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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. NASHVILLE ASCENDS: A CITY AND AIRPORT FLYING HIGH. The Nashville Airports Experience.

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SPECIAL REPORT: The Carolinas Are Bringing The Business

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In our wireless world, mobile and broadband networks create economic opportunities for health care, manufacturing, education, transportation and public safety, and virtually every other economic section.”. In 2012, CSX Transportation named Edgecombe County’s Kingsboro “mega site” one of its “CSX Select Sites.”

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Feature Story: Shovel-Ready Sites – Fired Up, Ready To Go

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Once a property has been approved through the program, Site Certification is the city’s promise to both the owners and buyers of commercial and industrial property that its sites have appropriate infrastructure, such as water and wastewater and transportation, and that land use and zoning is appropriate.

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