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$1.5B KCI terminal construction cleared for takeoff

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Officials signed off on the dotted line for Edgemoor Infrastructure & Real Estate to begin the long-awaited Kansas City International Airport expansion.

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Dot’s Pretzels Investing $15M In Kansas Expansion

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The pretzel maker has selected Logistics Park Kansas City in Edgerton, KS for a new manufacturing facility that will create 22 new jobs. Read: Dot’s Pretzels Investing $15M In Kansas Expansion at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Columbus, OH Wins $50M Smart City Challenge

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Columbus, OH has risen above six other finalist cities to be named the winner of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Smart City Challenge. As winner of the competition, Columbus secured $40 million from DOT and $10 million from Vulcan Inc. NXP, Autodesk, and Mobileye to help execute its Smart City Plan.

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Race to a Smart Future

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As reported last month on BF.com, seven finalist cities have been chosen for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge. DOT has pledged up to $40 million to the winning city, which will become the first U.S. Each has received a $100,000 DOT grant to further develop their proposals.

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Silicon Prairie

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During the dot-com boom in the 1990s, a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan branded itself as Silicon Alley. The tech-startup activity is so brisk in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri that there’s an online newsletter devoted to covering the new startups in the region. More recently, our friend Gov.

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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk

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ERMCO, Firestone, NSK Steering Systems, Nortek, Dot Foods, PolyOne, Hexpol, Heckethorn Manufacturing, Colonial Diversified Polymers, SR Global, Royal Building Products, Rough Country and more. Nine miles of rail, able to accommodate up to 250 railcars with rail served by Union Pacific, Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Kansas City Southern.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Research Tax Credit: Kansas offers an income tax credit equal to 6.5% No Local Income Taxes: Kansas cities and counties do not impose an earnings tax on personal or corporate income. No Kansas Franchise Tax: Kansas eliminated its franchise tax in 2011. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

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