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State by State Incentives Guide

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CAPCO financing, an alternative to conventional bank financing, can accommodate a slightly higher risk profile and provide a more flexible structure for growing businesses. Terms for both are normally 10-20 years and can finance up to 100% of the project costs. ALABAMA - updated for 2014. They are: The Renewal Program.

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Home Builder Success and the Fragility of Good Things

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Finance and Zebras . Over time, the concept has migrated through multiple disciplines including finance, marketing, product development, ecological risk assessment, and even cultural anthropology. . Thus, I began my list of factors that combine to result in a successful, and happy, home builder. But a bit more study was required. .

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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CAPCO financing, an alternative to conventional bank financing, can accommodate a slightly higher risk profile and provide a more flexible structure for growing businesses. Terms for both are normally 10-20 years and can finance up to 100 percent of the project costs. It allows for the construction of roads, bridges, etc.

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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The Corridor is home to a Next Michigan Development Corporation (NMDC), a state designation from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. Inland ports are hubs designed to move international shipments more effectively between maritime ports and locations throughout the U.S.

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Shovel-Ready Sites: Ready To Hit The Ground Running

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are implementing site certification programs that give available sites a shovel ready designation—meaning that the site is primed and ready for economic development. Issues uncovered as a result of this review must be mitigated within a designated timeline. States across the U.S. The outcome? Companies such as Shearer’s Foods, Inc.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

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The Alliance supports the GrowFlorida program designed to provide both technical assistance and access to capital to second-tier, high-growth companies in the area; it also provided assistance to Broward College to establish a new business incubator to promote small business.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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Launched by the Shale Gas Innovation and Commercialization Center (SGICC), the initiative is designed to harness entrepreneurial innovation to maximize the economic return from the Marcellus and Utica shale formations. In November 2013, a new generation of biofuels debuted at this Penn Minnoco station in south Minneapolis.