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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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Manufacturing continues to be a real wealth and job creator across South Carolina,” said Hitt. May was also a good month for North Carolina—the month it was announced that Cape Fear Arsenal Inc. The project was made possible in part by a performance-based grant from the One North Carolina Fund of up to $490,000.

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Good Jobs Challenge Awards 32 Entities Grant Money

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Part of the American Rescue Plan, the program through the U.S. EDA focuses on assisting innovations in workforce development.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Ontario Unveils Plans To Achieve An Energy Balance

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They come to us with different ideas—the president of Poland or the governor of North Carolina, they’re visiting us every day,” he said. “We We look at those investments or opportunities to partner with a very clear filter, Do we see a supportive government? Do we see rich capabilities in the university system?

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

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Companies such as GE Digital, Finlays, Richard Branson’s Virgin Pulse and Johnson & Johnson already are establishing innovation labs and offices in Rhode Island, creating hundreds of new jobs. GE’s Digital Division recently opened an office in Providence to tap into the tech talent. “We

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2012 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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New Orleans has attracted GE Capital’s new technology office, adding hundreds of jobs to the local workforce. For the past few years, we have issued a Metro ranking for our annual evaluation of aerospace/defense manufacturing leaders. aerospace and defense industry directly employed 1.05 Deloitte estimates that the U.S.

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Business Facilities’ 2018 Metro Rankings Report

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Business Facilities' 2018 Metro Rankings Report takes a look at the hot topics in economic development on the city level, including solar energy, job growth, economic growth potential, diversity, and more. Read: Business Facilities’ 2018 Metro Rankings Report at BusinessFacilities.com.

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