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Converting downtown office into multifamily residential: Let’s stop and think about this

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Preliminary feasibility studies are flouting the conventional wisdom, showing that it’s more fiscally responsible to raze a commercial tower and replace it with a ground-up residential tower rather than an adaptive reuse into residential. This solution makes sense for a myriad of reasons. draining the vitality of [downtown].”

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Oregon Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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may be feasible for financing smaller projects, particularly within the $1,000,000 to $5 million cost range. These transactions can include taking orders, closing sales, making purchases, providing customer service or undertaking other activities that serve the business’ overall purpose, even if retail in nature.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Must expand its labor force, make new capital investment, or prevent loss of employment. May not have closed or reduced employment elsewhere in Alabama in order to expand into an enterprise zone. The credit is 20% of the actual costs limited to the employer’s income tax liability. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT . The maximum grant is $1.5

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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FULL EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 2011: Businesses with 50 or fewer employees may receive a one time income tax credit equal to $1,000 per new job paying over $10 per hour. EMPLOYER EDUCATION CREDIT: A tax credit is statutorily available to employers who provide approved basic skills education programs to Alabama resident employees.

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SNAPSHOTS: 60 Seconds… with Dennis Davin, Secretary, PA DCED

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WEDnetPA, a critical employee training program, provides qualified employers with training dollars for new and existing employees through a unique partnership with community colleges and state universities. For the second year in a row, Gov. Wolf has proposed increasing funding for Industry Partnerships. THE OCULUS.

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Oregon Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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To be eligible, the company must plan to hire 50+ new employees in Oregon; have 150 or more employees at time of eligibility; have employee wages are 150% above state average or county average, whichever is less; and must be in a traded-sector industry (excludes retail businesses).

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FEATURE STORY: Thailand — Nuanced Nation, One-Stop Shop

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Projects with investments exceeding $17 million USD must submit a feasibility study to gain approval. Citibank is the largest American retail bank in Thailand while Western Digital, a computer hard drive manufacturer, is the largest employer of Thai nationals (approximately 25,000 people).