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COVER STORY: Shovel Ready Sites Are Growing From The Ground Up

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Shovel-ready certification is becoming popular nationally,” said John Rhodes, a leading national site-location consultant with Moran, Stahl & Boyer of Lakewood Ranch, Florida, who worked with the State of Minnesota on its Shovel Ready Program. MINNESOTA IS GETTING READY TO DIG SOME NEW GROWTH. Cloud, Minnesota.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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The wind boom in Texas was assisted by the expansion of the state’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS), use of designated Competitive Renewable Energy Zones and expedited transmission grid construction. and has four plants in Minnesota. The projects near Elgin and Broken Bow are expected to begin producing electricity this year.

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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. of employment in its biotech sector, anchored by its world-class research institutions, including the Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota. The area also has the second-highest concentration in the U.S.

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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. Enterprise Zone Credit or Exemption: The Alabama Enterprise Zone Act (Act. 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. The principal and interest on the bonds are paid solely from the funds derived from leasing or selling the facilities to the user company.

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Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Gets Smarter, Faster

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Lawrence Seaway System, it is part of over 2,300 miles of water transportation from Duluth, Minnesota to the Atlantic Ocean. As a designated Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ), Oswego County is designed for the convenient and cost effective production of goods. The company’s lease of the Hackensack building expired on June 30th, 2017.

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Industry Focus: Food Processing – The Process Of Consistency

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Lawrence Seaway System, it is part of over 2,300 miles of water transportation from Duluth, Minnesota to the Atlantic Ocean. As a designated Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ), Oswego County is designed for the convenient and cost effective production of goods. It is the first port of call on the Great Lakes within the St. Lawrence Seaway.