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Construction Workforce Development Gets New Funding Boost

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The BuildStrong Academy of Orlando opened in 2021 and offers training designed to take students from beginners with little or no construction skills to tradespeople sought after by employers. The instruction is customized to meet the employment needs of local building and construction businesses in different communities.

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Toyota Moving North American Headquarters to Plano, TX; Generating 4,000 Jobs

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Toyota’s North American finance arm also plans to move its headquarters to this new shared campus. Operating units in Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Rick Perry has announced that Toyota Motor North America is relocating its headquarters to North Dallas (Plano). Altogether, these moves will affect approximately 4,000 employees.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Biotech, A Recession-Proof Growth Sector

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By comparison, total employment for all private sector industries in the U.S. While national private sector employment fell by 6.9 percent from the outset of the recession in 2007 through the first year of the recovery in 2010, bioscience industry employment fell a mere 1.4 percent, adding more than 96,000 jobs. Stroger Jr.,

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Leading the Home Building Industry: Pro Builder's 2021 Forty Under 40

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Education • BA, Business Administration, The George Washington University • MDes, Real Estate Development and Finance, Harvard University. Education • BA, City and Region Planning/Urban Geology, The Ohio State University • Master of Urban Planning, Design, Development, and Real Estate Finance, Cleveland State University.

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New Mexico Governor’s Report: A Catalyst For High-Tech Growth

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Sun Mountain Capital is managing the Catalyst Fund with help from the New Mexico Economic Development Department, the New Mexico Finance Authority and the office of the governor. Zuckerberg Sorry For VR Tour Of Devastated Puerto Rico. The second building at the site is expected to be completed in 2020.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Hat World Puts Expanded Headquarters In Zionsville, IN

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Also, the company plans to begin hiring new manufacturing, distribution and warehouse associates in Indianapolis in the third quarter of this year. I’m pleased that we were able to keep that growth here in Indiana; we are well placed geographically to reach our customers and continue growing with the help of our skilled workforce.”.

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COVER STORY: 2012 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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workers and has 14 plants, including three in Puerto Rico. Austin also had an excellent showing in our 2012 Metro Rankings Report, taking first place in our coveted Economic Growth Potential ranking (employment greater than 450k). The company’s 2011 revenue was $13.9 billion; it employs about 19,000 U.S. Honorable Mentions.

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