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

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Arkansas offers companies a strong transportation network with intersecting Interstates, rail access and water transportation. The Arkansas River dissects the state from the northwest to the southeast, while the Mississippi River borders the state’s eastern edge. Hunt Transport, ABF Freight System, P.A.M.

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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk

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Ports provide the link for getting goods to consumers and transporting U.S. An airport of entry (AOE), usually designated with the word “international”, provides customs and immigration services for incoming flights. Over 25,000 acres of land located on the Mississippi River are available for industries to locate their new facilities.

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Global Growth Surge in Southwest Louisiana

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Mary’s leading position including incredible ease getting materials and finished good into and out of the area via a multi-modal transportation network including, the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, a Class 1 rail system and Highway 90 (future I-49), an interstate quality 4-lane highway. (Photo: www.portofwsm.com).

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Appalachian Regional Commission and Delta Regional Authority Grants: Federal-state partnerships that work with the people of 37 Appalachian counties in Alabama and the Mississippi Delta region’s twenty Alabama counties to create opportunities for self-sustaining economic development and improved quality of life. The rates range from $.25

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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INCOME TAX CAPITAL CREDIT: Currently codified as Article 7, Chapter 18, Title 40, Code of Alabama 1975. It is a credit of five percent of the capital costs of a qualifying project, to be applied to the Alabama income tax liability or financial institution excise tax generated by the project income, each year for 20 years.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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Two unique state programs are the winners of our Achievement in Public-Private Partnership awards: The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) , for its Rapid Bridge Replacement Project; and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority for the Edison Innovation Fund. ACHIEVEMENT IN TARGETED INCENTIVES.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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The system provides a 448-mile navigation channel for barge traffic from the Mississippi River northwest to fifteen miles east of Tulsa, Oklahoma. In addition, manufacturing, transportation and service sector employment are growing at a steady rate. Union Pacific, ConAgra Foods, Peter Kiewit Sons, Inc. and Mutual of Omaha.

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