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Top 25 Finalists for Ivory Innovations' Housing Affordability Prize

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In the Finance category, finalists include organizations focused on construction financing, shared-equity models, and renter programs that support increased savings and equity. Plantd | Durham, North Carolina Plantd makes durable carbon-negative building materials for homebuilders using fast-growing perennial grass instead of trees.

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Top 10 Ivory Innovations Finalists for the 2023 Housing Affordability Prize

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Plantd Durham, North Carolina | Construction and Design Category Plantd makes durable carbon-negative building materials for homebuilders using fast-growing perennial grass instead of trees. zoning codes through a first-of-its-kind user-friendly online resource.

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Behind the Build: Interview with Chris Walker, VDC Project Manager at PENTA Building Group

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People with successful careers possess many admirable qualities, but one common denominator that these folks have is their willingness to push themselves out of their comfort zone. He also leads PENTA’s diversity committee, which focuses on promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion within the company.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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The 2008 announcement by then-owner Cerberus Capital Management that it would upgrade Jefferson North and expand its capacity by another 285,000 square feet almost immediately hit a huge bump in the road to recovery. Its key feature is highly automated 30+ lane transfer zones and automated live e-gates. Great Lakes U.S. -

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Enterprise Zone Credit or Exemption: The Alabama Enterprise Zone Act (Act. The program provides state and local tax incentives and non-tax incentives to businesses and industries located within Alabama’s Enterprise Zones. May not have closed or reduced employment elsewhere in Alabama in order to expand into an enterprise zone.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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ENTERPRISE ZONE CREDIT: To stimulate growth in depressed areas of the state, Alabama offers certain tax credit incentives to business that locate or expand within a designated enterprise zone. EQUITY INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT: Targeted toward new, technology-based businesses that pay wages in excess of the state or county average wage.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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Five states—Louisiana, North Carolina, Wyoming, New Hampshire and Oregon—improved their scores by more than 10 points compared to last year’s Index.]. Shovel Ready Silver builds upon those attributes by maintaining documentation that is less than one year old and having proper zoning and infrastructure built to the property.

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