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How the Construction Industry Is Rethinking Workforce Development

Pro Builder

What Minic found was a weak talent pipeline, a disconnect between what schools teach and what employers need, and way too much employee churn. It plans to add 10 more markets within the next 12 months. . Builders Take the Lead in Training and Job Placement . Turning Leaf Construction , a Sanford, Fla.-based

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September / October 2017 Issue (Volume 50, Number 5)

Business Facilities

Tennessee: Tyson Foods Expansion | The company plans to spend approximately $80 million to add 25,000 square feet to its Union City facility. South Carolina: Growth Leader | In Q1, York County had the highest employment percentage increase of the nation’s 346 largest counties.

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Business Report: Illinois Leaders Form Non-Profit to Spur Job Creation

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and Grundy Center, Iowa. The Illinois FILM Office promotes Illinois as a location for film, television and advertising productions, providing assistance with everything from location scouting, hiring cast and crew to working with local unions and guilds. Palatine Road. The Wheeling plant will be Richelieu’s fifth.

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Dan Scott, conductor of the orchestra

The Korte Company

Then, the local carpenters union approached Host with a deal. Louis area and also made regular stops as far away as Cedar Rapids, Iowa; St. In just 70 days, crews built the café inside what had been the arched-roof train platforms of Union Station. You worked hard,” Dan said. “It It was a long, hard day.”.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

Business Facilities

When jobs stopped getting created (and in many areas employment was still hemorrhaging), we introduced the concept of growth potential as a key measure in our flagship rankings categories. Iowa surges into second place and Oklahoma joins the top five in our annual wind power generation ranking. 2 at 26 percent).

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Trainees must be guaranteed full-time employment upon successful completion of the training program. Massive solar-power facilities have come online in the California desert; forests of wind turbines have been hooked up to grids in Iowa and West Texas. The stem-cell market currently is valued at about $1.4

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Feature Story: Public-Private Partnerships – An Alliance For Progress That Works

Business Facilities

The expansion made room for 20 new employees, which brought its total employment in Sunrise to more than 70. Navy Federal Credit Union, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Deutsche Bank. Michigan was chosen over competing sites in Iowa and Mexico. million in capital investment. “For Whirlpool plans to invest $18.9

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