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State Focus – Kansas: The Sunflower State Is Blooming and Booming

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In western Kansas, winds whip across the prairie, providing the state with a valuable source of renewable energy. Since the beginning of 2008, wind generating capacity in Kansas has more than tripled to 2,967 megawatts. THE KANSAS CITY ANIMAL HEALTH CORRIDOR KEEPS EXPANDING. Geography is one of Kansas’ key assets.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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Abundant natural resources mean the state is a net exporter of electricity, which is reflected in the price of natural gas and electricity. Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway are among those serving the state and provide transportation of raw materials and finished products throughout the nation.

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

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Major market centers in the region include: Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and St. Arkansas’s railroad infrastructure includes three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway, and Kansas City Southern Railway. population.

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COMMUNITY PROFILE: Opportunity Knocks in Southwest Louisiana

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We are blessed to have natural resources like oil and gas, but you have to be able to transport them and that adds value,” he told the American Press. Its facility includes the City Docks—located 34 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico on the Calcasieu River Ship Channel, which is 40 feet deep and 400 feet wide.

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

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The county’s rich natural resources attract a number of industries such as Redland Brick that uses robotics to manufacture some of the highest quality bricks that are shipped to markets all along the east coast and beyond. The picturesque rural setting recently welcomed a $1.3 50 percent of all U.S.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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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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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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The COMMERCIAL FISHING AND AGRICULTURE BANK provides loans to fishing, tourism, natural resources and agriculture-based projects. SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM: Provides Connecticut’s small businesses with the financial resources they need to operate and grow in the State.

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