.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Ontario Unveils Plans To Achieve An Energy Balance

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It balances five principles that will guide future decisions: cost effectiveness, reliability, clean energy, community engagement and an emphasis on conservation and demand management before building new generation. We look at those investments or opportunities to partner with a very clear filter, Do we see a supportive government?

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

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Interstate 40 is the major east-west thoroughfare reaching from North Carolina to California that runs through Arkansas. Louis and Chicago to the north and New Orleans to the south, while Interstate 30 connects Arkansas with markets to the southwest, including Texas and Mexico. Interstate 55 links eastern Arkansas to St.

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

Business Facilities

King, Managing Director of the Quonset Development Corporation. Located in Northern Virginia near Washington Dulles International Airport, the Dulles Tech Corridor is a burgeoning cluster of defense and technology companies with over 30,000 businesses supporting over almost 600,000 jobs. It’s contagious.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

Business Facilities

IBM Services Center: Baton Rouge will deliver technology services including application development, application management and system integration. The Youngstown facility is backed by $30 million in federal funding and the North Carolina hub received $70 million from the feds. million-square-foot plant.

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40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2021

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Managing pandemic disruptions and getting projects over the finish line has required a well-tempered balance of leadership, creativity, and innovation to solve incredibly challenging problems. Senior BIM Manager. Prior to Amazon, he was the Senior BIM-VDC Manager at Schiavone Construction Co. VDC/BIM Manager.