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Industry Focus – Retail: Less Than Six Degrees of Separation

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Retail accounts for more than $2 trillion in total GDP impact with consumer spending accounting for more than two-thirds of the U.S. The Tarpon Point Resort at Marina Village is home to a number of upscale retail shops and restaurants. By the BF Staff From the March/April 2016 Issue. Credit: City of Cape Coral).

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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The dedicated technology hub will help accelerate the Fortune 50 company’s technology transformation, serving as the epicenter for the team Lowe’s is hiring to help modernize its IT systems and build future retail experiences. In our Solar Power Employment category, Florida has surged into 2nd place and Ohio has joined the top 10.

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Oregon Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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The program is designed for non-profit and for-profit businesses seeking funds for most business purposes. Oregon Industrial Development Bonds: Tax-exempt bonds issued by the state of Oregon, designed to help Oregon manufacturers grow. There are currently 68 enterprise zones in Oregon: 53 rural and 15 urban. .

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Chase Center LEED Gold Certification: Q&A with Sustainability Team

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As LEED project facilitators, the team actively coordinated with the entire project team throughout design and construction to successfully complete a LEED campus application, resulting in three LEED Gold certifications thus far, including the Chase Center. Lindsey, SSR: Sustainable design of a sports facility is a challenge in and of itself.

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Bootstraps for Building

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Like many other older cities, a decades-long decline in manufacturing coupled with urban flight left the downtown populated by discount retail stores and pizza parlors. ” A state initiative called the Neighborhood Improvement Zone (NIZ) program aims to change all that, and it’s already yielding solid results in Allentown.

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Washington Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Aerospace Reduced Business & Occupation (B&O) Tax Rate: Available to manufacturers and processors for hire of commercial airplanes or component parts of commercial airplanes, non-manufacturers engaged in the business of aerospace product development, certificated FAR repair stations making retail sales and aerospace tooling manufacturers.

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Florida: A Warm Climate For Business Growth

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Florida ranks fourth in the nation for high tech employment. Florida, which ranks fourth in the nation for high tech employment, has regional clusters of technology firms in sectors ranging from biotechnology, aerospace and aviation, advanced manufacturing, modeling, simulation and training, and others. “Our Photo © Ketterman).

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