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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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Boasting a population of nearly 500,000, Mesa is the 36th largest city in the United States and second largest in the Phoenix-Mesa metro area. Recently, the metro area was ranked second in the nation for its tech sector job growth by CBRE. After leasing the U.S. Phoenix-Mesa metro boasts a workforce of more than 2.2

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Industry Focus – Retail: Less Than Six Degrees of Separation

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In addition to directly providing 29 million retail jobs it supports more than four million logistics jobs; four million management and administration jobs; two million healthcare and service jobs; almost two million finance, insurance and real estate jobs; and 800,000 technology jobs. percent vacancy rate.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

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Highlights include the largest industrial spec development lease in the last five years in Broward County. They utilize community listening posts that included all of the major employers to discuss health care demands and anticipated impacts of changes to health care and insurance requirements. Achievement In Business Retention.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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The principal and interest on the bonds are paid solely from the funds derived from leasing or selling the facilities to the user company. The exceptions are for financial institutions, financial institution groups, and insurance companies that have a maximum business privilege tax of $3,000,000. The minimum tax is $100.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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a Miramar managed services provider to small businesses; and Blue Frog Solutions in Pompano Beach, a leading provider of middleware solutions for life insurance carriers, underwriters and their distributors and agents. Metro Atlanta: A Biomed Sector Keeps Growing. DataBridge Corp. Nathan Deal, Baxter International Inc. Parkinson, Jr.,

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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The principal and interest on the bonds are paid solely from the funds derived from leasing or selling the facilities to the user company. Eligibility qualifications are different for rural and metro areas. Terms for both are normally 10-20 years and can finance up to 100 percent of the project costs.

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New Mexico Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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The key characteristics of the PPRF is that all participating borrowers, regardless of their creditworthiness, receive ŒAAA¹ insured interest rates; among the lowest interest rates available in the market. Non-retail service companies that export a substantial% age of services out of state (50% or more revenues and/or customer base).