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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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Entered By: Georgia Department of Economic Development. The auto giant’s decision to put the $26-million center in Roswell has earned the Georgia Department of Economic Development our Economic Development Deal of the Year Bronze Award. “I General Motors’ project in Georgia will generate an estimated direct economic impact of $1.6

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FEATURE STORY: 2014 Economic Development Awards

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Georgia Department of Economic Development. With strong incentives and an aggressive growth strategy, Georgia has succeeded in rapidly building its film production sector into a $3.5-billion This quickly expanding success story has earned the Georgia Department of Economic Development our 2014 Achievement in Cluster Development Award.

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IBM Announces Creation Of 800-Job Technology Center In Downtown Baton Rouge

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No longer are our students just competing with their peers in Texas and Georgia for jobs. The BRAF-affiliated Wilbur Marvin Foundation (WMF) will own the office building. During construction of the new riverfront complex, IBM will be temporarily lease space at the Essen Centre office complex in Baton Rouge.

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COVER STORY: Shovel Ready Sites Are Growing From The Ground Up

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GEORGIA IS “MARKET READY”. Georgia’s program, called the Georgia Ready for Accelerated Development Sites Program or GRAD, has helped 30 sites in 28 different communities become GRAD certified with 7 projects locating on GRAD sites to date. Ready for Development in Georgia (Photo: Georgia.org).

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Cover Story: Global Biotech Report

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Our itinerary includes the new Biosciences Training Center, now under construction in Georgia, and a look at the Life Sciences Greenhouses in Pennsylvania, which nurture the seedlings of innovation until they’re ready to blossom into commercial use. Ground was broken at the end of March on the new Georgia BioScience Training Center.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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Established in 1986, PSC is supported by several federal agencies, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and private industry, and is a leading partner in XSEDE (Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment), the National Science Foundation cyberinfrastructure program. science and engineering.

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Seven Projects Land Deal of the Year Honorable Mentions

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KP employs 300 physicians and associates in Georgia. Georgia emerged as the winner of the big prize, a project that will create 900 new jobs over five years. Georgia has become a hotbed for global brands such as Kaiser Permanente to locate innovation and IT centers. Georgia’s economic development team provided a $1.2

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