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STATE FOCUS: Kansas Focuses On The All-Around

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Kansas also has one of the best and most extensive railroad systems in the country; the state’s 4,776 miles of track account for 2.23 railroad miles. Together with the highway system, Kansas’ quality railroads ensure that businesses in the state have next-day freight delivery to nearly 70 percent of the United States.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Joplin Area Rises From The Rubble And Reaches For New Heights

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The new Irving Elementary will house both Irving and Emerson students. Major metros such as Dallas, Kansas City, St. The Joplin Metro area’s position for serving national markets is nearly as advantageous as Chicago or Kansas City. It was constructed on property donated by Mercy Joplin—the same property where St.

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Tom Lyerla, the standard bearer

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A precedent for career goals had already been set in Tom’s family: working for the railroad. His father, a railroad engineer for the Cotton Belt Railroad. His grandfathers on both sides, railroad telegraphers. For Tom’s father, “the railroad was his life.” His uncle, a dispatcher for the Illinois Central.

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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DuPage is in the midst of six interstate highways, making drive time to major markets convenient and cost-effective—with less than a six-hour drive to major Midwest cities. Chicago is the nation’s rail hub that connects six of the seven class one railroads. This region is the only U.S.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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Housing and hotel occupancy rates speak for themselves as they have been at 100 percent full occupancy for over the past year. Many new housing developments are in construction to satisfy this overwhelming progression but catching up with this type of growth is no small task.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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USDA Rural Development in Alabama: A variety of loan, grant, and loan guarantee programs, plus technical assistance in the areas of business and industry, cooperative development, rural housing, community facilities, water and waste disposal, and telecommunications, including distance learning and telemedicine. Railroad Spurs.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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In-House Research and Development – New and existing eligible businesses that conduct “in-house” research that qualifies for federal research and development tax credits may qualify for in-house research income tax credits. of Agriculture & Housing and Urban Development’s Community Dev.

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