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Nonprofit Helping Low-Income Seniors Age in Place Is Honored With National Award

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The program also provides education and training for each Aging Gracefully client on how to use their home modifications to reach their mobility goals, Premier stated in a recent press release.

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Hope Renovations Nonprofit Trains Women for Construction Careers

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Women are largely underrepresented in the skilled trades, but Nora El-Khouri Spencer, founder of the Hope Renovations nonprofit, seeks to change that with more inclusive education and training resources. Education + Training. We want to make it as easy for them as possible.". Her approach seems to be working. Women in Construction.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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Tennessee is proud to be a right-to-work state with no personal income tax on wages. North Carolina, Colorado and Virginia topped the chart in BF’s flagship Economic Growth Potential ranking. “Our The center will ultimately employ up to 2,000 associates. Ellison, Lowe’s president and CEO.

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SPECIAL REPORT: The Carolinas Are Bringing The Business

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“The investment we’re making in our wireless and wireline networks is essential to spurring South Carolina’s economy and creating jobs. In our wireless world, mobile and broadband networks create economic opportunities for health care, manufacturing, education, transportation and public safety, and virtually every other economic section.”.

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

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The mHUB community consists of entrepreneurs, manufacturers, investors, mentors, engineers and designers, as well as education and industry partners.”. We have low costs of doing business, our corporate income tax rate is the lowest in New England, the quality of life is high and cost of living is relatively low.”.

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Interstate 40 is the major east-west thoroughfare reaching from North Carolina to California that runs through Arkansas. Louis and Chicago to the north and New Orleans to the south, while Interstate 30 connects Arkansas with markets to the southwest, including Texas and Mexico. Department of Education.

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2012 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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For example, this year we supplemented our traditional Best Education Climate ranking with a scorecard of the states that emerged out front in the fierce competition for federal Race to the Top education funding. billion in Federal individual income taxes, and $1.9 billion in state individual income taxes. percent.

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