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Hertz Announces Worldwide Headquarters Campus Design

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Building design reflects Hertz’s global branding and mission to be “employer of choice.” The LEED-certified headquarters building design incorporates the key elements of Hertz’s global rebranding initiative. The building height is 10 percent lower than allowed by zoning. Posted by Heidi Schwartz .

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Workforce Training: Engineering A Skilled Workforce

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Strong occupational and technical training programs designed to meet manufacturers’ needs are provided by the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) through its 23 colleges across the Commonwealth. Culpeper’s five strategically located Tech Zones provide incentives to qualified technology zone businesses.

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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. Qualifying businesses in the corridor can apply for Next Michigan real and personal property tax abatements and tax-free Renaissance Zones. Major metros such as Dallas, Kansas City, St.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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The Midwest Inland Port is served by a Foreign Trade Zone and provides local Customs Clearing, features that are being enhanced to provide a more robust set of service offerings. The Santa Teresa and Columbus ports-of-entry have overweight cargo zones with a six-mile radius for trucks carrying a reducible load up to 96,000 lbs.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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TVA Economic Development Loan Fund: A multimillion-dollar revolving loan program designed to stimulate investment and job creation in the TVA region. Enterprise Zone Credit or Exemption: The Alabama Enterprise Zone Act (Act. The program is divided into two sections, Section 5 is a tax credit and Section 11 is an exemption.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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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. ENTERPRISE ZONES: Businesses located within the boundaries of an EZ are eligible for tax credits. CALIFORNIA.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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The system provides a 448-mile navigation channel for barge traffic from the Mississippi River northwest to fifteen miles east of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Port of Little Rock, on the Arkansas River is a designated Foreign Trade Zone and a United States Customs Point of Entry.

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