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FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Feature Story: Logistics Networks Are Getting Back On Track | Lower fuel prices, a surge in railroad hiring and the need to get goods to market faster are boosting growth and profits in the logistics sector. Get the latest on ports and FTZs.

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MAY 19, 2014

1,677 miles of Class 1 railroads. 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.

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JULY 6, 2016

And those pro-business factors are evident in Brunswick County with low operating costs, exceptional transportation and utility infrastructure, a strong commitment to education and workforce development and the commitment to work in partnership with business. Chicago is the nation’s rail hub that connects six of the seven class one railroads.

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AUGUST 1, 2014

Baton Rouge, LA has had great success in executing its strategy of bringing together business and higher education in innovative public-private partnerships that spur initiatives in new high-growth sectors. Lexington is a diversified growth engine for health and educational services, technology, retail trade, and manufacturing.

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MARCH 4, 2016

We’ve chosen Utah as a regional headquarters because of its educated workforce and affordable cost of living for those in the professional roles we will create in the Beehive State,” said Brendon Merkley, executive vice president at SolarCity. BILLION WINDFALL FOR NORTH CAROLINA. PROJECT BRIGHT SKY: $1.7-BILLION

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APRIL 15, 2014

Property Tax Abatements: The Tax Incentive Reform Act of 1992 (TIRA) allows qualified industries to receive abatements of non-educational property taxes for new businesses locating to Alabama and for expansions of existing facilities in Alabama. The combined state and local millage rate would then be applied to the assessed value.

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MARCH 21, 2014

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. The educational facility will also serve as fiscal agent for the project.

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