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3D-Printed Homes Aren't the Future—They're the Now

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ICON’s Texas homes, constructed in collaboration with Kansas City developer 3Strands, feature two to four bedrooms and prices start in the $400,000 range. We built four homes in the configuration we did because we could do it in the existing zoning,” he added. 3Strand’s Co-founder and CEO says “demand has been off the charts.”

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Top 25 Finalists for Ivory Innovations' Housing Affordability Prize

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This allows small local developers, non-profit institutions, and even community trusts to get into the driver's seat and finally leverage new construction technology to identify and build more affordable housing supply at scale. The Residents are invested alongside accredited investors in a REIT that includes the very homes in which renters live.

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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

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This means that new hot spots of tech innovation are springing up in places like Kansas City, the site of Google’s new high speed Google Fiber network, and Pittsburgh, a new hotbed for innovative tech start-ups. Greater Kansas City: Silicon Prairie. We’ve found this in Kansas City. Rick Perry in a statement.

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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk

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Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZs) Program was created in 1934 with the goal of helping businesses in the U.S. Businesses in an FTZ may see a reduction in duties on labor, overhead and profit. According to the National Association of Foreign Trade Zones (NAFTZ), in 2014, goods exported directly from U.S. military forces. FTZs jumped 24.8

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Soaring To New Heights

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The Aerospace/Defense industry reported its third consecutive year of record revenue and profit last year. billion in operating profit. Revenue was up 4 percent compared with 2011, while operating profit was up 2% over 2011. For 2012, the top 100 Aero/Defense companies reported a record-setting $695 billion in revenue and $59.8

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Enterprise Zone Credit or Exemption: The Alabama Enterprise Zone Act (Act. The program provides state and local tax incentives and non-tax incentives to businesses and industries located within Alabama’s Enterprise Zones. May not have closed or reduced employment elsewhere in Alabama in order to expand into an enterprise zone.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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ENTERPRISE ZONE CREDIT: To stimulate growth in depressed areas of the state, Alabama offers certain tax credit incentives to business that locate or expand within a designated enterprise zone. In addition, the non-profit organization must receive 75 percent of its income from out-of-state sources. CALIFORNIA.

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