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

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Arkansas’s railroad infrastructure includes three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway, and Kansas City Southern Railway. Union Pacific operates major yards in Little Rock and Pine Bluff, along with a locomotive repair facility in North Little Rock. Food processing has a major footprint in Metro Little Rock.

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Illinois: Unveiling the Future of Digital Design and Manufacturing

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A review of the available space inventory reveals that Wheeling’s industrial parks are experiencing strong demand from both existing and new businesses. The north–south thoroughfares US Route 45 and Illinois Route 83 offer easy access to other Chicago metro communities.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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Slow economic growth has kept the percentage low, but the supply chain sector has made great strides in productivity, asset utilization and inventory management in the past three years.” There is no inventory tax, which is particularly advantageous to distribution companies. “Logistics costs as a percentage of GDP in the U.S.

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

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percent in 2014 due to stronger shipment volumes and inventory carrying charges that were up 2.1 The existing warehousing inventory in DuPage County’s sub-market has over 180 million square feet of rentable building area, making it one of the top two markets in the Chicagoland area. percent in 2013 and 8.3 percent in 2014.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Steadfast And Strong In The Wake Of Superstorm Sandy

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Additionally, per HUD guidelines, 80 percent of the funds will be dedicated to the nine most heavily impacted counties in the state: Atlantic, Bergen, Cape May, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and Union. The ads will continue to run throughout the year in top metro areas based on alignment with New Jersey’s target industry sectors.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Inventory is exempt from property tax. Metro: Capital investment of at least $5 million and at least 25 new jobs. million, not to exceed $5,000 per employee trained in metro areas and $8,000 per employee trained in rural areas. Bond proceeds cannot be used for working capital or inventory. TAX INCENTIVES.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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Eligibility qualifications are different for rural and metro areas. Loan proceeds are to be used for working capital, inventory, equipment purchase, and real property improvements but cannot be used for refinancing of existing debt or outstanding debt payments. The program ends December 2016. HIRING, TRAINING & EDUCATION.

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