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Bootstraps for Building

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When the industrial revolution unfolded in the 1830s, Allentown became the center of Pennsylvania’s iron industry and a railroad hub. 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.

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Food Processing: Generating Growth for Good Eats

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Maple Lodge Farms represents one of Brampton’s success stories, combining rich farming tradition, state-of-the-art, in-house processing technology and retail outlets, and exports throughout North America. In 2015, the facility was expanded with a 7,223-square-foot addition in a $1.5-million million investment. NAFTA Foods & Packaging Inc.

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The Travel & Tourism Game

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billion) and Retail ($109.6 The realignment of the original transcontinental railroad crosses Churchill County and is serviced by both Union Pacific and BNSF. This year Kent’s Supply Center is celebrated, the oldest retailer in Nevada winning the SBA Nevada Legacy Business of the Year. reached $1.1 billion), Lodging ($232.2

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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These include transportation carriers of all kinds, as well as warehousing, distribution, third-party logistics services, manufacturers’ operations, retailers and distributers who may have their own distribution centers. The product is already there, on the shelf in the distribution center,” Sheffi notes.

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Tennessee Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Job-based training reimbursement offers assistance to new hires through payroll submissions from the company in designated time periods, based on the size of the assistance needed. Railroad rolling stock and barges used in interstate commerce or outside the state are also exempt. The training is post-employment.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Joplin Area Rises From The Rubble And Reaches For New Heights

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That vision included schools designed around learning (schools with flexible spaces, group areas, quiet areas for individual study and even outdoor classrooms). The result of that collaboration: dynamic 21st century learning environments filled with colorful, flexible spaces designed to promote learning.

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LOCATION FOCUS: The Heartland of America Beats Strong

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Illinois rail network offers 52 railroads that provide service to every part of the country and its prime location also makes the state a natural hub for air travel. Growth has come in virtually all forms of development including retail, manufacturing/industrial, residential, institutional and infrastructure.

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