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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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Louisiana’s capital has had great success in executing the state’s strategy of bringing together business and higher education in innovative public-private partnerships that spur initiatives in new high-growth sectors. Baton Rouge, LA has been named our top-ranked metro for Economic Growth Potential. space program.

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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To meet demand, rails increased capacity with 1,300 new and rebuilt locomotives; 3,800 freight car purchases; and 700 new leased freight carts. DuPage has a highly skilled and educated workforce and is first in the state in educational attainment. Overall rail traffic was up 4.5 percent for carloads and 5.2 percent in 2014.

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2023 Nationals Winners: Home Building Sales and Marketing Magicians

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The team succeeded in creating urgency by offering incentives and—since Stella quickly reached 85% occupancy—informing potential tenants that the apartment they’d seen and now wanted had already been leased. She averaged 200 phone interactions per week between October 2021 and October 2022.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

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Highlights include the largest industrial spec development lease in the last five years in Broward County. The primary service territory of the organization is Lancaster County and its primary focus is on Business Retention and Expansion (BR&E), Business Attraction, Entrepreneurship and Innovation (E&I) and Community Competitiveness.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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The principal and interest on the bonds are paid solely from the funds derived from leasing or selling the facilities to the user company. The Alabama Innovation Fund supports and operates two (2) distinct programs. Terms for both are normally 10-20 years and can finance up to 100% of the project costs. They are: The Renewal Program.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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BROWNFIELD DEVELOPMENT TAX ABATEMENTS: Gives cities and counties the ability to abate the following: Non-educational city and county sales & use taxes; Non-educational state, city and county property taxes—up to 20 years; Mortgage and recording taxes. ARIZONA INNOVATION ACCELERATOR FUND: An $18.2

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Industry Focus: Aerospace Sector Is Flying High Again

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A return to growth will be healthy for innovation, product development and game-changing technology creation—a cornerstone of this industry.”. Pulling from this highly educated and skilled workforce, Piper attracts and retains the best talent. aerospace and defense sector continues to be one of the top employers in the U.S.