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LOCATION FOCUS: Kansas – Diversification From The Ground Up

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Kansas offers a diverse economy perfect for your business. International companies like Mars, Caterpillar, AMC Theatres, Cerner, Teva, Rubbermaid, Spirit Aerosystems and Cargill all have a Kansas address because they saw the advantages: Competitive financial incentives. Take a look at Kansas. By Shana Daley.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

Business Facilities

A state may have the largest installed capacity of a certain type of renewable energy, but that state won’t meet its renewable energy portfolio standard’s goal if only 10 percent of its electricity is generated from renewables. Iowa, Oklahoma, California and Kansas fill out the top five, respectively. OPPORTUNITY ZONES ARE HERE.

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8 strategies for multifamily passive house design projects

BD+C

When completed, Northland Newton Development project will be one of the largest all-electric, market-rate passive house projects in the world. Thus, site selection, site orientation, climate zone, and building orientation are key on passive house projects. It is a 22.7-acre acre semi-urban, mixed-use redevelopment.

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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

This means that new hot spots of tech innovation are springing up in places like Kansas City, the site of Google’s new high speed Google Fiber network, and Pittsburgh, a new hotbed for innovative tech start-ups. Greater Kansas City: Silicon Prairie. Kansas City most notably stood out for its significant growth of tech companies.

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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk

Business Facilities

Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZs) Program was created in 1934 with the goal of helping businesses in the U.S. According to the National Association of Foreign Trade Zones (NAFTZ), in 2014, goods exported directly from U.S. The value of shipments into zones totaled nearly $660 billion, compared with $798 billion the previous year.

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Curt Horstmann won’t sit still

The Korte Company

My dad was a carpenter, my brother did a little electrical, my other brother did some plumbing. He’s worked everywhere from Kansas City to Rhode Island and even Hawaii. Me and a good friend, we made a trip over to see the submarine and the actual war zone. I pretty much watched and observed everything. Paul Church.

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Evaluating Natural Disaster Risk In Site Selection

Business Facilities

Four weeks after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, 80% of the island remained without electricity, while hurricanes Irma and Harvey produced heavy winds with resulting storm surge that impacted much of Florida and coastal Texas. Hurricanes Maria, Irma, and Harvey ravaged the U.S. history, resulting in a loss of 25,000 jobs in Houston alone.

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