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Virginia Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Rail Industrial Access Program: Helps connect businesses to freight rail service by funding the construction or improvement of railroad tracks and facilities to serve industrial or commercial sites where freight rail service is currently needed or anticipated in the future. Virginia Port Tax Credit Programs. Green Job Creation Tax Credit.

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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.” In comparison, railroads are in a much better position regarding infrastructure, equipment and personnel. Spending in the U.S. trillion in 2012, a 3.4

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Snapshots: 60 Seconds… With Bill Hagerty, Commissioner, Tennessee Department Of Economic And Community Development

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To lure new high-tech ventures, Reno is emphasizing its proximity to Silicon Valley (the city is a four-hour drive from San Francisco) and the fact that Nevada has no corporate or inventory taxes. For industries focused on just-in-time inventory and working capital management, there is no better location. and around the world.

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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 In addition, Brunswick County is one of the localities that receive economic development support from the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission. Chicago is the nation’s rail hub that connects six of the seven class one railroads.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Inventory is exempt from property tax. Bond proceeds cannot be used for working capital or inventory. Railroad Spurs. No personal property or inventory taxes. That is, for property with a fair market value of $1 million, the assessed value would be $200,000. Sewer Lines, Sewage Treatment Facilities. TAX INCENTIVES.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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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. Funds may be used to acquire equipment, make leasehold improvements, purchase recycled raw materials and inventory or acquire real property.

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