Business Facilities

AUGUST 1, 2014

The Texas capital edged the Louisiana capital for this year’s growth prize, but the outlook in both of these cities is so robust we’re tempted to retire the category and declare these two locations permanent winners. The Apple facility in Texas will become one of four global operations centers for the tech giant outside of its California HQ.

Metro 111

Metro Detroit Austin Baltimore 111

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APRIL 8, 2014

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. will produce high quality transportation fuels, including GTL diesel, as well as other value-adding chemical products.

Minnesota 56

Minnesota Iowa New Jersey New Mexico 56

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MARCH 8, 2016

Warehousing, threshing, cleaning, harvesting, growing, cultivating or processing agricultural products including ginning cotton and testing and transporting milk. This credit is designed to stimulate the development of new alternative energy manufacturing facilities.

New Mexico 40

New Mexico Compensation Income Railroad 40

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JULY 11, 2014

Did not in any prior calendar month have more than 50% of its voting securities or other equity interest with the right to designate or elect the board of directors or other governing body of the qualified business owned directly or indirectly by another business. Had total revenue of no more than $5 million dollars in any prior fiscal year.

New Mexico 40

New Mexico Compensation Income Finance 40

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APRIL 15, 2014

TVA Economic Development Loan Fund: A multimillion-dollar revolving loan program designed to stimulate investment and job creation in the TVA region. 573), was enacted in 1987 to stimulate business and industrial growth in designated areas of the state that are considered economically depressed. In December 2002, the former U.S.

Income 108

Income Finance Zoning Employment 108

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MARCH 21, 2014

ENTERPRISE ZONE CREDIT: To stimulate growth in depressed areas of the state, Alabama offers certain tax credit incentives to business that locate or expand within a designated enterprise zone. SALES & USE TAX ABATEMENTS: Taxes on construction-related transactions, pollution control devices are exempt from sales and use taxes.

Income 75

Income Finance Zoning Equipment 75

Business Facilities

JULY 15, 2014

This aids in long-distance transportation as well as long-time storage. Indiana’s robust transportation network for trucking, rail and air freight make it an attractive location to distribute food and beverage products to both national and international markets. Connecting lines enable transport to every major U.S.

Industrial 64

Industrial Arkansas Sacramento Indiana 64

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MARCH 4, 2016

San Marcos, TX has been one of the country’s fastest growing cities, home to a leading research hub at Texas State University. The “Project Axle” recruitment climaxed in late 2014 when economic development officials from Alabama and two other Southeastern states designated as finalists made pitches at the company’s headquarters in Minnesota.

Deals 40

Deals Alabama Georgia North Carolina 40