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BUSINESS REPORT: Illinois – Strong Demand Lifts Industrial Parks In Wheeling, IL

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These efforts are aimed at supporting industrial occupancy, workforce sustainability, and general growth and retention rates. An overlapping Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district offers a strategic financing mechanism for pending/proposed developments in and around the airport. of industrial space.

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How to plan your warehouse layout

The Korte Company

The weighing fiscal implications of the various ways a construction project can be financed. When it comes to financing construction, you have lots of options. Read our guide on financing new construction here. The 92,000-square-foot expansion to Spartan Light Metal Products in Sparta, Illinois. One size does not fit all.

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Univ. of Ill. Voids Design Contract After Ethics Review | ENR.

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Sustainability. Description: The University of Illinois Board of Trustees voided a $4.6 million contract with a central Illinois architect to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest; that decision will soon cost them more than a million dollars. Power & Industrial. Water & Dams. Rebuilding Japan. Gulf Oil Spill.

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UPDATE: Seven New Locations Added To President Obama’s Promise Zones Initiative

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In Southeastern Kentucky, the Kentucky Highland’s Investment Corps’ key strategies include: Implementing a sustainable economic effort across eight counties in the Kentucky Highlands region, focused on diversifying Southeastern Kentucky’s economy to make it more resilient. Southeastern Kentucky (Kentucky Highlands). Far West U.S. -

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Food Processing: Generating Growth for Good Eats

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Local incentives include real and personal property tax abatement and tax increment financing. GROW New Jersey, a financing program that rewards companies for job creation and retention, is benefitting Allied Specialty Foods, a restaurant and retail meat supplier with nearly $14 million in tax credits. SETTING THE THANKSGIVING TABLE.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

Business Facilities

The Utility Account helps rural communities finance necessary infrastructure upgrades to attract future business. In higher education, San Antonio’s six NSA Centers of Excellence specialize in cybersecurity research and education and support a sustainable cybersecurity workforce pipeline.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

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Is there no better way for GSA to meet sustainability requirement than via LEED? The recently released sustainability and energy “scorecard” by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) demonstrates just how successful GSA has been at reducing costs, improving efficiency and eliminating waste. Ackerstein Sustainability LLC.