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New England’s Regional Defense Industry Collaboration

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million grant from the department of defense, will coordinate the growth of defense-related business across the six-state region. Read: New England’s Regional Defense Industry Collaboration at BusinessFacilities.com. The new organization, funded with a $1.5-million

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

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RHODE ISLAND THINKS BIG. Rhode Island has set its sights on becoming a top hub of innovation. 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.

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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 City Hall offices will be expanded into the Annex. I’m thrilled to see another business building here in Rhode Island.”. percent the same time in 2016.

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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. Since Fallin took office at the beginning of 2011, Oklahoma has invested more than $3 billion to upgrade its highways and bridges.

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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. Central Park Avenue.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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The $600-million Institute already is well on its way to establishing the region as a national hub for producing next generation integrated photonics, a light science with the potential to transform communications, medicine and national defense, and could create thousands of jobs. Andrew Cuomo. ACHIEVEMENT IN WORKFORCE TRAINING.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – State Rankings

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While nobody will be surprised to see bucolic or rustic locales like Hawaii, Vermont, Idaho and Montana on this list, kudos to Rhode Island, Connecticut and Delaware for laying down a marker proclaiming that growth and green energy are not incompatible. 3 in Aerospace/Defense Industry Leaders, no. in nearly 30 years.