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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

RTTT is a competitive grant program intended to encourage and reward states that are “creating conditions for innovation and reform.” Establishing and emphasizing STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education across the state through the focus of the STEM Innovation Network. initiative.

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JULY 6, 2016

Chicago is the nation’s rail hub that connects six of the seven class one railroads. DuPage County is accessible to the 52 railroads in Illinois, which makes the area the nation’s largest rail gateway, providing access to every state in the continental U.S. This region is the only U.S. 50 percent of all U.S. million tons).

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AUGUST 5, 2013

Not only do logistics clusters have huge potential for jobs creation, they also are hubs of innovation of environmental sustainability. Singapore, Rotterdam—the big clusters—this is where you see rapid environmental innovation,” notes Sheffi. Two Class 1 and one local railroad are important parts of the transportation system.

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APRIL 8, 2014

The Ben Franklin Technology Center of Central and Northern Pennsylvania was awarded a $750,000 Discovered in PA—Developed in PA (D2PA) grant to support the Shale Gas Innovation and Commercialization project. states with service to all six Class I railroads, and offers more than 7,300 miles of oil pipeline and 11,200 miles of gas pipeline.

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AUGUST 13, 2012

When the Bayonne Bridge was completed in 1931, the American Institute of Steel Construction declared the elegant span connecting New Jersey and Staten Island “the most beautiful steel bridge open to traffic in the United States.” The coalition’s new legal partner is the Newark-based Eastern Environmental Law Center.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Serving over two thirds of the eastern seaboard, it is second only to New York in gross tonnage. The Port currently has service by two Class I railroads, Norfolk Southern and CSX—both offer double-stack service to critical manufacturing and population centers. The Port of Baltimore is one of the largest ports in the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Environmental concerns about the potential for ground-water contamination from fracking have kept California and New York on the sidelines. SMUD: ENERGY INNOVATORS. Barstow is where an eclectic mix of railroad, military, high technology, and mining employers have located.

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OCTOBER 19, 2012

A major incentive is the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (ETF), which is designed to expedite the development and commercialization of new technologies and to attract and create jobs in technology fields. Texas also is home to six of the top 50 companies on the Fortune 500 list, third only after New York and California.

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JULY 15, 2014

Situated in Upstate New York, Oswego County is located centrally to New York City, Boston, Washington, D.C., 1,677 miles of class 1 railroads. There also is Arkansas’s state-of-the-art railroad infrastructure comprising three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway and Kansas City Southern Railway.

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DECEMBER 3, 2013

Texas is investing in its future by offering competitive incentives to companies creating jobs and driving innovation in the state. Marble Falls leaders cut the ribbon on a new 66,000-square-foot specialty clinic in June 2013. But being called “postcard pretty” ( The New York Times , Nov. INVESTING IN THE FUTURE.

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APRIL 15, 2014

Alabama Innovation Fund: As part of the implementation of Accelerate Alabama, this fund was created to maximize the use of the State’s economic development resources by leveraging annual research and development expenditures by Public Universities within the State to generate resources which can be used to support economic development initiatives.

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MARCH 21, 2014

ALASKA GROWTH CAPITAL: Provides financing to nontraditional borrowers/businesses that use innovative technology, are in rural Alaska and are minority-owned. ARIZONA INNOVATION ACCELERATOR FUND: An $18.2 This is an innovative new program that will help strengthen local supply networks and sectors.

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