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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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Baton Rouge, LA has been named our top-ranked metro for Economic Growth Potential. The BRAF-affiliated Wilbur Marvin Foundation (WMF) will own the office building. Davies, Baton Rouge Area Foundation president and CEO. By Business Facilities Staff. From the July/August 2013 issue . The approximately $30.5

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Business Facilities’ 2019 Metro Rankings Report

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15th Annual Rankings: 2019 Metro Rankings Report. W e’ve subdivided our metro Economic Growth Potential ranking into small, medium and large categories this year. Atlanta, GA; San Antonio, TX and Phoenix, AZ are the top-ranked large metros in this flagship category, respectively. From the July/August 2019 Issue. ATLANTA NO.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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In this year’s Metro Rankings Report, we’ve taken note of the crucial role exports are playing in the Recovery for many locations by charting their success in two of our rankings categories, Exports Growth Leaders and Exports Recovery Leaders. 10 in our Economic Growth Potential metro ranking. From the July/August 2014 issue.

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Gary Horstmann, the super

The Korte Company

Laying the foundation. He and a friend became union carpenters in 1981 and went to work building public housing units in East St. For example, Metro East St. “It was a great feeling any time you put your hands on something, put something together and walk away from it with a finished product.”. Following the call.

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How the Construction Industry Is Rethinking Workforce Development

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When Branka Minic became CEO of the Building Talent Foundation (BTF), an Orlando, Fla.-based Home builders, trade associations, NGOs, and other groups are aggressively ramping up skilled construction labor training programs to bring more workers into the industry. John Caulfield, Senior Contributing Editor. Business Management.

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Arkansas’s railroad infrastructure includes three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway, and Kansas City Southern Railway. Union Pacific operates major yards in Little Rock and Pine Bluff, along with a locomotive repair facility in North Little Rock. Food processing has a major footprint in Metro Little Rock.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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In addition, Decatur’s diverse economic foundation includes major operations for Tate & Lyle, another agri-business leader and the Mueller Company, a worldwide leader of water distribution products. Decatur is becoming a leading transportation and logistics hub.